This Jimmy Kimmel segment about parent turning off the TV during a game of fortnite is scary
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Prank video or not, recording someone without their consent is actually punishable in some states, not to mention flat out rude. The posting for millions to see is just a bonus. A bad bonus.
I wish one of my kids would cus at me cause I turned a damn game off, viral or not we going have a problem.
All of those reactions seem pretty tame. Yeah the kids yell a bit, but the parents are also acting like shits. They're turning off the TV because jimmy kimmel told them it would be funny. I dont know if I still lived with my parents and they turned off the TV while I was watching an important cutscene in red dead just because jimmy kimmel told them to I'd be pretty pissed too.
It's all in good fun though so who cares. I just think the OPs statement about the kids' behavior is a bit misplaced. I don't really see anything alarming.
It's all in good fun though so who cares. I just think the OPs statement about the kids' behavior is a bit misplaced. I don't really see anything alarming.
Part of me wants to find some irony to this that it had to take Jimmy Kimmel to "challenge" parents to do this when it seems like this should be something done a long time ago (at least in the sense of regulating the amount of time kids play games). Hell knows that my mom never allowed me to play games when it was a "School Night" and homework had to be done (and how she would crack the whip if my grades dropped).
I've seen people say this before. But "pop me in the mouth" certainly sounds violent. We must always give the benefit of the doubt in such circumstances, but perhaps the word "pop" isn't the best word for what you mean.
Lol at a lot of these responses.
Parents aren't the issue here. Kids need to learn to get a hold of their emotions and not act out (swearing, hitting, etc). I suspect some of the adults in this thread act the same way if this happens to them which is why they are so upset with this little experiment.
Parents aren't the issue here. Kids need to learn to get a hold of their emotions and not act out (swearing, hitting, etc). I suspect some of the adults in this thread act the same way if this happens to them which is why they are so upset with this little experiment.
Too many of the replies and bits of the discussion in this thread echo my childhood. Those being that:
1. As the child you are lucky to even be alive.
2. You should be glad to even be given food and shelter.
3. You have no rights and deserve no common respect because children deserve none.
4. Your opinion doesn't matter.
5. Your feelings don't matter.
6. It's the parent's house so they literally lord over everything in it including what is technically yours. Oh wait nothing is yours because we bought the shit, sorry, kid.
7. Don't speak even when you are 100% right, because fuck you, you have no right to point out when I'm wrong. And yes I already know I'm wrong, but I'll be damned if I admit it in front of you. Now hush so I can finish talking down to you.
I could go on, but that's enough. Sorry to point this out, but this is in fact not a healthy way to raise a child. Every human being has an intrinsic right to be treated with basic individual respect. All you do by violating these rights is risk building bitterness and anger in a child. That's when you start getting cussed at and all behavior expectations go out the window. "Fuck me, well fuck you too."
Tyrants command respect. Parents earn it.
I take what I learned from the mistakes my parents made and make sure I raise mine ti respect me while I respect them. I'm not saying you treat them as equals, because they are not, but you treat them as humans who do have their own ideas, feelings, opinions, and rights.
1. As the child you are lucky to even be alive.
2. You should be glad to even be given food and shelter.
3. You have no rights and deserve no common respect because children deserve none.
4. Your opinion doesn't matter.
5. Your feelings don't matter.
6. It's the parent's house so they literally lord over everything in it including what is technically yours. Oh wait nothing is yours because we bought the shit, sorry, kid.
7. Don't speak even when you are 100% right, because fuck you, you have no right to point out when I'm wrong. And yes I already know I'm wrong, but I'll be damned if I admit it in front of you. Now hush so I can finish talking down to you.
I could go on, but that's enough. Sorry to point this out, but this is in fact not a healthy way to raise a child. Every human being has an intrinsic right to be treated with basic individual respect. All you do by violating these rights is risk building bitterness and anger in a child. That's when you start getting cussed at and all behavior expectations go out the window. "Fuck me, well fuck you too."
