[PARENTING] Dad uses Facebook to teach daughter a lesson

I'm a little worried the dad might by our own R2K. He needs to get back to doing Rocket vids instead of responding to his daughter's facebook.

(with apologies to R2K whom I've never met but vaguely recall pics from the smeg tour and his get well bbq).

 

And in 15 years they will be different than they are now, however, "different" doesn't always mean bad. Most people seem to think change is bad which is why you hear your grandpa talking about how society is going down the tubes - because it's different from how it was when he was younger.

 

Humilated him on a wall of other 15 year olds? Cmon... Really worthy of epic raging and shooting a laptop? The guy needs anger management.

 

ah, poor little daddy is offended?

 

Cool parenting..

she would not have posted that on facebook if it wasn't for his parenting

I guess both fail in life...

 

just phishing..

 

Yeah, "getting back" at your own kids is a very mature approach to parenting.

I guess when my kid gets a little older and inevitably throws his first fit, instead of putting him in time-out, I'll respond by telling him I hate him and calling him a BIG POO POO FACE, then stomp to my room and slam the door.

 

I don't consider this violent. And a broken home, just because her parents are divorced? Clearly she has both parents, and both are still a part of her life. There are millions of kids that would love to have two parents.

Why does the article assume the child is being honest about being up at 5am and going to bed at 10pm, or make assumptions about what she does on the weekend? She appears to have normal chores that many teenagers have. According to the father, you are looking at 15 minutes of chores/day. And maybe its her constant wanting things as to why he wants her to have a job. At worst, at 15 year old girl could be babysitting if she wanted to make money.

Do I think the dad is overly strict? Yes
Do I think the girl is going to be better behaved? No
Do I think the dad did anything wrong? No

 

Maybe if you didn't write on Clutchfans we wouldn't know what an idiot you are

 

go Dad.

 

I can imagine a scenario that

a) the dad is behaving rationally and trying his best to be a proper parent

or

b) the dad is the worst parent ever

There are always two sides to every story. For all we know, the daughter is a bad apple and this is the father's desperate attempt to get her back on track. Or the father's anger issues is the root cause of all of this. Who is to say?

 

I don't agree with what he did and I think he is not the kind of parent I would want growing up. I do not believe he is close with his daughter. And, that sort of parental discipline is not going to help fix their problems. She will just resent him more. And, like she said, she will not be there to wipe one day. lol

 

Yea...I joined the forum in 1999. That would make me twelve years old. Not quite a teenager yet.

 

I love the comments here.

Makes me wonder how many of these 'experts' on how to be a parent even have children themselves, much less a teenager like that.

Memo to those of you who are just talking out your self-righteous buttocks: teenagers like the one described in the video have by conscious choice decided to cross the line where all reasoning, demands, grounding, time-outs, taking things away, on and on ad nauseum, none of that will work any more. They live in their own little world inside their heads, and no amount of 'normal' reality will intrude.

They become the worst combination of entitled and resentful. There is a reason the word 'insufferable' exists.

I wouldn't have done what he did (simply because it seems like a waste to me), but I applaud this man for doing something which will actually penetrate the dense fog surrounding that teenager and her peers who likely reinforce her behavior anyway. Facebook, that world, the computer, all of that, that is her *reality*, to which she retreats to feel sorry for herself, and be pitied and consoled by other equally insufferable teens.

They think they are smarter than the adults around them. LOL

He injected a little reality into her cocoon. Good for him.

And frankly, those who say 'this will probably lead to more strife between them'.. um, there was already a world of strife between them, and the way kids are today, it was never going to change anyway.

The only solution for these entitled twits these days is to get out on their own and find out that life bears no resemblance to what they have been led to believe their entire childish lives.

(and yes I am venting too - my teenager has been out of my house for almost a year, and it has been the most peaceful year of my life )

 

Look at you go!
In-family is different then out. When the matter becomes public and your the embarrassed parent you will start to take away privileges and make a lesson.

 

I'm interested in what Dr. Phil says about it. Has he responded yet?