Mother Calls 911: “My Son Won’t Stop Playing Videogames!”

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A mother who found her son engaged in a late night gaming session felt she had no option but to call police on the boy, as he ignored her commands.

The Boston mother reportedly became exasperated at her 14-year-old son’s “gaming habit” and told him to play less, but matters came to a head when she awoke one night to find her son still playing Grand Theft Auto at 2:30AM despite being told to stop.

The mother then unplugged her son’s console and called police on him, who dutifully arrived and told him to “Chill out” and “Go to bed.”

The mother, a 49-year-old cafeteria worker raising three other children by herself, explained she only approved of healthy sports themed games and not ones teaching the basics of criminal entrepreneurship:

“I would never buy that kind of video. No way. I called because if you don’t respect your mother, what are you going to do in your life?”

Just whether the most noteworthy aspect of this story is the woman calling police on her own son, the police’s willingness to respond, or the fact that the boy avoided being tasered or arrested is difficult to determine…


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    Comment by Blank
    08:33 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    By the Gods, some people should have their right to become parents removed -_-

    Inb4: Only in America.

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    Comment by BlaqCat
    11:06 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +1 if you've got to call the cops, you've lost the game.

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    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    22:15 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This just shows the boy's inability to teach his mother how to behave properly.

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    Comment by Ken
    23:21 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ccuz GTA is addictive!

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    Comment by Lucky Channel
    00:26 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ok I don't know if my last message got through because I got an error on my page after trying to submit so sorry if this is a repost:

    Actually you can call the police for many problems you wouldn't expect. Getting into locked doors, taking care of problem kids, etc. Their motto is to SERVE and protect. If you simply called the police (and not 911 because it is for emergency calls only) you can ask them to do lots of stuff, and if they don't have any real cases at the time, they will probably do it.

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    Comment by Pl4!n-Y0gurT
    01:07 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Normally i would have said FAIL, but when i think of the Danish police force.. due to the lack of staff... you can't get them to do SHIT!

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:33 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's completely untrue Lucky. In most countries, if you call 911 for something frivoulous, you can expect a bill for it in the mail. For example, stupid fisherman in Canada who get stranded on the ice as lakes thaw have to repay the cost of the helicopter used to rescue them (fuel, the time of the people who fly it etc). And that's if you DON'T get a criminal charge like the American "balloon boy" parents who used Emergency services for their own gain. There are locksmiths for locked doors, dozens of agencies for problem children etc. You may NOT use the police as a free replacement for any of them because you're too damn cheap to pay for what you want. What's more disturbing is your attitude that services like the police are at your disposal to rip off and cheat as you like. Do you have any sense of responsibility or decency? Check out how often real crimes happen and you'll see that one call from you to get a door unlocked would leave victims of those real crimes without help. I'd suggest you grow the hell up.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:40 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    He's not talking about calling 911. Every police station has a secondary line for non-emergencies. Obviously calling 911 to open a locked door or to respond to a problem child is wrong.

    However, the requests on the secondary line are far more lenient.

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    Comment by MechaTama31
    07:25 25/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Anon 7:33, I'm going to quote something for you. It's from the post you just replied to. Here we go.

    "If you simply called the police (and not 911 because it is for emergency calls only) you can ask them to do lots of stuff"

    Now, let me quote a smaller portion of this quote.

    "and not 911 because it is for emergency calls only"

    Getting there... Let's try one more.

    "not 911"

    Hey, that might not be clear enough. How about this?

    "NOT 911"

    Do you see what I'm getting at here? See, you ripped on Lucky for suggesting that we abuse emergency services like 911, when he in fact went out of his way to clarify that that was not what he meant. Let's work on our reading comprehension before we go tearing people new assholes, mmmkay?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:12 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    People like you should be removed.

    The Mother should have beat that boy for not listening to her.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:29 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    If I were the boy, I'd beat her back. And then I would marry the PS3 & GTA and keep Love Plus as a lover. And maybe the OP loli too.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:32 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "The MOTHER, a 49-year-old cafeteria worker raising three other children by HIMSELF"

    wait... the mother is a tranny? I'm confused.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:30 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think it just a typo error.
    The writer might just rushing some news.
    I already read this news from my local online news.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:35 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I saw that too ANON. The mother is a guy? what the heck, no wonder he/she is having trouble handling that kid.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:16 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The mother is a female. Not a guy.
    Her name is Angela Mejia.
    Well, every mother sometimes find it difficult to deal with the children.
    When I was young, my mom always said not to play at night but I played anyway.
    Because in my family, there are 3 brothers and 1 sister including me, and all of us love to play. The only console game that we have is only a PS. It's quite hard for us to split the time for playing PS, especially me who love RPG(FF VII, FF VIII, FF IX, BOF4, SUIKODEN 1&2, etc). So sometimes I sneak in the middle of the night to play PS.
    Hahahahaha.
    Now, I already old enough to understand why my mother keep warned me not to stay awake at night. I find it hard to work when sleepy.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:33 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Mejia? So is she hispanic? Hispanic women have a tendency to be antagonist and to psicologically castrate their male sons; they aren't good hearted reasonable people who teach with love.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:01 27/02/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I love that non-veiled racism Anon 7:33.
    But you're right, a white mother would be drunk and at hooters at that time.

    Anyway, it's understandable why she told him not to play so late, but calling the police is a bit...yeah. It's really funny lol.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:38 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The boy should have beaat the mother for not letting him play video games.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:20 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fag.

    I support that mom.

    Except, I won't call the cops. I'll just lock the console away in a safe.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:30 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Retard

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:10 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Parents who call the cops on their children are not what you would call normal. Parents can be wrong too you know. This is a failure to conduct useful family interactions.

