A person who claimed he was in a fight along with his wife after she locked their 16-year-old son out of the home as punishment for drinking is receiving support on Reddit.
User “Dadthrowaway788” asked subscribers of the “Am I the A–hole” (AITA) subreddit to weigh in along with his recent post asking if he was fallacious “for freaking out when my wife locked our son out of the home at night after he drank alcohol?”
Within the post, the dad, 39, explained that he and his wife, 40, have a 16-year-old son — and that although the incident occurred a number of days ago, he said, “she’s still mad at me.”
“I used to be on a piece trip so my wife was at home with our son,” wrote the daddy.
“Once I got back, I came upon that he had been hanging out along with his friends and so they convinced him to drink some beer and he got a bit drunk,” he said.
“I’m not saying what he did was right, but [he] and I had a discuss it and it’s advantageous.”
His wife, nevertheless, was considerably more upset.
“When he got here home and my wife came upon, she was furious and kicked him out and refused to let him back in until the morning,” wrote Dadthrowaway788.
“He was begging her to let him in, but she wouldn’t.”
The dad said he was “furious” when he came upon that his son was locked out overnight.
“She just kept saying that it’s our son’s fault for drinking alcohol.”
“No matter what he did, she made a barely drunk teenager stay outside by himself at night. Something very bad could have happened to him,” he added.
The daddy also noted that he and his wife “had an enormous argument over it.”
“She just kept saying that it’s our son’s fault for drinking alcohol,” he wrote.
Consequently of what transpired, Dadthrowaway788’s wife “isn’t really talking to me now — and my son isn’t talking to his mom.”
And while he wrote that he seems like he’s in the proper, the person also asked others on Reddit to share their opinions of the situation.
On the AITA subreddit, people can reply to posts and indicate the poster is “NTA” (“Not the A–hole”), “YTA” (“You’re the A–hole”), “NAH” (“No A–holes Here”) or “ESH” (“Everyone Sucks Here”).
Users can “upvote” good replies and “downvote” those they don’t find helpful.
The post has received some 29,000 reactions up to now.
“Her punishment doesn’t show him any consequences of getting drunk.”
Fox News Digital reached out to a clinical psychologist for insight.
Said Dr. Jayme Albin, PhD, of Latest York, “Relating to parenting and teenage drinking, parents must keep their emotions in check and never put the lesson of safety on the back burner or in jeopardy.”
She added of the mother mentioned within the post, “While [her actions] might signal she’s upset with what her son did, it put her child’s safety in a vulnerable state by locking him out intoxicated — but her punishment doesn’t show him any consequences of getting drunk.”
Dr. Albin added, “How about a number of hours of community service at a homeless shelter?”
Many of the 5,000-plus responses to the situation said that the dad was “NTA” — and that he was right to be concerned about his son’s well-being and the way the teenager’s mistake in judgment was handled.
“NTA. Leslie Mahaffy, a victim of serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, was locked out of her house by her parents the night they kidnapped her,” said Reddit user Real-Weird-2121 within the top-upvoted comment, referring to a criminal offense that occurred in Canada 32 years ago.
Mahaffy was 14 years old when she was kidnapped in mid-June, 1991. She was later found dismembered. (Her parents stated that they didn’t intentionally lock their daughter out of the home, said multiple sources.)
Real-Weird-2121 suggested that Dadthrowaway788’s wife research the case. “I bet she never locks him out again,” said Real-Weird-2121.
One other top commenter noted that Dadthrowaway788’s son is “not the primary 16-year-old to point out up at home drunk.”
User Butterbeary added, “Giving him a lecture is advantageous. Locking him outside isn’t. He’s a minor.”
The author also said, “Safety should still be considered — that’s considered one of your tasks as a parent.”
“He must know that he has someone who isn’t going to hate him for making a mistake.”
Still one other person identified that getting locked out of the home could deter the son from asking his parents for assist in the longer term.
“NTA. His mother has just insured that he won’t ever call her for help for anything if he needs it,” said user Payne2588.
And in saying that, I actually hope he understands that he can call you,” the user added.
“He must know that he has someone [in his life] who isn’t going to hate him for making a mistake.”
One other commenter wrote, “You two [parents] must talk and get on the identical page so far as discipline goes so you may have a set of consequences and rules you might be each comfortable with.”
In follow-up remarks, Dadthrowaway788 wrote that he planned on having one other talk along with his wife.
