Man shoots his daughter's laptop

[Oleh]

For him to react in the way he did, she clearly deserved it. There is no overreacting, there's just different perceptions. He reacted in a way he sought fit, as he's had the experience of living and caring for her, for the past what was it? 15/16 years. None of you have insight into what she is like other than a few paragraphs of venting over facebook.

[Andeeh]

fair enough, serves her right for disrespecting her parents on the laptop that they brought her just to ***** about doing a few chores and expecting not to get some kind of repercussion.

[Samantha]

The fact that his daughter actually ranted on Facebook twice is showing something imo, it's showing that her and her Dad don't have very much positive communications between each other because if she thought he was being unfair she could have just gone to him and spoken to him about him instead of ranting on Facebook. I can honestly say I have never ranted on Facebook about my parents (only about college cancelling lessons) but I know full well not to swear or be ungrateful towards them online as my mum can see it.

However, if I had ranted I would have been told off a lot and it would sink in, which brings me back to communication, maybe if they had a positive relationship before the whole Facebook fiasco started then the outcome may have been much different and it might have sunk in more.

[Glen Coco]

tbh the girls facebook status went ON a bit... Thought it was neva gonna end but i don't agree with him shooting the laptop a bit too far?

if he was my parent i'm pretty sure i probs wouldn't even be breathing the amount of complaining i can do sometimes. i do agree that he went way too far imagine how upset the poor girl is going to be and for him to sit there and dictate to her what is right and what is wrong that sounded like a lot of stuff she had to do around the house and i wouldn't imagine her to be THAT old either anyone who says it's just a 'normal' average thing to do in a day well ask half the kids on this forum and i can guarantee they don't do the dishes, make the beds, do the washing, do the dinner/coffee, clean everywhere 24/7 cos that's what it sounded like to me.

totally out of order

She was 15, doing the dishes , making her own bed, making coffee now and again and cleaning up after herself is NOT difficult.
She sounds like a whiney little brat and he did warn her. clearly she'd done it before and it really upset her dad!
Ok so shooting it was a little far but she's 15! she needs to realise that she can't act like a little brat anymore

[Chippiewill]

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[Zuth]

Wow, nice reaction, I'd probs done the same

[Empired]

Overreaction on both halves I think.. She was wrong but so was the Dad? He probably paid for the laptop so basically he's just shot God know's how much of his own money? Smart..

Had a bit of a giggle at the video though thanks

[Jordy]

Why has the moderator moved it from the correct section to an incorrect section? Pipe down

[Seikou]

i think everything that her father said was totally true and really proved a point. she just sounds like an ungrateful little brat who doesn't deserve what she has. however, shooting the laptop might have been a bit too far, confiscating it for a while might have done better or taking it away completely rather than destroying it. it was his choice though and i'm sure she's learned her lesson, she kind of deserved it.

[Red]

Teenagers moan and whinge about every silly thing. She was being disrespectful/ungrateful, but what teenager hasn't? I'm yet to find a teenager who hasn't complained about how unfair their parents are or how their life sucks. And don't lie, I'm sure all of you have done it! FB, to most of my friends is just like chatting to friends irl or writing in their own diary. Of course she hid it, what teenager is going to ***** about their own parents infront of them?

IMO, that man blew it wayyy out of proportion. What could of easily been handled with a private talk did not need to be publicised and posted on her FB wall. This man took the wrong approach to discipline, if she should have even been disciplined at all. Once an arrogant teenager thinks they're right, they're going to continue thinking their right. Grounding them for 3 months without properly explaining the situation or shooting down their laptop isn't helping at all. Just because a child fails to listen to you doesn't mean you get the excuse to pull out your gun in every situation. If anything, the only thing that father earned was less respect.

I agree with you. I didn't do half of what she did when I was a child and I read some of my diary entries of when I was a kid and there was a good few complaints about how unfair my life was. haha I do agree that she should be thankful that she has a roof over her head and the maid comment did sound bratty but that manlooks like an absolute wackjob and it is no wonder she has reacted the way she did. Makes me thankful that I have such amazing parents and not someone like him.

I feel extremely sorry for her. If it was me in her situation, it would of perm damaged our relationship and I would have lost all respect for him. I don't get why any father who is meant to love his child would want to humiliate her in front of millions of people. There are better ways to discipline.