It's The Video Games Fault, Not My Bad Parenting! #3

[@Opti]

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[@ShazzledWolf32]

First

[@fatshoes]

@@ShazzledWolf32 ok and?

[@TheGoldenDuckies]

money im a dog, you cant afford

[@josueveguilla9069]

Second

[@darklordmaguire207]

@@josueveguilla9069 actually fourth

[@cadebrauer]

Bro parents really be leaving credit cards on the PlayStation and having 8 year olds knowing how to do that with no worries besides saying “ ima beat yo a##”

[@jaisotheunfathomablybased7135]

@@SolarzFFA I'm not sure whether there's a difference of respect between kids and their older siblings/parents. Cause my little sisters listen to me, but they don't like to listen to their dad or my ma

[@jaisotheunfathomablybased7135]

@@SolarzFFA hey, it's the exact same for me. I'm 20, and sisters are 10 and 8

[@RaysocialM5]

Bad part is that she didn’t even really do it

[@TooMuchTemper]

Parents soft asf

[@cadebrauer]

@@SolarzFFA well good job on parenting cause some people just don’t know how to do it. You got some good parents!

[@toxotron5763]

Blaming video games for violence is like blaming Hot Wheels for car crashes

[@ameliaward7429]

Right. Because Law Enforcement and the Military never use digital tech to train their trained killers. You clearly have nevert been involved in either. Keep using terrible analogies to convince yourself. Lol!

[@toxotron5763]

@@ameliaward7429 Video games and combat simulations are 2 different things

[@SaadNabil]

I thought HotWheels is good!

[@316ray2]

Saving this for future use

[@user-sn8zx5mv1x]

Don't land on the Crashbreaker on the way out!

[@TailsIsDisappointed]

Teen: _Commits vehicular manslaughter, kidnapped 100 babies, supplied weapons and ammunition to Bosnia_ Parents: "How could Sonic do this?"

[@SilentButDudley]

This argument is completely different from “Video games cause _____” because it’s microtransactions. They are inherently DESIGNED to lure in kids and people to buy. It’s creating gambling addicts basically. Video games of the past never had it.

[@crazygamer3112]

Sonic is too fast

[@bukitcengkeh1]

@@crazygamer3112 Sonic is too fast for the UN to react

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

How dare he supply weapons to the Bosnians! Now how are the Serbs and Croats supposed to genocide them!

[@Natalietrans]

“Gotta go fast From the military”

[@mr.acorn_yt1242]

When my dad got stuff for me for games he just got the cards from the gas station. He never put his actual card. I feel like it taught me to be patient and wait for things

[@mathewmantas]

That's actually pretty clever.

[@Primallunacresenteclipse]

Same I usually ask for the gift cards instead of the account credit card

[@Brain_Food-]

My parents would never give me their card to purchase things. They would always go to the game store and buy the DLC/Disc or card.

[@thesummergamer7245]

same! i remember i used to buy gift cards with my that i got from like my birthday or christmas

[@MilesGoudy]

Yeah man, that dude's mom should've punished him. Like you said, not punishing your kid after they do something wrong won't stop them from doing it again.

[@kenneth465]

I’d lock them in a Chastity Belt for 5 months and see how they like it. 😏

[@jakenguyen1150]

@King of The Zinger just remember to sit down and talk about what they did lol

[@kenneth465]

@King of The Zinger Just lend your kid to Tom Hanks as a Punishment for one night then pick him/her up later the next day.

[@andrewcastellanos5455]

They were

[@czymx]

That was a heat of the moment reaction. Sitting them down to talk about doing house chores dont bring back 300 dollars. If im betting the kid probably got s punishment but in the moment it was frustraction

[@kmprssr6922]

Ehh. I don't think I agree that it's 100% the parents fault. I did this once when I was 12. I knew exactly what I was doing. And was raised better. My parents trusted me. And I, ME , MYSELF, broke that trust. It was my fault and I knew better. And my parents absolutely had the right to be mad and yell at me. I never did it again. But it definitely wasn't my parents fault.

[@jorgealeman7794]

Same deal here I used my moms card for clash royale ☠️ and believe me I NEVER even THOUGHT about doing it again. I felt genuinely bad for losing their trust and I knew it was my fault because I was raised to know better

[@dr.downvote]

@@jorgealeman7794 yeah and spending once or doing an unharmful mistake once isn’t parents mistake but the aftermath is the parents mistake.

