I raised a "Hype" kid

[SteelSoul]

Well I sadly heard from my son the other day that "Insert Name of any new item here" is much better then my ol mag.
I thought I did everything right
First marker he was exposed to was a Sheridan pump
Then I went high tech and got a Blazer
And then my RT
I started him out right, got him a 98 and got some normal upgrades, nothing big just a new barrel and the thing shoots like a dream. Then his friend started to play good time right? NOT
Well his buddy got a A5 about the same time, he didn't like it so he starts to complain to his mom and then the new markers came flying, I think his mom just bought him a DM4 cause his old Matrix just wasn't fast enough or something. Well my son is dying with marker envy and the just has to have a Timmy.
Yall I love paintball but I am not going to drop 800 + for a 13 yr to play paintball and be kewl with his little friends and have the bestest timmy or what ever!!!
I thought I had brought him up better then this. I knew I had lost the battle when my son told me that his friends Hammer Head can out shoot a Flatline or al east as far as one.
What am I to do
Damn little want to be turny Dye wearing Mumble mumble mumb.......

I still have fun hucking paint with my son but I hate to see him fall for the Hype

[tony3]

Haha, this thread is classic. I say you get him the timmy, because we do know they shoot better then mags

[Halliday]

If he has his own money, let him buy the Timmy. Also let him be on his own to get it fixed or upgraded.
Take him to the field and school him with the RT too

[Stewylouie]

The same is true about kids for everything.
Clothes, computers, cars ... etc.
You just have to instill into your kids the value of a dollar.
I'm a grown adult and I'm amazed by the number of pre-teens with guns costing over $1,000.
Now the price isn't an issue (so long as you can afford it) the real issue is whether the kids appreciate what they are getting. Most seem to me spoiled rotten and have no conception on what it takes to earn the money to buy the gun.
If you son wants some expensive gun, tell him, that it costs and he has to do his share to raise the money. Chores, after school jobs etc.
PB is an expensive sport. He needs to know that he is expected to earn the right to play.

[Thermus]

Just smack him across the face, and then smack his friends.

[XbeasleyX]

Two words - Paper Route

Edit - Or take Thermus's Advise.

[tony3]

Just smack him across the face, and then smack his friends.

Then go see a judge when the other kids parents press charges

[Bulldog]

He's 13, and you expected him to be mature.... . I say paper route. Want the hype, gotta pay for it.

[RenagadeOfFunk]

I think his mom just bought him a DM4 cause his old Matrix just wasn't fast enough or something. Well my son is dying with marker envy and the just has to have a Timmy.

I still have fun hucking paint with my son but I hate to see him fall for the Hype

...Its just common competition between friends...I am younger than my friends that play paintball and I have the most expensive stuff...and the kicker is I am the one without a job...

...I am not spoiled...I just don't use my lunch money

...think of it this way...what can you get after an intimidator...another one ...tell him no new guns until he sells his old one for a decent price and saves a few $100 for it...then to finish it up wth,,"No new gun for a year",...and after that he has to sell the intimidator for a new gun...ect.

-Master Renegade

[TDonovan]

Tell him he can buy whatever he wants, but you won't pay for everything anymore.

I really wasn't allowed to play paintball until I was 16, had a car/license, and enough money to support my own hobbies/habits.

[RenagadeOfFunk]

Tell him he can buy whatever he wants, but you won't pay for everything anymore.

I really wasn't allowed to play paintball until I was 16, had a car/license, and enough money to support my own hobbies/habits.

...That must suck...I started at 10 (why waste talent)

...I just realized I could get things i wanted faster by saving..."Saving for the future" as I use to call it...now since I am "done"...I call it "Saving for cases of paint"...

[Automaget]

I would have your kid read on stuff and make him learn at the same time tell him why the hammerhead can not go as far as a flatline show him really scientifec threads or articals there out there you just have to find them and then explain to him why that is or why it isnt and then he will understand, you dont need a really good marker to be a good player this is what i say "its not the gun who makes the player its the player that makes the gun" tell that to him. But in no way should you ever get him a awsome maker i would get him 600 tops but dont buy him a timmy buy him an automag they kick ars.

[Got_Paint]

It's never too early to teach a kid physics.

[xXHavokXx]

Get him a used angel, it's cheaper and wont break. Also make him low lawns, clean gutters or other slave labor tactics in order to get him money for the angel and teach him the value of the money and the gun. Then sell him into slavery, get yourself an xmag and his old angel as a back up.

Nothing wrong with wearing Dye gear and playing tournies....

[Butterfingers]

Two Words give him the RT and set it up to "Rapid Fire..."

He will lay waste...