My Kind of Mom....

[The Dad Fisherman]

Good to see someone calling their kids out when they do something wrong...

Mom sells rule-breaking son's car
Wed Jan 9, 1:18 AM ET



DES MOINES, Iowa - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."

After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper.

The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."

Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.

The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.

"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.

"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady.'"

The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.

Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.

The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback.

[Gary]

At age 19 and your parents own your car, time to get a life

[Tagger]

who knows .. mom probably saved someones life .. tough love ..need more of that in the world .

[Raven]

i think the car should have
just been grounded... for 6 mths.

all four tires removed
or otherwise disabled...

so it could sit just there...
like a taunting statue

because there was no evidence
it was definitely his booze (all circumstantial)

he was guilty without benefit of the doubt

of course ....

i also disagree that a man can join the military
and be asked to kill another human being @ age 18
and not be able to have a beer afterwards

all she did was be a wise ass
and build a wall between them

[Tagger]

I know of a couple of parents,, an old friend and a work mate ,that drink and smoke dope with thier kids .. They are buddys ..