Remember the five year old who took his parent's car in order to go buy a Lamborghini? Well...

[demmiblue]

5-year-old Adrian Zamarripa who was pulled over by Utah Highway Patrol earlier this week after taking his family car for a joy ride on a highway, rides with his mother in a Lamborghini Huracan brought by Jeremy Neves after hearing the story. https://abcn.ws/3dl3VS8

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[RhodeIslandOne]

1. America rewards bad behavior now

[Newest Reality]

3. I wonder...

I wonder if the Romans felt that way, too?

Now, let's see. What bad things can I do to get MY reward for a change?

Teach your children well....

[virgogal]

4. I agree.

[Shermann]

16. Need to photoshop a trophy in the kid's hands nt

[sinkingfeeling]

21. +100

[leftieNanner]

2. What great parenting!!

Kid misbehaves. Kid essentially throws a tantrum. Kid endangers many lives by driving ON THE FREEWAY!

Consequences?

Is he grounded? No
Does he lose any privileges? No

Does he get a ride in the massively expensive luxury sports car that caused the original tantrum? Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner!

[Codeine]

12. Look at the size of that 5-yr-old.

Something tells me that he doesn’t hear “no” very often.

[leftieNanner]

14. Certainly not around the cookie jar

Kids learn early how to manipulate their parents to get them to offer bribes for "good behavior".

[LisaL]

15. Or in this case bad behavior.

[leftieNanner]

17. I remember when my daughters were young

we went to one of those children's haircut places. As we waited for our appointments, a little boy was perched in the chair. He was throwing a complete fit about getting his hair cut - thrashing and flinging his head from side to side. The mom was trying to cajole him into sitting still by saying she would buy him a toy if he would behave. I thought, boy - wait until he's 16 and he wants/doesn't want something - that will cost her a new BMW. Finally the hair cutter decided that it was not safe for SHARP SCISSORS TO BE NEAR HIS EYES as he thrashed. The mom was pissed at the hair cutter as she flounced out. Great lesson there, Mom.

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Quite the participation trophy for the little guy.

[LisaL]

8. So what's he going to do to top that?

Do his parents ever tell him "no?"

[DonaldsRump]

6. Sitting on his mom's lap in the front seat

and not in any form of a child restraint...I think that's a serious offense in many states.

Sickening on many levels.

[LisaL]

7. Rewarding bad and dangerous behavior is not good parenting.

This child could have killed himself or others.
Rewarding him for it tells him what he did was just fine.
And riding with him sitting on his mother's lap in a front seat clearly is not going to teach him about the importance of safety either.

[dlk]

9. No masks?

[Bucky]

19. Maybe they got all tangled up in the seat belts

[Squinch]

10. Exhibit "a" in the handbook on how kids always have reasons for the things they do.

Clearly, this kid's parents are dangerous imbeciles.

Clearly, they are carefully training him to be the same.

[Codeine]

11. Jesus fucking Christ.

Riding in a fucking supercar with a kid on your lap?! One mistake by the driver and your child dies — literally in your arms.

[LisaL]

13. That kid could have died when he took his parents SUV and

decided to go to California.
I guess that deserves a reward. I don't know who this Jeremy person is that offered the kid a ride, but parents should have said No.
Instead the kid is riding in a front passenger seat in his mother's lap.
Anybody has any common sense there?

[mn9driver]

18. The kid has been cited for several crimes. The local prosecutors haven't yet decided how to proceed.

Based on this absurdly bad parenting example, they should definitely put mom, dad and son in front of a judge for a little education.

[cbdo2007]

20. Respect to that kid. I've always wanted a Lamborghini and I've got

to admire his balls to go out and try to get one.

I mean, there are a million things wrong with this story and the parents, etc, but damn if this kid didn't try to live out every 40 year old guy's dream.

[Mr. Ected]

22. This kid may not be destined to live very long

If he has his mid-life crisis at the age of five. LOL!

[ecstatic]

23. smh. So out of control

I don't think he should have been rewarded for his actions.

Also, we'll probably see a lot more of this in the coming years due to push button gear shifting.