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11-year-old accused of killing his father after his Nintendo Switch was taken away
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this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2026
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I'm just pointing out that an 11 year old is not thinking as an adult. Fairness and morality starts to clean up around 8. But it all depends on what kind of environment they have.
11 is still in mid/early development.
Not much in the article. Surely there's more going on here, possibly an unsecured firearm?
Why is the story not about an 11yo getting access to a gun?
Totally justified.
Jk, but so much focus on the handheld videogames, and not the handheld gun... Must be Merica
Sounds like the solution here is to regulate and license people's access to Nintendo Switches!
Either the dad was a prick or the kid is a psychopath that belongs in a mental institution.
I think a little bit of both.
Or the accusation is wrong, or circumstances are unknown, or maybe even something else :)
Kid certainly won't be getting another Switch...
Back in my day, he would've gotten the switch. Just not the one he wanted.
Mimfenko Splish? Aw gee. Thanks Mom and Dad
Then you must have a strong opinion on The King’s new Tea Tax.
Lol, I'm 34 and my parents hit me with just about anything within arms reach when I was young. Getting the switch might have been the better alternative.
Uh… I’m really sorry to hear that.
No worries dude, I'm glad most people have pretty much given up that style of parenting. Spanking and abuse was still pretty common in the 90s though.
I grew up this way too. 90's kid. My parent was proud he didn't use the kneeling on rice thing, like his mother did, but I've definitely had to pick my own switch out of the woods to get beat with.
I don't hit my kid, ever, shockingly, he is respectful and trusts me. Who knew.
Maybe where you grew up, but I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and that sort of thing was unheard of. And very much considered completely and utterly unacceptable.
I’m sorry that’s not how you grew up.
Thanks man, don't worry about it. It was a long time ago and I left that place and never looked back. I think a lot of it has to do with how much money your family had. I grew up super poor and never had a stable place to live and my parents took a lot of their frustrations out on my siblings and myself. Mostly me as the oldest of five children. I know I went through more than most people, but I've traveled around the country and most people I've met had some kind of parental corporal punishment.
I have had friends who lived in middle class and upper middle class families and it was a completely different environment from what I was used to. I also grew up in a poor red state and a lot of what people believe there was completely backwards and still probably is.
Why the downvotes? Lol. This is accurate for that time period.
I feel particularly bad for the mother (and any siblings). She lost a husband and a child this day.
I feel like there must have been something else going on