Because the kid is still going to school.

So what? I started working freshman year in highschool bussing tables at a restaurant on the weekends, haven't been out of a job for more than 3 weeks since. Not tooting my own horn, its just how things were. Back then we worked for what we wanted, kids now a days got it good...too good to even realize sometimes.

1 round of buckshot would have been more impressive.

 

 

Thinking it and saying it, especially in a public place are two very different things. Sounds like the kid needs some serious training in discipline and respect.

 

No one would disagree, I just think this video is not going to get much in the way of results.

10-15 years ago, I would have had a problem with this, with the father airing his family's dirty laundry online. Fast forward to 2012, this current generation of kids have no issue posting anything and everything for the entire world to see, via "social media". In my opinion, 2nd only to the demise of the 2-parent family, social media is what will destroy our society. I have no issue with what the father did. I'd expect it embarrassed the hell out of the girl, which seems to be one of the only remaining things that bother these kids. Good for him.

He's just going to have to buy her another computer later.

 

She probably wants a .45 now..

 

Hanna .45 video's.. WOOT WOOT..

Kids should not have unsupervised access to computers or TV, IMHO.

 

I hope in this twisted world the kid doesn't call DYFS on the dad.

My daughter is driving me up a wall over her pocket pets. You would have to be a pretty good shot though.Yeeeeeahhh buddy !!!!!

My daughter is driving me up a wall over her pocket pets. You would have to be a pretty good shot though.Yeeeeeahhh buddy !!!!!

 

Gotten to Shoulder Buddies yet? ARRRGGGGGGHH

Gotten to Shoulder Buddies yet? ARRRGGGGGGHH

 

Oh no...what are they ?!?!?! Silly Bandz trashed my vacuum and bound up the dogs reaaaal good.

 

All kidding aside , I feel for this guy. He seems like a good dad and good provider , he is so mad he is choked up when speaking.He seems like that FB post was like a knife through his heart.

 

I think it is a monumental mistake to parent the modern way. No culpability , try to be your kids friend so they'll "tell you everything" .A lot of modern parents have abandoned all but the nurturing aspects of raising a child.

guys sounds like a massive douchenugget to me. big wah your kid complained about you. They do that. if its not on facebook its to their friends or over the phone or face to face.

 

I would say at this point is he king of butthurt. If you mad about your kid not respecting you, stop buying them ****. they'll either get a job and buy it themselves or live in misery. acting like a tuff guy on facebook with your big bad "45" just makes you look like a fool IMHO.

 

Probably the kind of parent who thinks grounding their kids indefinitly is the answer for any questionable behavior.. instead of talking to them and finding out why they did something they did then taking appropriate action.

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. acting like a tuff guy on facebook with your big bad "45" just makes you look like a fool IMHO. Probably the kind of parent who thinks grounding their kids indefinitly is the answer for any questionable behavior.. instead of talking to them and finding out why they did something they did then taking appropriate action.

 

Way to much talky talky these days, kids just yes you to death and go on to do the same things over and over.

 

Looks like she got fair warning before, props to Dad for holding to principles

 

No consequences enacted by the parents is the problem, its all touchy feelly ..be my friend ...I am a cool parent......pleasseee....

guys sounds like a massive douchenugget to me. big wah your kid complained about you. They do that. if its not on facebook its to their friends or over the phone or face to face.

 

I would say at this point is he king of butthurt. If you mad about your kid not respecting you, stop buying them ****. they'll either get a job and buy it themselves or live in misery. acting like a tuff guy on facebook with your big bad "45" just makes you look like a fool IMHO.

 

Probably the kind of parent who thinks grounding their kids indefinitely is the answer for any questionable behavior.. instead of talking to them and finding out why they did something they did then taking appropriate action.

 

 

You're missing the point. The FB post of the daughter was disrespectful and hurtful to her father. He found out about it and decided to be just a hurtful and embarrassing to her. Like I said earlier, it's one of the few things left (embarrassing your kid in front of his/her friends) that will get these kids attention.

Just watched the video. That man is my hero.

Way to much talky talky these days, kids just yes you to death and go on to do the same things over and over.

 

Looks like she got fair warning before, props to Dad for holding to principles

 

No consequences enacted by the parents is the problem, its all touchy feelly ..be my friend ...I am a cool parent......pleasseee....

 

There is a happy medium, people gain much more respect by earning it then demanding it.

 

You're missing the point. The FB post of the daughter was disrespectful and hurtful to her father. He found out about it and decided to be just a hurtful and embarrassing to her. Like I said earlier, it's one of the few things left (embarrassing your kid in front of his/her friends) that will get these kids attention.