Tyrants command respect. Parents earn it.
I take what I learned from the mistakes my parents made and make sure I raise mine ti respect me while I respect them. I'm not saying you treat them as equals, because they are not, but you treat them as humans who do have their own ideas, feelings, opinions, and rights.
Kimmel is terrible.
If you give your kids permission to play Fortnite and then do something like this to them to expose and humiliate them on tv, you're an asshole. Plain and simple.
I work with kids for a living, this kind of behavior from fucking ADULTS is the reason why kids act out this way. Learn from example.
I'm glad to see at least some younger parents get the point. Respect comes from respect. Respect your kids, don't treat them like props in a dumb television show, and recognise that how you treat them now will condition their expectations and their notions of how to treat others over whom they have power.
This Kimmel guy sounds like a real bottom feeder. Don't take him as a role model if you want your kids to respect you.
How do you almost guarantee that? There's absolutely no evidence that harmless pranks cause lasting damage. This stuff is getting ridiculous now.
Yeah I don't really see this as "scary". Maybe if the parents were like 'hey, you need to get off Fortnite...'
They just turned the TV off to be dicks. Not to mention recording it so their kid could go viral on Jimmy Kimmel. It wasn't a disciplinary thing at all, just mean spirited.
The kids that hit the phones away maybe went too far. Honestly though, if it was me, I'd be way more upset about being recorded than having the TV turned off.
They just turned the TV off to be dicks. Not to mention recording it so their kid could go viral on Jimmy Kimmel. It wasn't a disciplinary thing at all, just mean spirited.
The kids that hit the phones away maybe went too far. Honestly though, if it was me, I'd be way more upset about being recorded than having the TV turned off.
Turning a video game console or TV off is child abuse now!? The horrific trauma of not being able to complete your 100th round of Fortnite!
The level of entitlement, overreaction and sensationalism is off the charts.
We are talking about parents who are the legal guardians of their children who can make any decision on behalf of their children without their consent. That includes posting a prank video online for millions of people to see.
SB happens once a year (with a house full of guests, in many cases), while Fortnite is played in these people's homes, likely, multiple times per week. I fail to see the equivalence.
But with regarrd to the vid, it's just kids being kids while the adults pulled a harmless prank. Oh no, you lost a Fortnite match. *rolls eyes*
Turning a video game console or TV off is child abuse now!? The horrific trauma of not being able to complete your 100th round of Fortnite!
The level of entitlement, overreaction and sensationalism is off the charts.
might be a good idea to actually read the thread before you start calling people out
Sure, parents can do whatever they want to their kids as long as it's not abuse. They just better not expect their kids to respect them or take care of them in the future. And before some says "Hur-dur parents should't expect their kids to respect them or take care of them cause we won't let them play fornite" this aint about fornite.
A couple of years ago, someone turned off the monitor of someone at work, which led to an issue with their work and caused a number of unintended consequences which took a few hours to resolve.
He was fired. Doesn't have anything to do with turning off the TV while kids play though, this just reminded me of that.
He was fired. Doesn't have anything to do with turning off the TV while kids play though, this just reminded me of that.
This is a 9 page thread. I've personally made several longer and more thoughtful posts within it besides the post above.
If that is really the case in your country, the video is even more scary.
Here's a question for those who think the parent did nothing wrong here: do you ever treat your own children like this? Or is this purely an academic exercise for you? Are you just imagining the shittiest behaviour you think you could condone?
I've turned off the Tv on my kids before. They have responded by giving me the "Oh shit" dad is serious look. If I did this right now they would be wondering what they didn't do that I had asked them to, in fact it has happened enough that they wouldn't react crazily and honestly my kids would have never reacted with such disrespect as these kids on TV.
Congrats. You have more self control than some 6-12 year olds.
Most of them reacted badly, but the black kid hilarious. Loved him telling his dad to go and cook.
