A father of a nine-year-old son decided to punish him for what he had done.
The father was fed up because his son kept leaving his bike outside at night. Other parents say that the punishment is too cruel, and that the dad went way too far with it.
The father states that his wife looked at him as if he were a “horrible monster,” and it has been creating a divided opinion among other individuals who are going through the wonderful world of parenting. His son, who is referred to as Tim, keeps leaving his bike outside despite his father’s pleads of bringing it in the garage so that no one steals it.
On his way to work, he spots the bike outside again and decided to “show him that our warning could actually happen.”
So he goes inside and puts the bike in the back of his car on his way to work.
His son calls him while he is on the way, and it is said that on the call that he was “distraught,” asking his father if he saw his bike anywhere near the house. His response is a bit cruel, telling him, “No, I didn’t see it.
Isn’t this why we always tell you to put the bike away?” He planned to calm him down, telling him that they can figure out a way to get a new bike.
When he returned from work, he gave back the bike to his son, warning Tim that he wouldn’t always be “this lucky.” He goes to his wife, who says that he was lucky enough to “find” the bike, but he confesses that he took the bike to work in order to teach his son a lesson.
After learning what had really happened, she asked him in an upsetting tone, “Why would you put our son through that? And why wouldn’t you at least tell me this dumb plan so I could stop you?”
He responds with, “It’s not like I had it planned out it was just a spur of the moment decision as I was leaving for work and she was still asleep.”
He went to Reddit, asking if his punishment had gone too far, which users responded with mixed comments.
Some defended him, saying that he didn’t trash or throw the bike away. Others say that he taught his kid that “it’s appropriate to lie to get your way. You could have taught your kid that actions have consequences and made them earn their bike back.
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What do you think?