21Aug Dad nails xBox to tree

A dad who was frustrated about the behavior of his three boys while they were playing Xbox, decided he couldn’t take it anymore and nailed their system to a tree. The mother was so proud of her husbands work, she posted it on iReport that ended up on cnn.com

Here is the description her picture:

My husband had repeatedly warned our 3 boys about their behavior while playing the XBOX. Tuesday, after I arrived home from work, our oldest son told me to look in the backyard at “Dad’s artwork”. Well, I wasn’t surprised to see the XBOX proudly displayed on the nearest tree… way to go Honey!!!!!

The parents should have realized that the punishment was the fact their kids were forced to play the original Xbox, and not an next-gen console. I have no problem seeing parents not allowing their kids to play games because of a punishment. But seeing the father overreact the way he did, might give us a better understanding why the children acted the way they do. I mean come on - couldn’t he have been a little more mature and gave the system to charity?