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In reply to the discussion: Father teaches daughter a lesson about facebook... [View all]crim son
(27,549 posts)I'm a parent of three very happy, very intelligent and very popular kids, two of them now in college, and though I like to claim I'm just lucky I know there's more to it than that. The father in this video is an IDIOT and everything he's doing undermines the authority he thinks he has. First, he is publicizing his daughter's transgression, humiliating her, making himself look seriously deranged and thus ensuring her future lack of respect. Then, according to the description, he shoots his daughter's laptop to prove his point. What the hell sort of lesson/example does he think he's giving with that over-the-top, inherently dangerous and fundamentally stupid move? His daughter may now fear him, but that's all. I'd fear him too, and if I were a neighbor I'd report him to child services. This same father who will shake his head in twenty years wondering why his daughter never calls and why his son can't seem to keep a job. There is nothing funny about it and the fact that some folks seem to find his actions just dandy goes a long way to explaining what's wrong with the good ol' u.s.a. The man is vile.