My 15 year old daughters reaction to "Laptop dad"

[Gman]

225. I agree it may not be the best way

but it was effective, nevertheless. From what I have seen in life, you can do the very best you can from an early age, but at some point due to outside influences (i.e. friends with bad attitudes and the drive to be "cool&quot kids will often go off like this girl did. They sometimes will need the proverbial "2x4 upside the head" approach to get their attention back where it needs to be. This guy got it done.

People here amaze me. I doubt many have kids this girl's age. How long are you supposed to say, "No, no... don't do that, now. You'll be in trouble." while the girl says, "Yeah, right." It may have worked when they were 2 years old. Kids will push as far as you let them. Someone's going to win and someone's going to lose. If the child wins, they also will lose in the long run.

He mentioned a step-mother. The biggest thing of all is both (or in this case, all 3 or maybe 4) parents need to be pulling in the same direction in unison. If just one is permissive while the rest expect discipline, the whole thing becomes fubared.