As parents, it can be a struggle between wanting to give your children the best of everything and also teaching them to put in hard work for things they want to have.
It’s certainly a balance.
Mark Arrington is a dad who’s going viral for how he replied to his son after being asked to buy him a new Xbox when his broke.
Parents all over the internet are applauding Mark for how he handled this situation.
Facebook; pictured above is Mark’s son
Taking to Facebook, Mark shared the conversation between him and his son Markell after the Xbox broke:
Markell: Dad my Xbox won’t come on. I think it broken.
Me:(checking the connection and power) yep it’s broke.
Markell: can you get me a new one.
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Me: yeah
Markell: thanks dad
Me: Be up tomorrow you going with me to do some work on the rental property
Markell: what are we doing?
Me: Don’t worry about it, don’t worry about it sweetheart.
He got his Xbox. But that boy was tired.
You see, Mark had his son help him do some work on a rental apartment he owns in exchange for buying him a new Xbox.
Facebook; pictured above Mark’s son helps fix the AC unit
“Everytime he visit I try to at least spend one day with him teaching him a skill,” Mark explained on Facebook.
“Today we put down flooring. The last few visits we repaired the AC unit, repaired fence, built model cars and etc.”
“I’m no professional at some thing but I’m good with my hands and pick up things quickly.”
Facebook; pictured above is Mark’s son with his new Xbox after his hard work
“One thing for sure, he’ll know how to maintain his home, make money and his wife will not have to worry about him not being handy around the house.”
“She’ll be like “babe, the AC ain’t working” and he’ll be like ” Don’t worry about it, don’t worry about it sweetheart, I got it” Lol.”