[@beetheimmortal]

This happened to me too a long, long time ago, almost a decade ago now. I still feel guilty about it every time I remember this event.

[@Sonic-dj9sm]

Glad that you brought the series back. Parents need to be more responsible to their kids

[@NIRANDUR]

This is a L for optimus tbh

[@ghost2inkling229]

@@NIRANDUR W*

[@ghost2inkling229]

@@AJ-top1 probably probably kid who steals credit cards

[@NIRANDUR]

@@ghost2inkling229 nope. L. He’s essentially blaming the parent without knowing anything about them or their parenting. L

[@trashdakid3682]

@@NIRANDUR of course it's mainly the parent's fault. Your right in how we know nothing about the parent, but why put your credit card on there without some sort of security code. That sounds like common sense to me.

[@ameliaward7429]

Funny how many people that used to be children forget how easy it is to bypass a parents wishes. Selective memory ftw.

[@WoolfJ35]

Some of us had parents that would've legit hurt us doing this kind of stuff, there were lines that we knew you never crossed...their money was definitely one of them.

[@bobroberts2581]

Funny how parents think that excuses the fact it’s thier kids. Selective accountability for the win.

[@SilentButDudley]

@@bobroberts2581 Funny how people don’t acknowledge how predatory micro-transactions in games nowadays are. And you expect kids to resist instant gratification?

[@scottoleson1997]

@@SilentButDudley but when we were kids it was the same with ringtones and mobile apps. There was always something for kids to waste their parents’ money on. It’s just more common in video games now, but we had DLC since the mid 2000’s.

[@DeliriantPsychosis1442]

what? you're equating theft to going against a parents wishes. I was raised properly so I never stole from my mother, but I did sneak out many nights to go out with friends. Those are very different things. Sure it comes down to the whole respect aspect but honestly I don't think any sane mom would be too mad or feel like you didn't respect her if you snuck out of the house at night.

[@belag9607]

These parents just dont wanna take accountability for their poor parenting.

[@Demonsouls1993]

thats the mindset of alot of people in this day and age its always somebody elses fault

[@SilentButDudley]

But we have to acknowledge the predatory practices of games nowadays to spend. Cant expect kids to fully understand finances, etc.

[@cla_hvb]

@@SilentButDudley Nice argumet, but i think its both some game mecanics and also the parents etc

[@fluidwolf]

@@cla_hvb Honestly for his situation I think it's pretty much just a kid being a kid situation above everything else. The companies that put out these kind of MTX want people to spend like that kid so they tend to stick the parental controls into several layers of submenus so unless a parent is knowledge of the game's menus or told how to they will have trouble finding the menu. Sometimes kids also just do things that they know and are told and taught are wrong, regardless of parenting. At the end of the day the parent should have been more careful with the kid's access to the card if they didn't steal it. Though if the kid DID steal the card to do it I really wouldn't blame the parent as much. I would very much doubt the kid was taught that stealing was fine and knew that doing it was wrong but again, kid.

[@uthergoodman401]

@@SilentButDudley True. Thats why Im not letting my kid play Fortnite and the like. Unless his hes making friends through it. Otherwise hes going to be playing some actual high quality games like the ones I grew up with

[@t29hotrod75]

"$300 is alot of money , its its understandable why the mom is mad" Genshin Players: *Rookie numbers*

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

Fate players:

[@XANDERcanDRAW]

Every Gacha Game Enjoyer: It's just coins for me

[@t29hotrod75]

@@XANDERcanDRAW *"Wait yall dont eat ramen everyday?"*

[@t29hotrod75]

@HaloAceGamerTV its pretty much gambaling

[@t29hotrod75]

@HaloAceGamerTV sadly ive done that , and stopped awhile ago, cause i was blowint money away

[@courier4529]

Not sure I agree 100% here. It's the parent's fault sure, but at least a third of the blame falls on the kid. If the kid steals the card to do that, I'm blaming the kid more than the mom. Sure the mom needs to teach her kid not to steal, and the value of money, but when other kids encourage them to either steal or "find a way to get skins" the kid is just gonna fall to peer pressure. And there isn't anyone under 16 who's immune to peer pressure. I've done college research papers on kids and microtransactions, and there's plenty of times kids get bullied for not having cool skins in video games. Same idea as having generic clothes or a cheap smartphone. Community is just as important as the individual parents. Now if the mom connected the card to the console and allowed the kid free reign, the only thing the kid did wrong is not understand the value of money. That's not easy for young kids, especially nowadays. The mom shouldn't allow full credit card privileges to the console, and there's ways to force authentication for it.

