Dennis and Michele (filling in for Judi today) were discussing an article from the Atlantic that looks at how the age for moving out of your parents house has been getting progressively older in recent years.
It used to be that after kids went off to college or after they got a full time gig, they moved out of their parents house...
Everyone has different views and ideals when it comes to parenting. Many parents disagree on whether or not it's okay to spank a child in punishment for bad behavior.
We're guessing that this dad had enough of asking his son to do chores, get a job or all of the above. So dad took matters into his own hands.
The father took every single video game out of their case and brought them out to the backyard and ran them over with the lawn mower...
In previous years, kids would move out of the house at 18-years-old, and be financially free from their parents. That's a rare sight to see in this day and age.
Many children have left their kids in the for short periods of time to run errands, and for a long time, it wasn't considered an unusual habit. As times are changing, leaving your child in the car, no matter how long, is slowly being considered child abuse - and could get you in trouble in the law.
Sometimes it's not easy being a parent. Kids, especially infants, do silly, inconvenient things, and don't understand how their actions are affecting their parents, because they don't know any better. Wouldn't it be great if there were some way they could be held accountable?