I just watched this

[Hoffy]

I just watched this and wonder what you think about it.

http://www.break.com/index/father-teaches-daughter-lesson-about-facebook-2298729

Hopefully the link will work. I'm using my phone to post. If it doesn't go to www.break.com and look at the dad teaches daughter a lesson about Facebook video.

 

[Lonely in BC]

Hoffy,

Just watched this (yes, your link worked)- OMG, this guy (and you by default) are my heros.

 

[Tear of the Goddess]

Hoffy,

Just watched this (yes, your link worked)- OMG, this guy (and you by default) are my heros.

Agreed.

 

[LoneKiller]

She got owned royal!!
Daddy-1 Daughter-0

 

[annik]

Is this the shooting the laptop because she moaned about doing chores thing? Seems mighty extreme to me. Kinda scary.

Plus speaking as someone who's mum lost it and smashed seven bells of honeysuckle out of my laptop because someone online was upsetting me all that guy will have accomplished is losing any respect his daughter had for him.

 

[flaneur]

What a flaming *********.

 

[Okiedokes]

I felt bad for the laptop... poor laptop. lol. On a more serious note, it was a bit harsh but he certaintly made some good points in what he said.

 

[Felix]

It kind of feels like hes taking revenge upon his own doughter... which is kinda sad.

If shes a spoiled bratt... Hes his father, hes responsable for her education...

Shooting a laptop is too violent. He has anger issues.

 

[fox]

It seems quite.. a wasteful way to teach a lesson.

 

[LeaningIntoTheMuse]

He is a raving lunatic.

I agree with everything he said, up to the point where he smashed the laptop, though. I thought it was a great video, up to that point.

 

[Tear of the Goddess]

It is funny that even in these forums (where i would least suspect it) people are assuming that the dad is crazy or a lunatic. But do not know anything about the family.

Its not that i know how the family situation is, but i have been in the worst-case scenario and can in relate to this dad very well. Because my sister was the most terrible kid out there ( a serious problem child ) this even led up to threatening and beating my mom when me and my dad were out. But she also tried to threaten me with a kitchen knife, drugs, bad friends etc everything was messed (typically the kid you never want your kid to turn into). And believe me a kid like that doesnt listen to a punishment and doesnt give a fresia or two about what you're saying against her or try. What did help is the moment that my parents kicked her out on new years eve, probably seems to harsh. BUT it worked, and luckily shes growing out of it now and is becoming a ''normal'' girl. And of course we had everyone around us who were so wise with saying we needed to be more strict etc. And these where all people that thought the knew what we were living through but didnt knew honeysuckle about our situation. Even special instances couldnt help us.

So please, think twice before you judge a dad or parents for that matter. Without knowing anything about the family

 

[kamya]

^ this. People always base everything off of their own experiences. They can't imagine the possibility that people are different and that not all kids should be raised and disciplined the same way. There are much worse things he could have done in this situation.

I wish he wouldn't have destroyed the laptop though. He could have just taken it back.

 

[VanillaCreme]

Ha! Hoffy, I loved that. More kids need this to happen to them. I dislike snotty know-it-all kids. Good for him. Maybe she won't be disrespectful or rude anymore.

 

[Felix]

It is funny that even in these forums (where i would least suspect it) people are assuming that the dad is crazy or a lunatic. But do not know anything about the family.

Its not that i know how the family situation is, but i have been in the worst-case scenario and can in relate to this dad very well. Because my sister was the most terrible kid out there ( a serious problem child ) this even led up to threatening and beating my mom when me and my dad were out. But she also tried to threaten me with a kitchen knife, drugs, bad friends etc everything was messed (typically the kid you never want your kid to turn into). And believe me a kid like that doesnt listen to a punishment and doesnt give a fresia or two about what you're saying against her or try. What did help is the moment that my parents kicked her out on new years eve, probably seems to harsh. BUT it worked, and luckily shes growing out of it now and is becoming a ''normal'' girl. And of course we had everyone around us who were so wise with saying we needed to be more strict etc. And these where all people that thought the knew what we were living through but didnt knew honeysuckle about our situation. Even special instances couldnt help us.