 

He was never supposed to see it, he hacked her facebook to get it. Thats a 15 year old kid venteing to her friends. If you didn't complain to your friends about your parents at that age please by all means let me know so I can bow before you.

There is a happy medium, people gain much more respect by earning it then demanding it.

 

 

 

He was never supposed to see it, he hacked her facebook to get it. Thats a 15 year old kid venteing to her friends. If you didn't complain to your friends about your parents at that age please by all means let me know so I can bow before you.

 

 

There's huge differences between "complaining to your friends about your parents" and what she did and said. Did I complain about my parents? I guess I did from time to time. Was I outright disrespectful like that little **** was? Absolutely not.

There's huge differences between "complaining to your friends about your parents" and what she did and said. Did I complain about my parents? I guess I did from time to time. Was I outright disrespectful like that little **** was? Absolutely not.

 

So when you were talking in private to your friends and you were 15 you never said anything disrespectful about your parents? you felt they were justified in everything they did and the things thhey weren't you just kept to yourself about?

 

What kind of exapmle does this guy set? That whever you're mad about something your teenage kid did you make a big stink about it on youtube just becuase you're so special?

Way to much talky talky these days, kids just yes you to death and go on to do the same things over and over.

Looks like she got fair warning before, props to Dad for holding to principles

No consequences enacted by the parents is the problem, its all touchy feelly ..be my friend ...I am a cool parent......pleasseee....

 

This is the problem I have with it. It really only is "talky talky" with a shooting thrown in. When the camera goes off and he gets his mind in order he will see that he just made a whole lot of promise of punishment. If he doesn't follow through he's just all "talky talky," with a damaged computer.

This responses in this thread seem like there are only two alternatives, too much talk or look stupid on the internet. I disagree.

 

You're missing the point. The FB post of the daughter was disrespectful and hurtful to her father. He found out about it and decided to be just a hurtful and embarrassing to her. Like I said earlier, it's one of the few things left (embarrassing your kid in front of his/her friends) that will get these kids attention.

 

He's not missing the point. It just doesn't warrant completely losing his ****. Suck it up pal, your kid whines about her chores to her friends.

I was with him when he was reading what she wrote, then he just sounded like any parent on the planet.

 

He was never supposed to see it, he hacked her facebook to get it. Thats a 15 year old kid venteing to her friends. If you didn't complain to your friends about your parents at that age please by all means let me know so I can bow before you.

You lost me here.

As a parent he has a right to see that and should be looking very very hard.

 

There's huge differences between "complaining to your friends about your parents" and what she did and said. Did I complain about my parents? I guess I did from time to time. Was I outright disrespectful like that little **** was? Absolutely not.

 

She really didn't say all that much. She really sounded stupid for saying/writing it. No one could see it from her perspective other than some other teenagers. Big deal. Sure something should have been done to discipline, but I would never want to lose cred like that. Silly kid rants are funny. Act like a parent, not a child.

So when you were talking in private to your friends and you were 15 you never said anything disrespectful about your parents? you felt they were justified in everything they did and the things thhey weren't you just kept to yourself about?

 

 

Talking between friends is one thing, If his daughter is a friend on her fathers then all his friends will see it, just a little different. Either way, to put something like that out to the whole world, well that's just not good..

I stand by what I siad. Twenty or thirty years ago, the father could have gotten away with beating the sh*t out of that b*tch for being so disrespectful. Seems parents had many of the disciplinary rights taken away over the last couple of decades, but yet people feel we're a better society for that. Just look at the county and this society now and make your own determination. I'm done with this thread. Have a great day everyone.

You lost me here.

As a parent he has a right to see that and should be looking very very hard.

I believe if your kid is doing something that requires action you're most likely going to notice it in other ways then their facebook wall. come home smelling of smoke/alchol, unusual grades, slimey friends. I don't feel it necessary to be all over their myspace/facebook. Talk to them on a daily basis and do things with them. any serious issues should become prevelant to the unobliviuous IMHO.

 

Other then that I believe you were pretty much spot on in your assessment.

 

Talking between friends is one thing, If his daughter is a friend on her fathers then all his friends will see it, just a little different. Either way, to put something like that out to the whole world, well that's just not good..

