Man grabs portable PlayStation from girl, 9

[Shadowblind]

OMGZ!!! This must mean that all gamers are 2 bit criminals and that manhunt 2 taught them to steal from little girls!

ban videogames!!!!!111one

lol, had a Thompson moment there. Anyway, the PSP motto says it all: Dude, get your own.

[antman811]

Wow, what a bastard! It's sad that things like this happen.

[djbrotherson]

It's the parents fault really. YES it is pretty sad that someone had to jack up a 9 year old but seriously, in today's day and age... A little 9 year old FEMALE playing with a $150+ hi-tech Sony gadget walking around outside without any adult supervision? They're lucky only the PSP got stolen.

[No_one_in_particular]

Nah I'm pretty sure it's the attackers fault. So owning a PSP is now asking to be attacked ? What about mobiles ? Bikes ? The day you start shifting the blame from these tossers, is the day we're all ****ed.

Most 9 year olds are allowed to play outside unsupervised, I know I certainly was. I'd even go as far as to say THAT would bad parenting, as you're essentially robbing the kid of probably some of the best days of their life, for what ? On the off chance they're attacked by some $#@!head ? Nah, sorry don't agree with you at all on that one.

[djbrotherson]

Nah I'm pretty sure it's the attackers fault. So owning a PSP is now asking to be attacked ? What about mobiles ? Bikes ? The day you start shifting the blame from these tossers, is the day we're all ****ed.

Most 9 year olds are allowed to play outside unsupervised, I know I certainly was. I'd even go as far as to say THAT would bad parenting, as you're essentially robbing the kid of probably some of the best days of their life, for what ? On the off chance they're attacked by some $#@!head ? Nah, sorry don't agree with you at all on that one.

Buddy, I said it's mostly the parents fault. It doesn't matter if you don't agree. The bottom line is these kinds of problems 99% of the time can be prevented when there's adult supervision. If you let your child walk the streets with a hi-tech piece of equipment with no supervision, that is a bad call on the parents behalf.

If you let your 9 year old girl wonder the streets, PSP or no PSP, you're a dumbass.

[No_one_in_particular]

But it ISN'T mostly the parents fault, so YES it does matter. At 9 year old, I didn't know any one my age who couldn't play out on the streets, as long as our parents knew where we were and that we hadn't gone too far. None of the article suggests that the girl was doing anything other than what most 9 year old kids can.

As I say, a top of the range bike would cost equal, if not more, than a PSP, and people have been buying those for their kids for decades.

I think you're misjudging how much time a parent has to spend on their kid, quite frankly. If I was only allowed to play out as a kid, when adults were supervising, I would have had a very boring childhood.

Honestly, it's a knee-jerk reaction. One 9 year old girl gets attacked, so all parents who allow their 9 year old kids to play out (within reason) are morons ? That's bollocks in my honest opinion.

[djbrotherson]

9 year old girls shouldnt be walking on the streets with no adult supervision. I'd value my childs life and well being so either I can see them when I look out my window or I know their is a responsible adult watching them. You wouldn't leave your 9 year old at home alone would you?

[No_one_in_particular]

9 year old girls shouldnt be walking on the streets with no adult supervision. I'd value my childs life and well being so either I can see them when I look out my window or I know their is a responsible adult watching them. You wouldn't leave your 9 year old at home alone would you?

Says who ? So any parent who allows their 9 year old kid out on the streets automatically doesn't value their child's life ? My parents cared a ****-load about me, enough to give me, as a 9 year old, some freedom, instead of ostracising me from my peers through blatant over-protectiveness. Playing out with friends around shops is a world away from leaving a kid alone at home, so can't really see what you're getting at with that one.

[djbrotherson]

Says who ? So any parent who allows their 9 year old kid out on the streets automatically doesn't value their child's life ? My parents cared a ****-load about me, enough to give me, as a 9 year old, some freedom, instead of ostracising me from my peers through blatant over-protectiveness. Playing out with friends around shops is a world away from leaving a kid alone at home, so can't really see what you're getting at with that one.

I never said anything about being "ostracisized" from your peers, I said there was no SUPERVISION. I don't know where you're from man, whether or not you grew up in a suburb or whether you grew up in an urban area but EVERY parent should take responsibility for their young children. Any parent who allows their 9 year old kid out on the streets with no supervision is acting irresponsibly and are not taking into account the dangers and risks of doing so. This is a persons life and I believe safety is a bigger concern than giving a child "freedom". I never said they couldnt have any. If you're trying to convince me that leaving a 9 year old girl unsupervised is okay then you are not fit to be a parent. Better SAFE than SORRY and if you don't understand that then it makes sense why you don't agree. All I'm saying is 90% of these situations is because no adult was around. Same thing with that other kid who got jacked drive by styles playing his PSP outside at night. I guarantee you 9 times outta 10 if their parents or adult was keeping an eye on their child, they wouldn't have been jacked.

[No_one_in_particular]

I never said anything about being "ostracisized" from your peers, I said there was no SUPERVISION.

Yes, but that's exactly what happens when a 9 year old kid is the only one not allowed to play outside on a street.

I don't know where you're from man, whether or not you grew up in a suburb or whether you grew up in an urban area but EVERY parent should take responsibility for their young children.

I'm from England, where the girl's from. How are they not taking responsibility for their children ? An average 9 year old is fully capable of being able to play outside on the nearby street.

Any parent who allows their 9 year old kid out on the streets with no supervision is acting irresponsibly and are not taking into account the dangers and risks of doing so.

So just about every parent then ? There wasn't a kid around where I lived who couldn't play outside at 9 year old. I don't know about you , but the dangers were made perfectly clear long before I was 9, and I knew exactly what to do if the very unlikely situation occurred.

This is a persons life and I believe safety is a bigger concern than giving a child "freedom".

Which is a perfect example of over protectiveness. The girl's nine year old, and she's still not allowed out the house without an adult watching her ? Are you serious ?!

I never said they couldnt have any. If you're trying to convince me that leaving a 9 year old girl unsupervised is okay then you are not fit to be a parent.

WITHIN REASON. I was allowed on familiar nearby streets at 9, where my parents could always reach me if needed be. You're sounding unfit to be a parent to be truthful, how old does a kid have to be before you have enough confidence in the child

Better SAFE than SORRY and if you don't understand that then it makes sense why you don't agree.

There's a point when you're just being unfair to your child. Again, how old does the kid have to be before you allow him the privilege that every other of his/her mates have ?

All I'm saying is 90% of these situations is because no adult was around.

Then you haven't a clue what some chavs are capable of. There's been numerous cases where a chav's murdered an adult, you'd know that if you lived here.

Same thing with that other kid who got jacked drive by styles playing his PSP outside at night.

If you're on about the one I'm thinking, the 'kid' was THIRTEEN, and it's wasn't night, he was minding his own business on a street in daylight.