[@ethan7252]

But none of that would've been possible if the parents just taught their child

[@kmprssr6922]

@@ethan7252 not true. Just because a child makes one bad decision. Doesn't mean the parents are terrible parents. You're telling me that during your whole childhood you never got in trouble. Not even once. And if you did, was it because you had terrible parents. Kids do dumb stuff. And a good parent makes sure that child learns from that mistake. People make mistakes. And in the grand scheme of life, I don't think it's possible to judge how good a parent is by seeing one small mistake their child makes.

[@GusBus14]

Same. I agree

[@ethan7252]

@@kmprssr6922 What? Never did I say the parent is a bad parent because they failed one time... What I did say was that the parents are bad for not teaching their kid before hand that robbing isn't ok. If the child robs someone multiple times than that's bad parenting

[@abdullahakhtar9824]

@@ethan7252 many children still rob no matter how much they are taught not to rob

[@guitarherogenius13]

if this keeps becoming a thing, even when parental controls have become more than a feature, then maybe there should be an online seminar about reminding parents/adults about these features and such. I'd be shocked if even then this would still be a thing.

[@EmersonGonzalezemersongh]

Idk man, kids can really be intentionally malicious when it comes to getting something they really want. If the kid stole the card, the parents should not be blamed, because at the end of the day it was the kids conscious decision to maliciously take the card and spend 300 on it. If the kid just used a card that was already in the system. Then yes the parent would be to blamed for ignorance.

[@dukeEdo]

That’s actually a really good point.

[@EchoRose1578]

I don't remember who said this, but a great quote is "video games are todays rock and roll, parents blame them for things they don't do, politicians don't understand them and do the same, and now every kid wants to be the next ninja"

[@silverembers3302]

I love this series, glad to see a new episode!

[@keewadium]

Why was the mom filming that??? It really just makes her look bad, yelling and swearing at your kids isnt usually seen as a positive thing so im not sure what she thought would happen by posting that.

[@TSH425]

She thought she would get points from other women lol

[@sentientbeing8738]

@@AJ-top1 Saying its a black household doesnt excuse bad parenting.

[@vhroom3436]

@@sentientbeing8738 tbf yelling after your kid did something actually wrong isn't really bad parenting, unless it's excessive. Isnt really a good move to record said yelling though

[@MicahTheManiac]

I think one part of the problem is that many parents see technology as "their world" in terms of the child. The Xbox/PS is "their world", the iPad is "their world" when their world is actually the real world. Set limits and monitor your kids.

[@julianespinosa5949]

Imagine this. Optimus makes a video where he includes Momma Optimus And Papa Optimus and they have a full blown 30 min talk about parenting. I would definitely sit down and listen to that. Listening to it in the background like it’s a podcast sounds pretty interesting. 4:48 for the Momma Optimus part

[@tobi8445]

These are the same losers that advocate for censorship in M-rated games, when those said games are not supposed to be played by kids in the first place.

[@DasShaten]

The only complaint I can say about this video, is sometimes kids are just bad, i mean really bad, no matter what you do, their evil. Welcome to the wonderful world of biological neural nets.

[@Theafroman2086]

Ur comment made me lose brain cells

[@polly09871]

That’s based on environment.. not just the kids behavior.

[@DasShaten]

@@polly09871 it's not though, now it's a very very small percentage, which is something social media is good at amplifying the appearance of. Sometimes a kid is just evil, now in the video it appears to be bad parenting. You will hear about a case now and then of a kid killing small animals, you know their on the serial killer path. Sone kids have no morales and nothing you do will ever fix it

[@DasShaten]

@@Theafroman2086 I warned you about those biological neural nets....

[@TeamStudNation1280]

I miss micro transaction-free video games 😓😓

[@SaadNabil]

I know. And me too. Nowadays, some video games are Microtransactions-free like LEGO.

[@slimestruct9693]

@@SaadNabil nope now you gotta pay extra for the rest of the characters

[@tokunbo9238]

If a game was made like that, then the studio would make no profit.

[@CallumSk8er]

@@tokunbo9238 elden ring

[@itsmikoton]

@@tokunbo9238 then how did they in the past they actually charged for the video game upfront but this has its downsides as micro-transactions for cosmetics usually makes more than the game sales and more people get on the bandwagon because it is free to play which essentially brings in more customers

[@Nave-usa]

We need to turn this trilogy into a saga.

