A mum has been slammed over her "toxic parenting " after she smashed her son's Xbox in a moment of madness.
The woman says she smashed the gaming console in a "mummy moment" and took to a parenting forum on Reddit to ask fellow mums for advice.
The anonymous parent from the US shared a post on the social media site explaining what she had done and asking for some advice a month after the incident as she now felt bad about it.
A screenshot of her post was uploaded to Reddit's Reddit's r/trashy forum where it has attracted hundreds of comments, according to The Mirror.
The mum wrote: "Okay y'all. I had a 'mommy moment' about a month ago and smashed my son's Xbox.
"Love me or hate me for it.
"The question is... does anyone have one they're willing to sell? Hindsight being 20 20 and all, now I feel bad.
"Help a mama out."
More than 1,000 people replied to the post, but if the mother was looking for sympathy and understanding, she was in for a shock.
One person said: "Sounds more like a toxic parent moment. Teaching kids it's okay to pitch a fit and be terrible to other people as long as you apologize for it."
Another replied: "Yeah she doesn't feel sorry. What's happened is without the Xbox occupying the child she has realised she has to actually parent, meaning she has only made her life more difficult."
A third said: "I have something for her. A tip: No punishment should involve permanent destruction of things. Take it away. Breaking something just shows how little personal self-control you have."
"So a "mommy moment" is not being able to control your emotions like an adult and resort to petty violence? Got it," said another.
However some shared similar stories from their own childhood.
One said: "My mom's 'mommy moment' was throwing a VCR at my head then getting more mad at me for 'breaking the VCR."
Another added: "When I was little, my dad got mad over a spill on the carpet. He broke our Super Mario World SNES cartridge in his fit. He felt bad and pieced it back together and wrapped the s*** out of it with electrical tape. It worked perfectly lol."
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