From A Concerned Father To His Resentful Daughter

[The Mad Monk]

Child Protective Services paid a visit, found nothing amiss.

Sheriffs department visited, no tickets. A couple high-fives, though.

[SlowwHand]

They should ground her for eternity.

[dannubis]

She should move...

[SlowwHand]

They could help her pack her bags.

[Fake Boris]

I have not looked into his case (and don't intend to), but I believe the real issue is that the "cleaning lady" the girl mentions is actually her stepmother.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Let's look at this from both sides. The daughter was a spoiled brat who was being absolutely ridiculous in doing what she did. However, the father was just as bad when he decided to air the family's laundry on the internet (the original problem that the daughter did) and shoot the freaking laptop. You don't teach your kid right and wrong by acting like a freaking child.

[SlowwHand]

He shot the laptop, that he paid for; he didn't shoot her. That might have been over-the-line.

[Wezil]

...he didn't shoot her. That might have been over-the-line.

15 year old girl?

Debatable.

[SlowwHand]

I didn't speak in absolutes. You're correct, it's certainly debatable.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'd imagine that showing your 15 year old daughter that you aren't any more emotionally mature than her isn't the best way to parent, however.

[The Mad Monk]

Mid-teen girls just happen to bring out the best in people, that's all.

[Fake Boris]

Let's look at this from both sides. The daughter was a spoiled brat who was being absolutely ridiculous in doing what she did. However, the father was just as bad when he decided to air the family's laundry on the internet (the original problem that the daughter did) and shoot the freaking laptop. You don't teach your kid right and wrong by acting like a freaking child.

Despite a general consensus against what he did, I am still ambivalent.

Why? He's teaching her a valuable lesson most teens should learn: the Internet is not a private place, treat it as such. I remember as a teen, I vented publicly about my parents to acquaintances (in their presence). They quickly responded by listing my wrongs at a family brunch later on. I got the point. I don't think they did this out of immaturity, they knew what they were doing. No idea about this guy though.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Watching it again, I do think that everything up to the shooting of the laptop was fine, FWIW. That was just the thing that made the response seem childish. The rest of it, perfectly ok and demonstrated in a calm and rational manner that the internet is public and you can't just do whatever you want. And what he did was just respond to each of her points and didn't bring in other outside stuff (well aside from his spending $130 in new software).

[Wezil]

I can agree with that.

My dad would have sold the computer.

[Wezil]

The gunfire was entertaining though.

I was hoping he'd open it up afterward so we could have a look-see at the insides.