 

Her father was not a friend, as he said several times. The only people with access to what she wrote (pending her security settings, but i assume they were pretty tight) are her friends and anyone who happends to be in posession of her password illegitimatly (I.e. her father)

 

I stand by what I siad. Twenty or thirty years ago, the father could have gotten away with beating the sh*t out of that b*tch for being so disrespectful. Seems parents had many of the disciplinary rights taken away over the last couple of decades, but yet people feel we're a better society for that. Just look at the county and this society now and make your own determination. I'm done with this thread. Have a great day everyone.

 

like I said, I almost guarentee that 20-30 years ago or whenever you were a kid that you and your friends did things of equlavent nature...just without the aid of elecronics and thus the risk of being found out. (unless your parents were good with audio bugs) I feel you may of lost touch with what it was like to be that age.

I remember when I was young I was over at another families house with my family. Some sort of grown up party was going on at the time, so all the kids were playing with each other. The 2 girls that lived there were fighting over a Nintendo Gameboy an expensive item at the time (an item that most would assume that was out fo the price range of that family at the time, I know my family could not afford something like that at the time, so ti was so cool to play with it). Since they would not respond to the father poliet request to give him the gamboy he went took it by force and slammed it into the garbage can breaking it beyond repair saying "now neither of you get to play with it until one of you can afford one!" I thought this was great even as a child. This is how it should be. You are allowed to spoil your children with nice things, but if they do not listen to you and give you the proper respect you should take those items away and not just in the "I put it n the shelf you can have it back in a month" sort of way.

I remember when I was young I was over at another families house with my family. Some sort of grown up party was going on at the time, so all the kids were playing with each other. The 2 girls that lived there were fighting over a Nintendo Gameboy an expensive item at the time (an item that most would assume that was out fo the price range of that family at the time, I know my family could not afford something like that at the time, so ti was so cool to play with it). Since they would not respond to the father poliet request to give him the gamboy he went took it by force and slammed it into the garbage can breaking it beyond repair saying "now neither of you get to play with it until one of you can afford one!" I thought this was great even as a child. This is how it should be. You are allowed to spoil your children with nice things, but if they do not listen to you and give you the proper respect you should take those items away and not just in the "I put it n the shelf you can have it back in a month" sort of way.

 

That I completely agree with. However I do feel that situation differs greatly from the one at this threads origins...

 

 

On second thought, I probably would of just kept it and played myself

I love all these guys weighing in who have never raised a kid.

 

Yeah - keep pontificating about that which you have no clue. Right, you were a kid once, lemme know how that works for you when you're an adult and have kids of your own.

 

May the mother's curse not rest upon you: "May you have kids JUST LIKE YOU."

There is a happy medium, people gain much more respect by earning it then demanding it.

 

Is he her father? Does he provide shelter? Does he provide food? Clothes?

He provides everything she needs.

 

I'm think that's more than enough to deserve some respect.

I love all these guys weighing in who have never raised a kid.

 

Yeah - keep pontificating about that which you have no clue. Right, you were a kid once, lemme know how that works for you when you're an adult and have kids of your own.

 

May the mother's curse not rest upon you: "May you have kids JUST LIKE YOU."

 

You mean a bunch of random dudes that are into guns on the internet isn't the best way to decide how to raise a child?

He was never supposed to see it, he hacked her facebook to get it.

 

When you have children of an age that they can be on the computer, please let me know. We have every password that they have for their accounts for protection. Children are not in charge of their own safety, we are. If you don't have access to your kid's FB, social media, email, you're stupid. And, a bad parent.

 

This was beautiful. I've been there. I wouldn't do it, but I love it.

 

C

The guy is a loser. He acted like more of a child than she did. No, I don't have children but have worked with hundreds of children over the last 10 years and will say this guy has no idea. All he did with that is push her away. I'm not saying he shouldn't discipline his child but there's a right and wrong way to do things. He acted like a pompous fool, invaded her privacy, and then destroyed her computer the way a child would do it. Everybody sticks up for him but we don't know the back story. Judging by the way he acted I'm sure he's a runner up for father of the year.

 

Any of you who say you never "disrespected" your parents forget what it's like to be 15. The sad part is being a 15 year old student today is a lot different (and harder) than it was 20, 40, or 40 years ago.

The guy is a loser. He acted like more of a child than she did. No, I don't have children but have worked with hundreds of children over the last 10 years and will say this guy has no idea.

every child is different. until you have a child of your own, you will NEVER understand. You can work with thousands of children, but it's still not the same when it's your own child.

I now have a daughter and I could understand being very hurt by those comments. I know kids vent about their parents but it lest mean that you should be happy about what they say. While going batshit blasting off on a computer with a .45 would get me fired I agree something needed to be done. Give her nothing and show her how bad it really can be. You have to make them appreciate what they have.