[@eternaldarkness3139]

Did we not learn anything from Star Wars??!! Stop at Three we must!!!

[@greatgames3494]

@@eternaldarkness3139 six*

[@kwc0435]

@@eternaldarkness3139 the prequels were pretty good

[@dustinweist3160]

Every child deserves parents, but not every parent deserves a child.

[@LeviathanProbably]

I think this is mostly the kid's fault, but the parent isn't doing enough to prevent this from happening.

[@phatballs3570]

Bruh the mom trusted him with it tho?

[@TSH425]

The mom straight up left her card info on there she was looking for that to happen lol who leaves somthing THAT important in a kids hands and thinks its not gonna backfire

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

the mom let him use it, it is her fault for not controlling her card.

[@ProxiProtogen]

@@TSH425 I feel like a child should know better not to spend parents money with asking, atleast I know. Stop pretending that kids are always innocent

[@drankFoD]

@@TSH425 yeah but the kid should know that he shouldn’t spend $300 on a game

[@plane476lucky2]

If the parent left her card info on the ps4 then that's her own fault

[@youreverydayhellknight4257]

No it isn’t. I spent money on my mom’s card once because I memorized the number and added it to the console. Is it my mom’s fault for me spending money on her card? Or is it my fault for using her card. (I did later pay her back, like a day later)

[@chloemarlowe3817]

@@youreverydayhellknight4257 i think you need to re-read. The guy said "if the parent *left her card info on the PS4* then that's her own fault." Emphasis on the "left her card info" part. What you describe is just navigating around her rather than just... using the card the machine has on memory.

[@TSH425]

@@youreverydayhellknight4257 that's a completely differnt scenario were u purposefully go out of ur way to get her info and steal the differnce is the kid in the vid most likely didnt need or do that as the cards info was stated to be on her device (she legit says take my card off of this thing meaning she KNEW the card info was on the console) it's a different situation

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

I got my mother's consent before I put the credit card info on the Ps4.

[@WarHog935itchy]

If the kid has a Paid items that’s the game and the kid fault

[@silashurd3597]

AWESOME! It’s cool that this series is back!

[@desmondpitts1020]

You cant just blame the parents on certain situations when most parents dont even know how to operate a console.. especially when they don't even use them..imagine me expecting my mom knowing how to use a xbox360 and know all the features in it as a kid but never touched a console in her life and if she did she didn't really look to deep into the features of it..

[@statisticalcomputing]

Her fire alarm is beeping cus of low battery, you think she knows how to operate that too or is just lazy?

[@demonfigs3309]

She should've taken her card off the console. It's what my dad did every time my younger brother bought stuff for Fortnite on the PS4 so him, his friends and anyone else that would use the PS4 wouldn't be able to spend his money.

[@doublem6884]

I'm glad that when I was a kid, I literally had no idea how credit cards worked so whenever a free trial ended for a game I was playing, I was just like, "welp, guess I gotta burn the free trial on a different game I guess."

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

This triology has more character development than the sequels

[@kwc0435]

I agree space jesus

[@theceoofeggmansempire5214]

You are a bold one.

[@BooBoy456]

It's cool to see a new episode in the series that made fall on love with your channel, at the same time I'm writing a paper on video game violence for school!

[@explodingchicken1767]

tbh i don't agree with this video a lot and theres a lot of assumptions like she didn't teach him not to steal and that she didn't punish him cus why would she show her punishing the kid but I do agree a lot with the lack of security. Great video overall and keep it up!

[@Daboss-kq3jm]

The fact he’s made 3 should really say something

[@captaindanger13]

I’ve memorized my mom’s card info because of how many times I’ve paid the bills online for her cuz she doesn’t know how to. You don’t see me spending her money like that kid did. This is a matter of how you raise your kids bro.

[@jerrjohnpresti]

wait a minute, you had to pay the bills for her?! (i'm concerned)

[@shonthacreator6146]

@@jerrjohnpresti he's probably like 19 or 20 dude

[@therealjaystone2344]

1999 is so a long time ago. When are they going to admit it’s actually the social media’s fault for their lives destroyed?

