Advertising as punishment in Des Moines

Oldsad After apparently reading the John Hughes Teen Comedy Guide to Parenting, an Iowa woman named Jane Hambleton has decided to publicly shame her teenage son after finding beer in his car. Her solution? Sell the car and embarrass the kid all at once, with a cheeky 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.” Parents have been calling Hambleton around the clock to congratulate her, but we’ll have to wait until next Halloween to see their kids’ response. It may not be pretty.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

January 10, 2008 in Kiefaber | Permalink

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At the age of 19, I have a feeling that the mother's name is NOT on the title, and any effort to sell the care will go nowhere.

Believe me, I've already experienced this with my eldest set of twins (now 22), and the second set of twins at age 17 are following in their footsteps.

Posted by: Bryan Price | Jan 10, 2008 1:45:02 PM

If only every mother was this creative!

Posted by: mortarstephanie | Jan 10, 2008 7:16:41 PM

Kudos to mom for teaching her son a lesson. Too many parents let their kids get away with murder. Besides, if the kid was stupid enough to leave the evidence in the car, he deserves to lose his car privileges.

Posted by: Bobby | Jan 11, 2008 10:25:26 AM

Love it :-) Mother of the year!

Posted by: mrs.notouching | Jan 12, 2008 2:03:35 PM


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