No, I'm not kidding.

You would also have a really hard time getting more than the games themselves are worth. Are you going to sue for emotional damage from video games being destroyed and being unable to play them for the 2 days it takes to ship them?

And you aren't getting what I mean about the money from your parents, clearly. Even once a kid moves out of the house, parents often provide great support for their child. If I had a kid who sued me, I would quite literally tell him to fuck off any time he came over and wanted a free meal, he would be taken off of my will and not receive a single dollar upon my death, he would never be going on another free vacation with me the rest of my life, he wouldn't be getting a single dollar of his wedding paid for, he wouldn't be getting any gifts (christmas, birthday, etc.) from me ever again. The list goes on. That kid would never be getting a single dollar from me again the rest of my life. And while it is largely dependent on your parents, that list adds up to several hundred thousand dollars for me (all over a couple hundred dollars of stupid video games?).

It isn't about needing the money. When working full time, I don't need my parents to help me either. I won't need their free vacations, I won't need their help with my wedding, and I won't need money from their will. But the reality is, you are trading a couple hundred dollars for a LOT more than that.

And I'm sure the parent is very aware of all of that when they decide to demolish hundreds of dollars of their kid's property. If you as a parent are willing to do that, your relationship clearly isn't good enough for any of that to be expected in the first place. And I'd hope that no parent is stupid enough to think that they can do something like that without some major retaliation from the kid.

You have an extremely flawed view of the real world.

While we don't know the age of this kid, first and foremost, know that under the age of 18, you don't own any property. I don't care if you bought it with "your" money. It isn't yours, it is your parents.

Second, as a parent, you want to see your child succeed in life. Him sitting in his room all day, not working, and playing video games isn't succeeding. If that means you have to destroy all of his video games for him to realize he is a damn loser and needs to go get a job, then so be it. It doesn't mean you have a poor relationship with your child at all. It means you care about them. I'd say the kid is lucky in the first place that his parents just let him sit around for even 3 months without doing a damn thing but playing games. Also keep in mind I would most definitely be charging the kid rent to live in my place if that is all he did though, in which case he would probably get kicked out after a month anyways.

I got spanked, I got my neck grabbed in multiple instances, and I got told I'm a fucking idiot by my father in multiple instances. So does that kind of treatment just mean we had a horrible relationship, and that I can never expect money from my parents because they treated me poorly? No, it means I needed to stop being a shit, and get my attitude in proper order. It seems to have worked, because I like to think my parents being harsh made me into a pretty great person, and my relationship with my father is the most amazing thing in the world, despite what some would call his "abuse" against me.

Yeah... You've revealed far more to me than I wanted out of this discussion, so I'll just let it go.

I just think its astonishing you would honestly sue your parents over a couple hundred dollars. If some rando person did it, sure, but your parents?

I got spanked, I got my neck grabbed in multiple instances, and I got told I'm a fucking idiot by my father in multiple instances. So does that kind of treatment just mean we had a horrible relationship, and that I can never expect money from my parents because they treated me poorly? No, it means I needed to stop being a shit, and get my attitude in proper order. It seems to have worked, because I like to think my parents being harsh made me into a pretty great person, and my relationship with my father is the most amazing thing in the world, despite what some would call his "abuse" against me.

Damn, that's horrible, tbh. My parents never treated me that way, especially never grabbing me by the neck and telling me that kind of stuff 0_o

I honestly wouldn't reveal that kind of stuff online either. Certainly doesn't sound like a healthy relationship at first glance.