Reply To: Does a parent have a right to break a computer bought by a child?

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July 7, 2014 4:44 am at 4:44 am #1022931
jbaldy22
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yehudayona

again the question of whether you are “allowed” to do or not I don’t think is relevant. The question is what “should” you do. I do not think breaking the computer will be helpful in any way shape or form.

If movies are the primary concern one can buy a tablet for under $50 these days that is easily capable of watching whatever one wants. These things have become disposable.

I know of a case where my rosh yeshiva destroyed an mp3 player with video capability and then went and paid the guy in full for the value of it. I do not know if he held that was m’ikur hadin or not. Additionally I think he may have had some misconceptions about what it did when he destroyed it. I will have to ask him next time I speak to him.