[@Sly9192]

Honestly I prefer the early 2000s, it's basically the 90s but better

[@aceprolific9381]

Cap

[@SMD965OFFICIAL]

Parenting problem

[@invicktusimperium]

I will always always say microtransactions should be lowered in price, especially since alot of companies that have overblown prices already have millions if not billions. That being said, alot of this situations also should be on lockdown, there is options to have password protections for cards before spending stuff on microtransactions. [by the way, for the majority of these the parents CAN call the bank and get the money refunded since it was a mistranslation.]

[@BlueRaptorNightFury]

It would depend on the terms of purchase depending on the company and/or game.. So will allow a refund but others do not.

[@Sailed_away]

No , I think the best method would be to put some type of daily limit if you are under 18 , like 50 dollars a week or maximum 800 / month If your kid has access to the credit card then these type of barriers with age are the best thing game companies can do an example will be pubg mobile ( there's a limit on how much ingame currency you can buy I one day )

[@heinzdoofensmirtz8282]

Blaming video games for violence is like blaming Legos for buildings collapsing.

[@mandalorian_sam]

This is honestly why people should not get their children an gaming machine until at least middle school. I didn’t have a phone until high school and didn’t get my xbox until middle school.

[@Daboah]

Kids now a days have Vr headsets at the age when I would stand infront of a Table fan open my mouth and enjoy the wind.

[@beetheimmortal]

Something similar happened to me almost a decade ago now, maybe more. If I remember correctly, I was punished almost exactly like Optimus described at the end. Yes, the kid will feel terrible, but they 100% deserve it, and it's a great punishment.

[@renamon5658]

Optimus keeps making great content

[@cellmachiner]

Best series on the channel, i love listening to them while im playing games

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

As a parent, I love these and seeing the poor excuses. Optimus' takes are agreeable and he don't have kids.

[@IBonePokemon4Fun]

i agree with opti, regardless watch your kid and their play time, i made sure to tell my kids they are not allowed on store without adult supervision and no battle pass unless they complete it first, have a 8 adn 7 yo and have never had a problem, knock on wood

[@crossy6398]

The 2nd video in this "trilogy" was how I first found this channel, so it's nice to finally see a new vid on this topic. Cheers to that.

[@Trey50Daniel]

Eminem nailed it when he had the line "you shoulda been watching him apparently you ain't parents"

[@demonfox51321]

Thats why parents need to lock up a password requirement on playstation (dont know if xbox as one as well) before checking the order out 🤷‍♂️

[@Sly9192]

Or not just have their card information stored on their kid's console

[@polly09871]

The systems have parental controls . Or just don’t put your card on the system or supervise them while using the card.

[@Sly9192]

@@polly09871 he get's it ☝🏾

[@Second_Splitter]

Yeah Xbox has one too

[@KikiCatMeow]

My brother spent 200$ on Fortnite to buy levels so he could unlock the anime skin in the battle pass (that he could’ve had in like 3 weeks if he just played the game to level up normally) and had no repercussions whatsoever, then did it again a week later and my parents were shocked by it 💀 Like what do you expect? You don’t teach a kid what he’s doing is bad, he’ll keep doing it

[@mr.skully8787]

All children deserve parents Not all parents deserve children

[@jaylemoose4708]

He said "Mama Optimus" 😂😂😂

[@humanbeing1076]

Best trilogy ever

[@balthazar579]

A year and a half or 2 years ago? My nephew bought a game on my xbox off of my card. I didn't holler and scream, whoop him etc. I explained that he can't just do that amd he needs to ask first, shut off the xbox and told him to play outside for the day. Somehow, it's never happened again. Weird.

[@Sherudons]

The thing about blaming video games is that it ignores the first step just like they do, who gave them the games to start with?, did you link a card to an account and not even think to remove it? I learned very quickly why not to steal as a 6 year old child, I took a dollar from my dads wallet to get a chocolate and he explained why I was getting punished for what I did, it was not rage filled screaming, a quiet conversation and a belting did it, I usually knew why I was being punished and I learned those lessons, manners cost nothing but makes a man after all.

[@largemale7821]

the trilogy, finally

[@blue_dragon6736]

Can’t wait to get into this one 💀

[@cell2179]

Wondering why you found this comment funny

[@DREADLURKER]

@@cell2179 ?

[@xaviersmall4461]

If I was the parent I'd take the console away for 300 days. I'd log on once a day and lose one match per day and have them watch. I'll also need my $300 back before the 300 days are done.

[@ultra_phantomaj8300]

"Their Playstation is now my Playstation" In the words of my parents, "Always has been"

[@inkchariot6147]

The whooping must've been legendary, call it a historical event.

