You might as well have stepped on it
Parents aren’t without flaws. They have a tendency to overreact at times. However, unless the feds are chasing you, there’s no reason to kill a cell phone with an axe. Especially if the phone belongs to a typical, text-obsessed adolescent. There were other possibilities. Take the phone for a few days. For a few weeks, confine your child. Compel him to eat Brussel Sprouts. Hacking a cell phone with an axe, on the other hand, merely shows your child that you’re a little crazy. Let’s hope this father isn’t taken aback if he isn’t invited to the wedding.
Scientology is a religion, not a science
Perhaps this parent is conflating Scientology, a religion, with science, a field of study that is taught all over the world. Facts, you know. That stuff that has made humans live longer, generated cell phones, transported people to the Moon, and allowed people to ride on airplanes. Science. Humans are alive, breathing animals, unless scientific textbooks have modified their content. Mammalian mammals are warm-blooded creatures. Humans just picked the winning lottery ticket and were given large brains and opposable thumbs, allowing us to use science to lead the way.