    Unless you think bossy people are cool...

    pwned by the mom

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    Comment by TheBeast
    13:40 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    im suprised the mother didn't make a youtube vid of herself destroying her son's video game system.

    situations like this are hard to curry favor for either side. one argument is if the mother had done a better job raising the kid in the first place that this situation would not have happened.
    another is if she has already lost control of the boy, why try to fix that shit now.
    my personal opinion is tell the boy "you should go to bed soon or you wont have energy for school tomorrow." then let him make the choice for himself. that way he only has himself to blame. if he don't have school the next day. i would just tell him . "enjoy your game, but if your eyes start to hurt take a break for a few minutes, then whoop that badguys ass. oh, and if you make a mess in the kitchen clean it up.(midnight gaming snack XD)"
    the lady is probably frustrated with her place in life or maybe her job. it's normal to lash out at others for no good reason. i've done it and so has everyone else. she probably gets no respect at work from co-workers or students. she probably rationalizes that she deserves respect at her home.
    this situation was probably just the light for her fuse to go off.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:35 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Totally agree; she needed an scape goat for ther frusrations.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:03 27/02/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah but, she's a mother. Parents do have a responsibility to raise their kids, or just dump 'em in a dumpster. Whichever is easier.

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    Comment by Bulldog
    14:10 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    quite a candidate for the subject of next bizarre family news on Sankaku

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:01 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yea the reason why she did it isnt wrong,

    what will you become if you dont even respect your own mother..

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:32 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    What would you do if you got a call from a mother saying that her son won't stop playing videogames and to have the cops come over? I'd laugh at her and tell her that this line is for real emergencies, this is hardly a life or death situation.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:27 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    it might not be life or death but, there's only a few options left - 1. ignore the boy and let him play the game to death or 2. beat the shit out of him, cause when your kids dont listen, violence is the only solution.

    so yeah, if the cops don't respond to her request, they'd have to come in for child abuse instead.

    so laugh all you want you idiot.

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    Comment by Dash
    15:10 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Just because she is a mother doesnt means she is a good mother or person. If hitler had a son that would have made him a good father? no

    Mothers, like EVERYONE else has to earn that respect. Calling the police instead of talkingm equals no respect from your son, yourself, cops, and some animals.

    I hate those mothers that have a problem with everything and the only way they know how to fix thing is to start crying trying to make people feel sad for them. GROW UP you are a mother for gods sake.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:19 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Talking won't work if the child won't listen. Sometimes the mother has to beat the kid's ass so they know that momma is not playing around.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:01 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    for fucks sake mothers DON'T NEED to earn your fucking respect kid.
    Your mother gave birth to you, without her, there would be no you, if anything you SHOULD respect your mother, and if you don't, seriously go get raped.

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    Comment by nanuchan
    21:11 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    In Soviet Russia, games play with childs

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:04 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    she should have taken a bsaeball bat positioned herself next to the console and said:
    "go to bed or the console gets it!"

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    Comment by Pl4!n-Y0gurT
    01:13 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Win! too bad that some kids are so disrepectful that he will just ignore you, and start kickin and yelling for X amount of time.. ~~ god I HATE Chinese kids!

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:57 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You're right. They used to beat their kids there in China till the one child policy. Then their only kid became king.
    Either that, or they live in the west and the parents fear 'children's aid' lol. Somebody gotta getta hurt real bad...

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    Comment by First Posting Idiot
    02:19 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think people should be required to undergo an easy psyche evaluation when they're expecting a child or children. If they fail this very lenient evaluation, then they should be checked up on randomly by child protective services. That way, children might have a chance of being saved from complete idiot parents.

    If he was playing Grand Theft Auto all night, he should have a GTA themed punishment. His Mom and a Jamaican Man should've chased his ass down in a helicopter while shooting at him.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:43 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Americans, they are getting more and more retards!

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:01 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    she even bought the game for him. goddamn.

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    Comment by Tabo
    08:36 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    A slight error:
    "The mother, a 49-year-old cafeteria worker raising three other children by himself,"

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    Comment by Meji
    08:44 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, maybe it's a shemale?

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    Comment by syndicaterx
    09:29 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Your reaction really shows on your avatar. lol

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    Comment by BlackEpsilon
    10:28 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    And you reaction really shows on your avatar.

    ...

    Maybe.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:57 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Also "The mother then unplugged her son’s console and called police on him, who dutifully arrived and told him to “Chill out” and “Go to bed.""

    Shouldn't he have told that to the mother? She's the one that needs to chill out.

    Comment by Envoy Loves You
    09:49 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Or the feminine half of a gay couple. Children were adopted.

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    08:39 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This world is going downhill, and it`s going downhill FAST.

    Oh well, as long as there`s 2D loli I don`t care...

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    Comment by chob101
    09:37 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    you are completely right

    Shit happens so the kid should get over it
    and besides he should've played GTA while his mother was at work, so he should have gave his Shemale mother that "i'm sick, maybe i should stay home." Trick

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:21 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yup, 2d lolis are the only things we'll ever need!

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    Comment by Dash
    15:11 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    and cookies

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    Comment by Rayne Masters
    03:23 24/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    loli+cookies=win

    and throw in some shota for good measure, for the ladies.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:26 25/12/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuck lolis you pedobear!2D milfs are best! Hahahah

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:54 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yet another example of failed parenting, and how did he get ahold of GTA in the first place? If she doesn't approve of him playing those games she shouldn't buy them for him.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:20 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    An awesome Uncle or borrowed from a friend?

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:24 23/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Most kids get pocket moneya and probaly got an older friend to buy it. Also i personaly am quite amazed that he avoided being tazered when i read on here about a kid who got tazered for not showering.







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