[@ST.a_VR]

You mean more historical than a world war caused by a painter?

[@HasukiHusky]

The threequel we all needed

[@amyyaku5022]

To be fair back in the day we didn't have games with a premium currency. We only needed money to buy the game and then we were set. In that sense, we could potentially (emphasis on potentially) blame the gaming companies for advertising these type of games for children, but even then its still the parents' fault if they let their children play these games.

[@noahfrye4583]

What I think happened here is the kid used money on the card before and it was no big deal so they did it again and again. I say that bc u hear her being like “no more using my card” meaning the kid has used it before. So therefore this is bad parenting bc the kid shouldn’t have access to her card for any amount of v bucks

[@arkosilaura]

Kids aren't all the same. I was a little sh*t when i was young. My mom would beat me, scold me, talk to me about morals and values and i didn't care. If anything, being scolded or beaten made me MORE rebellious, not less. These things only really took root in me much later in life. Kids aren't robots that you can just program to "be good". That's not how humans work.

[@bradyboggs6100]

Ayy part 3 of the most epic trilogy ever

[@oijosuke9879]

Having a card info in a console without a password or pin number nor parental controls while having kids is basically a financial deathwish

[@yourlemons4271]

JOKES ON YOU, BOOMERS! I WAS ALREADY A VIOLENT SOCIOPATH!

[@theworstgamer5967]

Economy so bad these days that parents are always at work to raise their kids. Putting kids in front of tv's to keep them entertained is kind of necessary at this point to keep them out of trouble as there is usually no parent not at work to supervise them.

[@I.____.....__...__]

To be fair, it is indeed at least partly the video-games' faults. They're specifically designed to abuse psychology, take advantage of people's mental illnesses, take advantage of children's naïvety, and so on. They're specifically designed to obfuscate the costs by using multiple levels of abstract transactions of currencies (eg $7.49 for 199 company-diamonds which get you 4,777 game-emeralds which you use in-game to buy stuff, which makes it harder to figure out the real-world cost of getting that in-game item). They're specifically designed to separate cost from everything in numerous ways to trick people. They're specifically designed with an opt-out policy to auto-charge you every week or month instead of providing a one-time purchase and requiring you to choose to buy a recurring subscription. Some will even full-on fraud and just charge you for stuff you never agreed to. Any parental-controls are usually buried away in menus, on the assumption that most parents are "boomers" and don't even know about them (especially since games no longer come with manuals). Yes, parents need to be more alert and wary of their children's actions, but game-studios are absolutely scummy, so let's not be letting them off the hook. Watch the Jimquisition for far too many examples. 😒

[@osuplaeyurreallygood]

it's the devlopers fault in that case, not necessarily the game

[@kendoruslink7017]

The long awaited sequel is now finally here .

[@stormcruiser2245]

Just a couple things I would like to bring up: firstly, Microsoft family features allows parents to allocate specific amounts of money to a child’s account, so there’s that. Secondly, our society is becoming so sensitive that discipline is impossible. I am in charge of a group in a high school military program, and we can’t even yell at our cadets, and who da thunk it, we have conduct issues.

[@Daboah]

That is just sad. You guys need power and respect.

[@stormcruiser2245]

@@Daboah its not a power thing. what I was getting at is that discipline is not taught by letting people do whatever they want, there needs to be consequences. and the issue is on both sides. children don't have the self control to not make decisions like this, and parents refuse to teach their children discipline through consequences. don't yell at them pointlessly, but don't do what optimus said and just get your money back and let them continue to play video games freely and without question or consequence. when you are in a position like that, whether it is parental, military, job, or other situation where you have subordinates, you don't have power, you have responsibility. when somebody under your authority does something wrong, it is not on them, it's on you as the leader. the parallel I was drawing with my JROTC group is that society is constantly discouraging confrontation. we can't confront our cadets about conduct issues, so they just continue to do the actions that are against our code of conduct because nothing will happen, because we as the leaders aren't ALLOWED to do anything. So its technically our fault as well because can't do anything to discourage and ridicule wrong doings

[@stormcruiser2245]

@@Daboah and also, look at the person in your icon logo and then think about what you said

[@Daboah]

@@stormcruiser2245 That is rude. I like that man what is your problem

[@jc1424]

How hard is it repeat "pay attention and behave in school, do your chores, don't be stealing and talking back to us... or you won't have them video games for a long time" like once a freaking week. This goes hand in hand for all kind of things for the rest of your life.

