Meanest Mom on Planet Sells Son’s Car

Posted on January 14th, 2008 in Rave by Bret

Witch from Wizard of OZAn Iowa Mother told her son there were only two rules about having his own car that he could never break:

  1. Always lock the doors
  2. And no alcohol in the car

Well, Mom meant exactly what she said because when she found some alcohol in the car, she took back the car and put it up for sale. And let me tell you, the ad she placed wasn’t the slightest bit shy about why the car was up for sale.

Car for sale in Iowa

“OLDS 1999 Intrigue, Totally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for 3 weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/Offer. Call meanest mom on planet.”

You gotta love it. It’s one thing for the parents to enforce their rules, but these folks enforce the rules with flare. Kudos to them!

Some actually disagree with Iowa parents

I actually heard some parents say they thought these parents from Iowa went too far. I suspect those types of parents say things such as, “Follow these rules or else.” Someone breaks the rule, and these types of parents fail to ever follow through on the “or else” part of their statement.

I support these parents from Iowa completely! They made two rules that were very clear and very easy to follow, and when rules are broken there are consequences.

Their example sets new rule in my house

When I saw this story on CNN, I was quick to drag my kids into the room to see it for themselves. I told them we would implement similar rules when they started driving and the consequences for breaking the rules would be exactly the same: break the rules and I sell the car. Of course, that assumes I’m going to buy them a car.

2 Responses to 'Meanest Mom on Planet Sells Son’s Car'

  1. Barry said,

    on January 14th, 2008 at 8:13 am

    I too applaud this mom for her sterness. Being able to drive a car is a privilege, and driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol jeopardizes not only the driver but others on the road.

    I suspect this mom won’t be getting a “thank you” from her son anytime soon. I just hope that it doesn’t take the injury or death of someone close to her son to make her message take hold.

  2. Toronto Tourism said,

    on January 21st, 2008 at 4:54 am

    Good one, lesson learnt for the son I guess.

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