CMV: a child should be able to file for emancipation after their parents take away their phone or computer.

I had a pretty normal childhood. My parents made me do chores and I only had one video game system and never got the latest electronics growing up and had to wait for Christmas or my birthday to get anything cool, but I also had a pretty strict set of rules for me to follow as well. When I was about 10 my parents took away my video game system because I was being lazy in cleaning the house. I didn’t clean my room, the dining area, or the front yard like I was supposed to. I remember being upset and just wanting to run away from the house and never come back. I remember having a day dream that police showed up at my door and asked me if I was being treated poorly and I told them I wasn’t but that I didn’t like being punished. The police told me that they would take me to a place to live where I wouldn’t have to do any chores and I could play video games all day. I remember in my day dream thinking that sounds like my ideal home and when the police asked me again if I was being treated poorly I told them yes and that my parents were mean to me and that I didn’t want to see them again and that I wanted to live with my grandparents. In my day dream I was granted my wish and I got to live with my no rules and responsibilities and I was so happy. It’s been over 20 years since that day dream and looking back I realize that was a pretty entitled thing to think. <br><br>Fast foward to today. There are so many kids who get their phones/computer taken away by their parents and the first thing they do is go to chambers and post about how their mean parents treated them poorly for taking away their electronic devices because they didn’t do their homework or because they stayed out past their curfew. <br><br>The way I see it is that these devices don’t belong to the kids. It is the parents who pay the bills for these items. It is the parents who buy these items for their children. Taking away these items is not abuse. It is punishment a child for poorly making decisions when they know better. These punishments are given out by parents because they love their children and want them to grow up and be responsible. <br><br>Kids these days don’t realize how good they have it and it angers me to see so many kids who are so entitled and think they are victims because they are being held to a standard. I don’t want a child to go through neglect or abuse from their parents. However, I think kids should be taught resilience and responsibility. <br><br>My argument isn’t that kids should hold a job to pay for their electronics or cell phone bills. That’s dumb. My argument is also not to let kids do whatever they want. Kids should have a standard they have to uphold. My argument for a kid to be able to file for emancipation after having their phone or computer taken away is that kids should have to learn that parents taking away things they want but don’t need is the bare minimum of what they should have to deal with. If parents taking away your phone/computer is the worst thing ever and you think you should go live with other people then experience what it’s really like to live with other people and see if you truly like it. I think kids these days don’t realize how good they have it.<br><br>Parents shouldn’t give in to the entitled needs of their children. Make your children earn the things they want but don’t need. <br><br>Edit: <br>To clarify things. This is meant for kids of "luxury" who have cell phones and laptops etc. under the assumption that they are in school and their parents pay for their needs. If a child is being abused or neglected and their only thing of leisure is a phone or laptop than obviously them having that taken away is a bad thing and the child should have that item back.