Punishment for destroying an Acekard

[geoflcl]

He gets around £2 a week pocket money and will earn 50p for helping me wash the cars or do the gardening. If he wants he can earn around £15 a month. The up side of this is if he wants an ice-cream or anything else while we are out he uses his money. He also gets a bit of money from relatives for birthdays and other occasions and will receive monetary rewards from us for going up levels or receiving awards at school, swimming or karate. He has become quite savvy and managed to save about £40 over a 3 month period for a spark scooter.

Edit: I put in the other tenner for the scooter. Seemed right after he had saved that much.

Boy, your little guy may be more financially-afloat than me! Talk about an economist!

 

[yuyuyup]

lanyard

 

[The Catboy]

When I was six and I was short on cash, I helped out around my neighborhood, I was an odd 6 year.

What are you talking about? You're still odd!

Kidding.

Sidenote:

Spoiler: GBAtemp says

@Mantis41

I stand corrected.
(As a kid, I'd blow all my money on candy.)

HEY! I am not odd! I am insane, there's a difference

 

[KingVamp]

wait till he older? :/

 

[_Chaz_]

I vote you summon the power of the almighty BAN HAMMER and teach this kid a lesson.

 

[iFish]

Poor Acekard

i think you should ban the ds for a few days

but also,maybe limit playtime for a few days after he gets it back.

As for the DSONEi. wait for the DSTWO in my opinion. you should give him your old Acekard with the saves since he is already used to it.

here is a easy way to tell him about the data. MAGIC

 

[monkat]

Alternately, if you do decide to buy him a new flashcart, order it from a store with really slow shipping. Make him think that even if you do replace the things he breaks he'll still have to wait a few weeks to get them (that's like, forever to a 6 year old).

Hell, that's like forever to me!

 

[Snappo]

Instead of buying him an Acekard, you could wait and buy yourself a 3DS.

By the way is your MicroSD totaled to?

 

[weiff]

Logistically all the options hold some form of merit...

The only thing I can really say is that you should have him buy a new one, and withhold the saves permanently, or till a point when he is close to where he used to be, then be like "Hey look what I found, an old backup!"

I agree with some malice only because it teaches children the way others think and act.

 

[JohnLoco]

Let him play with the trampoline and be outside _without_ the ds ^^

 

[Infinite Zero]

Ban the DS. for a week or two. Of course to learn the lesson. Kids before survived without handhelds and i bet your child will be the same.

 

[yuyuyup]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan don't edit my god damn posts jesus dog fucking christ, I offer a legit response but noooooooooooooooooo some anon. mod feels the need to manipulate my post, NOW IT'S BETTERFIED I guess, thanks for setting me straight ! ! ! ! ! ! Boy howdy, I'm glad this thread is un-destroyed thanks to ANONY MOD WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THANKS DUDE

 

[asdf]

Dude, calm the fuck down.

I would take the DS away from him. If you specifically told him not to take it outside, you should take it away.

 

[Tac 21]

Ban DS. longer then a week I'd say- make him learn his lesson.

 

[Salax]

Make him buy his own acekard, and then buy a cheap used DS off Craigslist or something.

 

[naglaro00]

Let him play with DS but with no flashcart
After a week, let him play with R4
Two weeks after, let him play with Acekard

 

[nico445]

Let him play with DS but with no flashcart
After a week, let him play with R4
Two weeks after, let him play with Acekard

i don't know if a kid would care if you give him a r4 instead of an acekard, think just let him wait for the acekard by buying from some slow site

 

[nycsam786]

Smack the kid, and then give him the AK2i. I am sure he will learn his lesson. Kids will be kids to make him wait and save up would take forever!

 

[Mantis41]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Well... Most of you anyway.

My son came up to me tonight, he had emptied his moneybox, he gave me the money which was just over £9.50 and apologised for breaking his DS. He asked if I could order him a new card so he could play Pokemon again. I gave in and let him have my new card with his games restored.

He was pretty funny he comes up to me and says "Dad! I've got a deal for you. If I'm being an idiot or not listening then you can take the new card off me and give me the rubbish card back until I learn to behave again."

He still owes me £10 though. I'm not giving in on that one.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

He's 6 years old and he can already get money to buy a flashcart?

I suggest you tell him not to do it anymore, don't give him the DS for two weeks, then after those 2 weeks give it back, but only if he promises he won't do it again and if he does it again, he won't ever be allowed to play it anymore. (That doesn't have to be true, but the kid will believe it and be afraid

)

EDIT: Oops, didn't read the last reply, disregard what I said then. If he emptied his moneybox and if he was really feeling sorry for what had happened, I'd forgive him. Unless if he does it again, I'd really ban the DS from him.