DES MOINES, Iowa - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet." After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper.

The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."

Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.

The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.

"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.

"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady.'"

The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.

Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.

The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

in all honesty, the kid deserved it....the mom only had two rules for her son~

the mom did what she's supposed to do as a mom.

yeah saw a thread about this a few weeks back about this on a local forum. didn't think it'd end up here

i can imagine my mom doing that to me
lol

i think any mom would anyways

well atleast she's honest about it and dosen't pretend like other mom's she's the coolest mom around.

^{His mom Rawks!}

GOOD JOB MOM! Hahaha! He only had two rules and he couldn't keep them. Too bad. ^^

this is why you leave the house and live by yourself and dont have to deal with this crap.

the guy probably still lives with his mom or the mom paid for the car otherwise he can sue her because it is not her property.

that mom is so cool....ahahahaahha =P

this reminds me of the ad a while back, where the dad found his son smoking pot or something like that,
and sold his $90 dollar game online for like $90,000

Sucks for the kid... but I think it's quite hilarious.

Reminds me of the thread where the dad sold his son's video game.

tst tst tst..

Hahha, stupid kid.
Well deserved.
His mom

That's not being mean, that's just discipline.

XD good way to teach a lesson.
props to her

lol.
cool mom. lol.
i think she did the right thing.

lol, if it happened to me, i'd chuck the shits, but because the mum set 2 rules, i thinks he did the right thing.

thanks for sharing : D

WHAO!!! she deserved it!

She gave him rules and he broke them. She did the right thing.

Putting it in an ad was really cool.

tsk tsk

she had every right to do so

thank god i have asian parents

haha that's pretty amusing.
lesson= think before you act.

Hahahahha.
Cool mom.

Haha she's so cool!
I don't think that's mean, either. I mean, she set only like two rules for him,
She had any right to do that. :]
And the ad was funny. Haha. I seriously doubt she's the 'meanest mom in the planet' as she says. @w@;

hmm, I don't think it's that amazing that he wanted to work. All he had to do was wait and he'd have been fine. I think it's more heartwarming that their love keeps them happy despite his condition.

QUOTE (who8myoreos @ Jan 11 2008, 02:02 PM)

hmm, I don't think it's that amazing that he wanted to work. All he had to do was wait and he'd have been fine. I think it's more heartwarming that their love keeps them happy despite his condition.

..Were you about to reply in 'Blind Because of an Act of Love?'

Her ad description is appealing.
Her son must be embarrassed..
But it's OK!
At least now he knows to follow the rules.
She's not kidding =x.

She was pretty easy with the rules since there were only two of them. Nice to see a parent not backing out or they will eventually think it's okay. If it happens once, it will happen again.

That is the awesomest mum ever =o

He broke the rules, that's the consequence.

looks like someone just wants publicity

oh i saw that.. uhh i heard about it on much Lol XD
i agree with the mom tho
she made rules
and he broke them..
and esp in the CAR with ALCOHOL..

that punishment is reasonable
GO MOM XD

She's a one tough mom who you cant mess around with

asian parents would just beat us...

I'd done the same. =]
not a mean mom at all .

Good to know that at least someone is doing their part as a parent. AWESOME

cool mom.

LOL. my mummie wouldnt do this. ^^
but this is fun. hehe. good job Mommy Hambleton!

wow...thank god drinking at 19 is legal in bc

go mom...
she did the right thing by selling her son's car

This really reminds me of Malcom In the middle (sorry i'm going old school).

The mother of Malcom, Lois.. this mother is a real life replica of Lois.

i'm the only person that thinks it was unreasonable -___-
i just think she shouldn't have made it so public
it's kind of ridiculous.

now, my brothers need that kind of discipline from my parents

they're always so strict with my sisters and i
and so lenient with my brothers

Actually I think beating is a worse one, since not everyone learns from beating (even me).

I think this is a better way of disciplining kids, not very physically exhausting. Good job mom!

rofl! thats an awesome mom. drinking and driving isnt good afterall. =3

hey I saw this on ellen I think! LOL
the guy's friend was the one that might've bought the alc into the car

poos to the guy

he got the PS3 and games from ellen
lucky

i can't help but hold two beliefs at the same time, she's a pinkberry and a attention rainbow. make that three beliefs, she set an example and a matyr-like one of her son too.

ahaha, that's a COOL MOM!
lol, this reminds me of the article where his dad sells his son "use-to be" game online for six digit number.

the mom is so responsible

lol I'd be totally pissed. Like what the hell am I going to drive to school? She didn't have to sell the car. I'm sure there were other ways to punish him.

lol i'd be pissed off if my mum did that

hahhahha. That's hilarious What a way to teach your kids a lesson.

that's what he gets! I think this mom did the right thing!