But isn't that most likely because you have established a clear pattern of behavior where you would in fact only be doing that to signify they'd done something wrong and they would understand this was in response to their own behavior? Just by randomly doing what Jimmy Kimmel said for laughs, the parents in the video aren't demonstrating that level of consistency that makes their actions easily understood and interpreted by kids.
If you do a behavior that means "you're in trouble" and sometimes it's because they are and sometimes it's because it's a joke (at the child's expense), how do kids even learn how to respond? It seems like you're establishing clear and consistent behavior with your kids and they are learning in return; doesn't really seem to be the case in the video.
Just curious.
How does just turning off a monitor cause work issues with some serious effort to resolve?
*turns TV off*
*parental abuse* *bullying* *rights violation*
*yeah but they're recording this to humiliate them on TV*
That's true. And that's shitty. But that ain't why those kids are acting terribly.
*parental abuse* *bullying* *rights violation*
*yeah but they're recording this to humiliate them on TV*
That's true. And that's shitty. But that ain't why those kids are acting terribly.
Bulling? Not okay.
Harmless prank? Absolutely. Let's just call it a character building session.
Overreacting much? I think you can record your kid any time you feel like it. I mean as long as it isn't abuse or whatever.
My next challenge: walk into an Irish pub and turn off the TV during the final of Champions League .
Now THAT would lead to some scary reaction.
Now THAT would lead to some scary reaction.
My son loves Fortnite and he plays it a lot, but I would never switch it off like that. I either gives him a time at which he is to switch off or tell him to finish the current game and that's it. And he cannot play until he finishes his homework and chores.
While everything that yo have said is true in my case; I would also have to say that for a child to react that way to a removal of anything from their presence is a clear display of poor parenting. Even before it as established my household what turning off the TV meant we established there was nothing in a child's life that should have held enough significance to create those responses as seen on TV. If a child of mine had responded that way to the removal of anything in the house they would have son found that those things would be removed permanently from the household.
Surely you understand how crazy this sounds. You think parents should be able to record their child at any time in their life as long as they're not being physically or emotionally abused. What if a parent wanted to record their kid 24/7, it's not abuse so it'd be ok in your book? If the kid you're recording asks you to stop filming them, and they say "I'm your parent, I'll record you any time I feel like it", you'd agree with the parent? Just some hypotheticals.
Honestly, as stupid as it is it's disturbing how children attacking their parents is a okay because they turned a game off
A fuckin video game
Christ
Abuse? I think you left out that part when reading. Recording your kid 24/7 would count as abuse
Man, at least ask your kid if recording them is ok. These videos could exist for as long as they live, and they don't want to be represented to the public by their 6-12 year old selves. Also, just randomly doing something that usually means "you're in deep shit" is really bad for the kid. Kids get anxious and nervous too, and it's bad for them. Parents who do this shit because 'funne man on tv want me to' are most likely not good parents and will get ignored or cut off from their kids for being such flaky assholes.
Also, ain't Jimmy Kimmel on camera trying to make women touch his junk? I'd think people would care about it, but most people don't give a shit if a celebrity does horrible shit.
Also, ain't Jimmy Kimmel on camera trying to make women touch his junk? I'd think people would care about it, but most people don't give a shit if a celebrity does horrible shit.
as long as it's legal in the state/country you live in, then yeah. I go by what the law says if it's fair game
by the way -- in this day of technology, there are TONS of parents who have 24/7 video cameras of their babies. that's actually pretty common now
Calling it a harmless prank doesn't change the fact that it's using your superior power over a child in an arbitrary way. You're saying you don't care about their feelings.
It's a prank, most of the videos the kids realize this and they will get over it. It's not any different when a child really wants something and the parent teases them they can't have only to surprise the kid afterwards by giving them that thing that they wanted.
If going by the environments presented in the video, it's clear that these pranked kids are all well cared for. Also, just by their reaction, turning off the TV while in game doesn't appear to be something that happens at all, but you want to call the parent shitty just because of a single prank?
