.....what Mike Dixon did for his son? Its hard to say unless you're in that situation? Also, he didn't really know what his son did exactly.....only that he's responsible for what happened to the Boyd kid.
Also, the actress who played Nina....she looked SO different in Oblivion. I didn't even know. But....she was SUPER HOT though lol.
No idea if would or would not... no idea...
sharewhat exactly do you mean? what did he do? did he cover it up for him?
shareYeah. That's what I was talking about. Because it was SO wrong what his son did to the other kid.....all for what....because he stared at him......
shareI was under the impression that the kid who created the account to mess with Jason Batemans son, was gay. Did anyone else feel that?
shareNo, he just found out that he had a lot of things in common with the kid...so kinda liked him and felt bad for lying...it was cos his friend teased him about it that he posted the photo. Notice the only sexual conversations and photo was only done with his friend.,,when he was alone they were talking about general stuff..
shareOn real experiences, a lot of parents have confessed crimes and done time in order to save their guilty children.. I think he would go to that extent.
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I would like to say no, that I would want my son to take responsibility however, who knows if I was in that position? It is something that could ruin his life, your natural instinct is to protect your children.
And Mikes kid is definitely not gay. Once he started chatting with The Boyd kid he realised they shared similar problems with their dads, they had things in common, the kid never knew it would leave to The guy hanging himself.
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Yes without a doubt, I would do anything to protect my son.
...and a pair of titties that make you wanna stand up and beg for buttermilk
Covering up a crime he committed is not protecting your son.
I have a son and a daughter who are adults now but I made it very clear to my children when they were growing up they would be held accountable for anything they did wrong. Fortunately, my children never got into any real trouble and maybe because I had always held them accountable from a young age had something to do with that, but they knew I would not be one of those parents who say "my child wouldn't do that" nor would I be one of those parents who covered up for them if they were caught doing something wrong.
If we don't make our children face consequences for their actions how can we expect them to become honest, responsible, fully functioning adults who can stand on their own when we are no longer able to be there for them?
The whole "I would serve my kids over to the system" are really kidding themselves.
Maybe you've never seen the inside of a juvenile correction facility, but I used to work with kids in them all the time.
These were some good kids - but those were not good places, and these kids weren't from families who made them take responsibility, these were hardened, neglected kids.
This is a very specific case, and has potential for those 2 to be very wrongly scapegoated into a stiff penalty - NO WAY I could live with myself.
So what do you think is the answer for children who commit crimes that hurt someone else or have a real potential to hurt someone else?
This is a completely different scenario than in this movie but I just read where a child here in a neighboring school district was arrested for making terroristic threats for texting with a friend (he thought at least -- it turns out it was the mother of his friend who had seen some disturbing texts on her son's phone and continued texting the other child to see what else he would say) about "busting a cap" at their school. The child went on to outline his plan about taking guns and knives to school that coming Friday and encouraged his friend in the texts to join him in the plan.
As to the 13 year old child who was arrested here, his parents said they had no idea what he was up to and he was in fact using his neighbor's cell phone to send the texts because they did not allow him to have a cell phone of his own. What is to be done in a case like that? Potentially there were lives saved but maybe the boy was not serious about the threats he made. How are we to know unless it is investigated which often requires getting the authorities involved and unfortunately that would lead to the child being arrested. I don't know the answer to the problem within the juvenile facilities but should this have just been ignored or covered up by the parents?
I know this is a completely different set of circumstances from what the original discussion was about but I was just reading the article before I saw your response and thought it was pertinent in reference to those parents who say they would cover up for their children. I wonder how those parents who say they would cover up for their children would feel if their child were hurt in the scenario outlined above if this child's parents had covered up for him and he was able to follow through with his plan after all at a later time.
If I thought there was even the slightest possibility that one of my kids was actually going hurt someone, or even if they made threats like this - then, I would immediately go first to the principal, and then let the school call the police, or whatever they had to do.
This is a completely different scenario.
The safety of the community comes before your own child. Also, in this scenario, the 13 year old didn't actually hurt anybody, so its possible he can learn a BIG lesson here. Even if that means going to a Juvenile facility for a short time.
I knew it would come down to that scene and there was only 2 options for Mike at that point, and for a film like this I knew Mike would erase the profile so it didn't surprise me at all. Thinking about the character Mike it was the right thing to do, his relationship with his son was already at a critical point and whatever choice he made would either help the relationship or make it severely worse. Mike's son was a total dick, but he didn't mean for what happened and he really felt bad for Ben the more he knew about him and there is no more justice for him what his father will do for him.
If Mike shed light on the fact that his son did it, it would not help anyone's situation except Rich Boyd's conscience, and by that point he knew anyways.
"LISTEN TO ME I'M DOCTOR TED NELSON!" - Dr.Ted Nelson
His father was a dick to. Mike was a total dick to his own son from the get-go on.
So no wonder where his son learned it from.
I wouldn't cover it up for him. I would let him face the real world, with me beside him. How can we learn for ourselves, when everything we do is silenced? Would it be any better to let the child live with the guilt, or - not in this case, but - even with knowing how his father is jailed because of him?
What kind of life would he have?
There is only one way to deal with our problems: facing them. Covering them up, will just let them lie, hurting progressively more, until we either face them or give into them.
I actually thought he (the dad) was being incredibly selfish deleting the files. To start with he was understandably very angry at his Son for what he did and wanted him to be punished. But finding out he had problems and he (dad) was the contributor to some of those issues he the deletes the files? Well all he really found was references to what a *beep* Dad he was. Covering that up just allows him to escape the guilt he feels over what happened (irrespective of what his son wants or needs).
shareI didn't think Jason was gay, he was just being prodded by his jerkhole of a friend. If Jason had been alone when he received the picture, he probably would have just let it go and went about his day. But that would have been an interesting detail to add to the character, having Jason realize he was falling for the kid he was bullying. Too bad we'll never know the outcome of that storyline, or if Ben ever woke up.
I agree, that he wouldn't have continued the bullying if it hadn't been for his friend. And he didn't feel like his dad had his back.
"This guy just telephoned a psycho-killer to come down and psycho-kill us!"
I thought so too.
It looked like he was deleting everything to show his son that he could be a good dad. He was arguing about how Ben's dad would feel now and then he just tosses these thoughts aside and selfishly deletes the evidence that would maybe help coping for the Boyd family.
I mean, they could still have walked away when they found out what exactly happened and saw that Jason was truly sorry, but erasing everything is irresponsible for a dad and more-so an ex-cop.
I am not sure if I would do that for my children.
Of course one has to learn from their mistakes, but I'd rather be a good parent from the start and look out for signs of a troubled mind than having to clean up afterwards.
So many parents have their head stuck in their own arse and don't see what happens to their children every day.
They need to provide a good basis from which the children know who to trust and how to keep to their moral compass.
What are you hungry for?
Total honesty. That is it.
It looked like he was deleting everything to show his son that he could be a good dad.I think it was an even more self-serving act than that. (Up until that point, we'd never seen any evidence that he really cared that much how his son felt about anything.) He saw his son as an extension of himself, so protecting his son meant protecting himself. And as far as legal proceedings might be concerned, he was going to be affected if his son was charged (if for no other reason than being responsible for legal fees). share
i would if i had one. But then, it turns out that i'm allergic to kids......i even find it tedious to babysit my little sis. lol!
.she was SUPER HOT
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lol, funny post ARROW90210, I WOULD def not cover up for my kid, they do not learn if parents are continually taking the rap for their kids and taking all the punishment, my kids got into lots of trouble when they were teenagers, and I did not cover for them, they had to learn their own lessons the hard way, and they are better for it today.
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