[@lugismansion2400]

When I was younger during Roblox days, I’ve never touched my parent’s credit cards because I understood that it was wrong

[@AutumnsNoise]

Kid his moms whole stimulus check

[@RozettaVyper]

When I was 8, 9, 10 years old, I knew not to use my mom's credit card to refill virtual currency. I understood money is important. I'll be on the benefit of the doubt and assume the mother trusted her son to not do this and maybe told him how important the credit card is. The kid either didn't fully understand or thought mom wouldn't know because the kid doesn't really know how the credit card works. They just know money "magically" comes from a plastic card. I blame the mom and the child.

[@apachesarge9263]

Actually as kid this exact situation happened to me, but it was a little different, my friend had his moms card on my 360 right, well I was a dumb lil kid and I bought castle crashers, thinking I had got the demo. About an hour later I get called to my friends house not really knowing what’s up and he tells me everything and how his mom thinks it was him and I felt so bad, I went home, grabbed my only currency I had which was like 5 dollar coins. Not enough but I still wanted to give back what I could and he called his mom and I fessed up and told her. Cause again it’s my friend and I don’t want my homie going down for what I did, especially with strict parents like he had. Long story short I lost my dollar coins and nobody got into real trouble, which in hindsight I think is because I tried to pay it back even though I was like 6

[@apachesarge9263]

this is a post I shared for others entertainment and nothing more, there’s no point I’m trying to make here. Just things I did.

[@MrLucky5001]

7:18 every time I buy something, I have to authorize the payment on my phone. so nobody can use my card to buy anything online, no matter how small the purchase.

[@Stuart_Dooley]

Story time: When I was I want to say 10-11, my dad was a member of a country club and when he ordered me a drink I knew he didn’t have money on him but we got the drink because he said “just put it in my bill I can pay for it later”. My friend also was with us at the time and his dad was also a member but he was 8-9 at the time and thought that what my dad did was an easy life hack to get free stuff there. About a month later, I went over to my friends house to see if he wanted to hang out and his dad answered and told me “sorry but he’s grounded until he can raise or work about $500”. And this was like 2006 so that now is about $750 dollars worth of drinks, shop items and who knows what else he bought with that money. I never did anything like that before but after hearing that story I would honestly get paranoid whenever I would use my mom and dad’s card whenever they would be down to buy me something or I needed to use their card to buy them something they wanted.

[@AnonymousBrendan]

Bro you need to these and stories more often I like your current content still I’d you don’t but we love these series

[@kalorama4250]

Way too calm. “Go to sleep” my mom would make sure I never woke up deadass

[@owo3480]

The 49,000 vbucks almost made me cry, having a black mother will either make you love life or hate it lol

[@Letheblivi]

I remember when I was maybe 9 years old and I ended up spending around 300 dollars on my phone with my dad’s credit card on various games. Instead of getting incredibly angry and threatening to beat me, he collected himself, showed me the charges, gave me a nice, long lecture and grounded me for a week like a normal parent. I never spent money without his permission again because I understood his message. There are different ways to teach your child to not spend your money, not just threatening them.

[@ssjwek]

Ah man these parents bout to get you optimus 😂

[@ShadowForceful]

First episode of this series got me hooked on optimus

[@joshhitxoriginal9367]

Gonna go ahead and just give this a chefs kiss before the video even ends.

[@MacaqueStinx]

Definitely a case of saving card info to the console. Unless you remove it, every purchase made will be made on whatever card you have linked to it. There is a part of this that is the child's fault, but I reckon the child didn't even exactly realize what he was doing in that moment, however this is 99% of the parent's fault.

[@savagegod1]

my question is how he got the password or pin like parents are the ones who gotta tell them not to spend without they say so

[@bigboris878]

When we needed the series the most it returned

[@JEAGERlST]

No kids stealing from their parents isn't the parents fault but the kids. I never stole money more than $2 even as a child.

