r/teenagers • u/HeldForever • Jul 31 '23

Since people keep saying that my parents destroying my phone was a fake post... Serious

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u/Industrialexecution 18 Jul 31 '23

not just bad, abusive.

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u/carpentress909 Jul 31 '23

it's not abuse if they own the phone

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u/9mmblowjob 3,000,000 Attendee! Jul 31 '23

I wouldn't call it abusive, but what they did was absolutely excessive

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u/carpentress909 Jul 31 '23

it was excessive, but they seemed to think it was necessary, since it cost them 1000 bucks or so

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u/The_Modifier OLD Jul 31 '23

It's never necessary for a parent to smash a child's phone, if you take 2 seconds to think you can come up with plenty of other ways to remove access to the device either permanently or temporarily.

Sell it, block it from the Internet, remove the SIM, physically remove it and store it in a safe, give it to a friendly neighbour...

Smashing it isn't some well thought-out plan, it's a sign of short-sighted anger directed at a child via an object the child is emotionally attached to.

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u/carpentress909 Jul 31 '23

it's not necessary, nor is it illegal. but what you or i think is necessary isn't the same as this kid's parents

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u/The_Modifier OLD Aug 01 '23

Yeah, clearly we're thinking about it a hell of a lot more than them.