Angry kid snaps DS in half, responsible parenting ensues

We’re not quite sure where to categorize this, but if we had a “responsible parenting” category, this would probably fall in there. One Kotaku blogger (commenters believe it to be Brian Crecente himself) wrote a story that occurred over the weekend, regarding his son and the kid’s DS Lite.

According to the story, in a fit of rage over a game of Space Invaders, said kid pretty much snaps the DS in half. Said parental unit finds the missing DS the next day in a broken heap under the kid’s pillow. From here on out, it becomes parenting country:

“After settling down I sat him down and delivered a speech of near apocalyptic doom on the vices of losing control of your anger and the value of a DS Lite and all of the entertainment starved children in Australia who would kill for the handheld.

When he asked to have his DS Phat back, I said ‘No. This,’ dangling the snapped DS Lite in front of his eyes, “is your DS now.”

The best way to teach someone about responsibility is to make him live with the broken effects of his actions.

Strangely enough, after the parent did a bit of tinkering and reconnecting of wires, the DS Lite still worked, though the right trigger was now stuck. Still, it shows you just how sturdy it is. As one commenter mentioned, “The DS lite (sic), like all Nintendo products, is made of the ultra strong Nintendium.”

We’re not quite sure where to categorize this, but if we had a “responsible parenting” category, this would probably fall in there. One Kotaku blogger (commenters believe it to be Brian Crecente himself) wrote a story that occurred over the weekend, regarding his son and the kid’s DS Lite.

According to the story, in a fit of rage over a game of Space Invaders, said kid pretty much snaps the DS in half. Said parental unit finds the missing DS the next day in a broken heap under the kid’s pillow. From here on out, it becomes parenting country:

“After settling down I sat him down and delivered a speech of near apocalyptic doom on the vices of losing control of your anger and the value of a DS Lite and all of the entertainment starved children in Australia who would kill for the handheld.

When he asked to have his DS Phat back, I said ‘No. This,’ dangling the snapped DS Lite in front of his eyes, “is your DS now.”

The best way to teach someone about responsibility is to make him live with the broken effects of his actions.

Strangely enough, after the parent did a bit of tinkering and reconnecting of wires, the DS Lite still worked, though the right trigger was now stuck. Still, it shows you just how sturdy it is. As one commenter mentioned, “The DS lite (sic), like all Nintendo products, is made of the ultra strong Nintendium.”