I'm torn man. Seriously. I don't have any problem with her being strict. If she made it clear that there was to be NO alcohol in the car, and that breaking this rule would result in stiff consequences, then I applaud her for following through.
What bugs me is making this a public thing. I'm not really sure what her motivation is. Is it so everyone can look and see what a great parent she is? Is it to publicly humiliate her 19 year old son? Neither reason seems very smart to me. On Jan 9, 2008 8:35 AM, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm so happy to see this. Too often these days I see shitty parenting all > around me and wonder what kind of adults these kids are gonna be. This > kid's pretty pissed off, but I know that someday he's going to get over it, > see his mom's side and thank her for it. > > *Mom sells rule-breaking son's car* > > DES MOINES, Iowa - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on > the planet." > > After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and > share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone - by placing an ad in the > local newspaper. > > The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously > don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before > snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. > $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet." > > Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently > placing the ad in The Des Moines Register. > > The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 > telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors > and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her. > > "The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what > happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale > when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision. > > "It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying > 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no > calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, > lady.'" > > The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" > with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger. > > Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in > this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at > Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked. > > The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for > another week - just for the feedback. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_fe_st/odd_car_ad > > -- > Ray Champagne > Web Developer, Dolan Media Company > 612.215.6497 :: 612.718.8852 (m) > ray.champagne [at] dolanmedia [dot] com > GTalk: raychampagne > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
