Father Refuses To Buy Son New Phone After He Broke It In A Dare

A father who bought his son a new iPhone after he got all A’s on his report card has refused to buy him a new phone after he broke it in a dare. His friend dared the teenager to place his phone on the sidewalk and run over it with his bike to ‘look cool.’ The father refused to buy him a new phone, leaving him to use an old flip phone he found in the cabinet. The teenager protested, saying it was unusable and unfair, but the father stood by his decision. The incident has sparked a debate on whether the father was right to refuse to buy his son a new phone. What do you think?

Generous dad gets ungrateful son a new phone.

Father denies son new phone after dare gone wrong

Son’s phone shattered and bent after a reckless dare gone wrong.

Teaching kids responsibility, one broken phone at a time

Teaching responsibility or being too harsh?

Son gets punished for breaking phone by using old flip phone

Dad teaches son a valuable lesson about priorities

Are they the a**hole?

Father refuses to buy son new phone after he broke it

A father saved money to upgrade his son’s phone to reward him for good grades. However, the son took a dare from his friend to run over the iPhone with his bike to look cool. The phone was beyond repair, and the father refused to buy him a new one, instead opting to give him an old flip phone. The son complains that it’s unusable and unfair, but the father believes it performs the basic functions that a phone should. Do you think the father is in the right, or should he have bought his son a new phone? Read on for the reactions and comments.

NTA. Son intentionally broke phone for cool points, consequences needed.

Teens breaking their own phones for fun? Natural consequence explained.

Father refuses to buy son new phone and commenters agree.

Teaching the value of money and consequences.

Teachable moment for entitled son. ‍♂️

Sometimes, we have to live in our mistakes. ‍♂️

Teaching responsibility through consequences. Flip phone = lesson learned ‍♂️

NTA. Tough love with a touch of humor

Lesson learned! Fix old phone with extra chores

Good parenting pays off. NTA for not buying new phone.

Teens and dares, when will they learn?

Father not obligated to replace phone. Flip phone reasonable compromise.

Is the son being bullied into destroying his own property?

Taking responsibility for one’s actions is a valuable lesson.

Teaching financial responsibility to a teenager

Flip phone karma strikes back

Lesson learned: Actions have consequences, even for iPhones

Teaching responsibility: NTA parent refuses to buy son new phone

Teen learns hard lesson after phone dare gone wrong ❌

15-year-old agrees: Dumb kid! NTA dad wins at parenting

Flip phones are cool as s**t

Dad’s revenge: Nokia brick for son’s daredevil phone-breaking skills

Teach your son the value of hard work

Teaching a lesson with humor

“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” applies here.

Son learns phone responsibility after dare gone wrong

Dad refuses to buy son new phone after dare gone wrong

Friend broke phone in a dare, NTA suggests friend pays up

Teaching responsibility ‍♂️

Teaching responsibility: Father refuses new phone after dare incident ✊

Flip phone karma

Consequences of actions – a good parent’s lesson

A hilarious suggestion for the father-son phone dilemma

NTA. Father sets boundaries for son’s phone usage with consequences.

Parent teaches valuable lesson by not replacing broken phone

Consequences for broken phone after dare, NTA ‍♂️

Commiserating with a fellow NTA parent

Teaching consequences with a 2000s flip phone ‍

Actions have consequences! NTA for enforcing them.

Teaching responsibility – NTA!

NTA parent refuses to reward wasteful, foolish behavior

Son breaks phone in dare, father refuses replacement. NTA.

Teaching responsibility!

Father’s punishment for son’s dare phone break is justified

Good parenting! Teaching valuable lessons.

Find the humor in the situation

Reddit agrees, kids can be pretty dumb sometimes ‍♂️

Concerned commenter questions son’s story in broken phone incident.

Frugal parenting at its finest

Teaching cause and effect or being a lemming

Nokia: The indestructible phone

NTA but current norm is to have a smart device ‍♂️

Teaching responsibility

Teaching responsibility: NTA dad with a wise lesson

Teaching a valuable lesson ‍ ‍

Encourage your son to prioritize self-respect over social validation

Consider bullying before labeling him NTA.

Teaching responsibility: Father refuses to buy son new phone

Stand firm, dad! Teaching responsibility is key. ‍

Son learns a valuable lesson after breaking his phone in dare