[@thekingofwatermelons2140]

About 8 years ago, my parents made the mistake of allowing me to remember their Apple password, so I took my dad’s iPad and spent over $375 on a mobile game. I remember the game as well

[@Daboah]

It is good that you realise your mistake and want to become a better person. Goodday

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

I hate mobile games (with insane microtransactions)

[@josecano326]

Children being raised by children

[@Wolf-1211]

An old friend of mine once spent £600 on fifa packs. His dad was very angry but didn’t do much to stop it from happening again. While he was doing it I was calling him crazy and said he shouldn’t be doing it. I remember being called names for that. All I can say is, I’m glad I was raised properly

[@dew0152]

From a black mom, I know that she didn’t only say “don’t use my card no more”. Once that camera cut off, that kid turned to Chris Rock at the Oscar’s. That kid will know the fear of God once that camera off. That kid learned. I’d know

[@kristanutkins2662]

I’m a kid and have bean playing video games for 4+years and I’ve only bought stuff with my own money

[@taylorbufkin1591]

This trilogy is infinitely better than the Star Wars sequels

[@SkullZThe_Skeleton]

Still a better trilogy than the star wars sequels

[@redwarrior2963]

My allowance when I was a child was $5 a month. I saved for months for something I wanted.

[@datonemarioguy]

Lemme tell yall a story about how I almost used me mothers credit card. Alroght so I think this was back in 2014 or 2015, and I think I was about 8 or 10 I dont rembr). I was a Mario child back in the days, always playing Mario Wii, Mario kart 7, and etc. But I was also a fnaf kid; because this was an era where fnaf was a really popular franchise as a whole. I knew about the first fnaf game because of markiplier, and I heard that there was a sequel coming out, so I was tempted to buy the game When the sequel came out with the demo, I got excited and played the demo non stop not because it was fun, but because I couldn't have access to all 5 nights since it was a demo, so I played it like I did had 5 nights with custom nights and I knew it was demo because after I complete a night it'll always tell me to purchase the game for all 5 nights. And I was tempted to do so. It was prolly 6, 7, or 8 (idk) in the morning and I was ready to purchase the full game with me mother's credit card, without permission. While me muther and futher were sleeping, I sneaked up to the bag and gently pulled out me mother's card and I quickly ran to my tent. (My living room was large enough to put a tent where I can play me Mario kart and fnaf 2 demo) When I got into my tent I was about to purchase the full game, I put in the numbers and such, and was ready to play the full game. The button that said continue was right there, I lifted me finger and slowly approached the button. Until I felt something. As I was about to press continue, I felt something. I was hesitant to execute to plan (order 66). I felt shame and greedy. I was questioning myself if I was doing the right thing. I started at the screen, then my little Mario toy. My morality impacted my imagination because my little Mario toy was telling me to not do it , saying how I'm better than this, and scared me that if I do execute the plan (order 66), i would be in big trouble and that I'll never get to play Mario again for a long time. So I listened. I pressed the cancel button, pressed the home button, closed the app, and turned off my phone. I looked at my little Mario toy and said that he's right, I am better than this, and I shouldn't let me greed get the better of me. I think I was seeing things because I thought I saw Mario smiling at me with approval. So I got up and exit out the tent, went to me parents room and put me mother's card with dignity. I left and went back to my tent. I looked at my Mario toy with a smile and said thank you mario, you're my hero. And I played Mario Kart 7. Now that I'm in highschool, looking back I'm honestly glad that I was a Mario kid, because sharing this cringey story makes me feel more appreciative to Mario because without him, I would've been a bad kid. And as for fnaf 2, let's just say I bought a 10$ gift card because I helped me father with the yard. And seeing children being so aggressive and sociopathic nowadays just makes me feel sad because I could tell that the parents are slacking; and just blaming on video games isn't going to help much because I think it's not really video games fault that their child is being aggressive, rather than how influenced these children are because I believe video games are art, and art can influence everyone. Which is why I'm a Mario guy. If I was a parent and if I want give my child his first video game, I would definitely and honorably give him either Mario 64 or Mario odyssey because I want my child to experience something beautiful and hopefully maybe my child can learn a thing or two from Mario for being a pure, loyal, brave and selfless person. Also if u wanna shame me for almost doing something bad like this, so be it, I understand. I'm truly sorry for this long cringey story, if anyone is bothered to read all this.

[@FeltUmbrella]

Watch him get a angry email from a parent because he is a lawyer after all

[@MarikuJunrei]

so when i eventually wake up from my coma the idea to steal from my parents would have been hard wiped from my cognitive systems

[@Menchi42]

If I spent $300 of my mother's money as a kid my name would have been changed to Jeeves and the house would have been spotless.

[@vincentramirez6967]

I use to give my daughter Robux every month, now I don't. She used the robux I gave her to create accessories and shirt, created a store and now makes passive Robux.. 🤷‍♂️