15 year old electrician.... yea right

[tdwave]

About a month ago i receive my Pure Smoker Passthrough V2. Loving life, great product. Great for about 3-4 weeks, then the button gets mushy, meaning you have to press harder for it to connect and so on. Last week the button dies. Ok, so i tell my wife about it and figure i will send it back for repair, still under warranty. Very good so far..
Well just getting around to doing that when i notice the button looked weird on top. So i pull off the adapter and wham.. melted housing, button laying in there not connected... Total mess..
So i investigate.. Well my wife didn't do it...(basically she could care less), my dogs don't really know how to take apart a passthrough, so that leaves my son. Of course he knew he was busted and i wanted to punish him BAD.. but then he says, you haven't had a cig in months and i was afraid that you would because that was broke, so me and my buddies tried to fix it.
What do you do to someone that cares? I just hope i the folks at PS understand that a kid was trying to do good and work with me..It looks like a total rebuild.. oh boy..
Just thought I would share a story of how not smoking is affecting my household. In a good way..
Thanks

 

[VaporPhreak]

Wow! Just wow! That says something about you as parent! Sounds like you and your wife have definitely done right by him! Congrats on raising a very decent human being, maybe you can share some parenting tips with some of the parents I know that have raised complete little idiots who care nothing for the rest of humanity. Seriously, good parenting man!

 

[420GypsyGirl]

Just wow, that actually made me cry. Seriously...you did good. Give your kid a big hug.

 

[rosesense]

How great is that? That kid will do great things when he grows up, he has what it takes.

 

[tdwave]

Thanks for the great comments, i just hope the folks at Pure Smoker are as nice and understanding. ha ha.
No seriously though, my first thought was ok what do i kill him with. Then it hit me that because i stopped smoking and this was a major tool that kept me from smoking. My son showed nothing but love and care by at least trying to fix it.
So instead of dead, I will reward him with something he might want, within reason of course. And let him know that he has done good. Not the best electrician I have run across, but i know he was motivated by love for me.

 

[ZERO]

I love stories like this!

 

[aschmidy]

Brought tears to my eyes. We raised two boys. Nice to hear about a family that cares more about people than 'things'. Way to go!!

 

[eGeek]

Thanks for sharing that tdwave, and for the honesty about your feelings. You have a great son there, you must be very proud.

 

[BuzzKill]

Take it apart WITH HIM and try to fix it FIRST !!!! ( even IF you suck at stuff like that ? )

 

[WebNetIncome]

I suggest you show him how to go to the MODDERS SECTION here. Great kid.

 

[Belhade]

That was great, I had to share with my wife. We have a son who is nearly two.

What to reward him with? A PV of his own and some tasty 0-nic juice?

 

[Jim Davis]

Sounds like a great kid. I would just like to add.

Let him know you are proud of him for trying, but in the future, if he fails, he should tell you right away so you can have it taken care of, with no hard feelings.

I had conversations with my boys years ago, and they knew if the right intentions were there, and they spoke up, everything was good.

 

[cerios]

Am I the only one thinking............he's 15, you don't think he was trying to vape it himself???

lol

 

[yano_jl]

but then he says, you haven't had a cig in months and i was afraid that you would because that was broke, so me and my buddies tried to fix it.

Yeah, I was a teenager too once, and came up with lines like that to get out of trouble every now and then.

Not trying to rain on your parade, but it sounds to me like the boy was vaping on your v2.

 

[ppt123]

Yeah, I was a teenager too once, and came up with lines like that to get out of trouble every now and then.

Not trying to rain on your parade, but it sounds to me like the boy was vaping on your v2.

What i was thinking too. Either way the kid is smart.

 

[yknotagain]

Sounds like a fine young man. Get him the tools and put him to work learning how to mod.