--- title: Mom Sends Son Care Package Full of Trash VIDEO description: A college student who forgot to take out the trash while visiting home was in for a surprise when he received a care package from his mom. canonical: https://time.com/4682223/mom-sends-son-trash-care-package/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-24T18:42:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:24.336Z og:title: Mom Expertly Trolls Son With Care Package Full of Trash og:description: Now that's good parenting og:url: https://time.com/4682223/mom-sends-son-trash-care-package/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mom Expertly Trolls Son With Care Package Full of Trash twitter:description: Now that's good parenting twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mom Expertly Trolls Son With Care Package Full of Trash > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 24, 2017 6:42 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 24, 2017 6:42 PM UTC A [college student](http://time.com/4664194/san-francisco-recreational-marijuana-college/) who forgot to take out the [trash](http://www.thedrive.com/aerial/7803/watch-chinas-flying-flame-thrower-drone-burn-trash-off-power-lines) while visiting his parents was in for a surprise when he received a [care package](http://time.com/4322199/first-care-package/) from his mom upon returning to school. Westminster College freshman Connor Cox took to Twitter recently to share a photo of the box of trash his mom, Terri, sent him as a reminder to do his chores. “Thought my mom was sending me a care package…but instead she sent a box of trash I was supposed to take out,” he captioned the now-viral tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/thedeal%5F5/status/826142529074626560) Connor told [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/college-student-opened-care-package-mom-trash-forgot/story?id=45599310) that at first he was so confused by the box’s contents he called his mom to ask if she had sent him the wrong one. However, it ended up getting the point across. “She has a good sense of humor,” he said. “She’s always really caring and she knows what to say at the exact time she should say it. 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