So please, think twice before you judge a dad or parents for that matter. Without knowing anything about the family

The non judgamental card... quite boring approach. I agree we cant know everything about this guy but still its clear that hes still got anger issues, he acted crazy in there. Which is not the same as saying hes a complete lunatic or that he is like that all the time.

Hes the grown up, he shuold have figured out a better way of punishment that doesnt involve violence and humilliation.

He could have just have taken the laptop. He could have tried to connect with his own doughter by talking to her and taking interest in whats causing her behaviour. He could have tried to find professional help, a therapist, read a parenting book... Assume his own fault as his parent.

But instead he chose the path of violence. That choice makes me able to determine hes most likely a nice guy most of the time, even reasonable in some of his opinions, but hes got issues.

Theres also ego thing. Parents often think their way is the best and only seek guidance as a last resort. Funny they find help if they want to remodel a bathroom or learn to cook or whatever small meaningless problem they have but whaen it comes to raising a person they brought into this world often they rely only their own instincts.

Id say to this dad, suck up your pride... If shooting something is the best solution you can find, admit your inhablility to deal with the problem and get help.

 

[Limlim]

Kids these days need to learn how to use a computer. I was pro at hiding porn under my parents nose! A facebook post should be trite in comparison.

 

[LeaningIntoTheMuse]

But why shoot a perfectly good laptop?

There are kids starving in America, or homeless. The better lesson would be to donate it to charity, not destroy it.

That is akin to me grabbing $600 (rough estimate of what the laptop costs), or $730 (with the upgrades he said he did), and ripping it up and throwing it down the toilet. All the while, some poor kid down the street is on the street corner, trying to fight for food.

 

[Tear of the Goddess]

It is funny that even in these forums (where i would least suspect it) people are assuming that the dad is crazy or a lunatic. But do not know anything about the family.

Its not that i know how the family situation is, but i have been in the worst-case scenario and can in relate to this dad very well. Because my sister was the most terrible kid out there ( a serious problem child ) this even led up to threatening and beating my mom when me and my dad were out. But she also tried to threaten me with a kitchen knife, drugs, bad friends etc everything was messed (typically the kid you never want your kid to turn into). And believe me a kid like that doesnt listen to a punishment and doesnt give a fresia or two about what you're saying against her or try. What did help is the moment that my parents kicked her out on new years eve, probably seems to harsh. BUT it worked, and luckily shes growing out of it now and is becoming a ''normal'' girl. And of course we had everyone around us who were so wise with saying we needed to be more strict etc. And these where all people that thought the knew what we were living through but didnt knew honeysuckle about our situation. Even special instances couldnt help us.

So please, think twice before you judge a dad or parents for that matter. Without knowing anything about the family

The non judgamental card... quite boring approach. I agree we cant know everything about this guy but still its clear that hes still got anger issues, he acted crazy in there. Which is not the same as saying hes a complete lunatic or that he is like that all the time.

Hes the grown up, he shuold have figured out a better way of punishment that doesnt involve violence and humilliation.

He could have just have taken the laptop. He could have tried to connect with his own doughter by talking to her and taking interest in whats causing her behaviour. He could have tried to find professional help, a therapist, read a parenting book... Assume his own fault as his parent.

But instead he chose the path of violence. That choice makes me able to determine hes most likely a nice guy most of the time, even reasonable in some of his opinions, but hes got issues.

Theres also ego thing. Parents often think their way is the best and only seek guidance as a last resort. Funny they find help if they want to remodel a bathroom or learn to cook or whatever small meaningless problem they have but whaen it comes to raising a person they brought into this world often they rely only their own instincts.

Id say to this dad, suck up your pride... If shooting something is the best solution you can find, admit your inhablility to deal with the problem and get help.

So im playing a card... and my life isnt interesting enough to make a valid argument? It seems you're quite the wise man on these forums!

 

[fox]

Well.. the man put the video showing his family life issues to countless on the internet, it is only natural people will watch and come to conclusions of it...
To me it seems the lesson was very needed, but not that lesson. What does the kid learn? If there is a problem, break or destroy things..

 

[Felix]

So im playing a card... and my life isnt interesting enough to make a valid argument? It seems you're quite the wise man on these forums!

Well as long as we are clear on that

 

[blackdot]

I haven't seen the video but I heard about it on another message board.

My view is that
1.) That guy has some serious mental issues.
2.) The girl needs to run away from home.