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Has anybody heard about the Facebook dad? This video has gone viral, and has caused quite a stir. If you can watch it or read about the story please do and tell me what you think?
Is he being hypocritical or is he doing a good job on raising an untitled kid?
http://www.litefm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=421220&article=9738000
Quite frankly, though I would not do it in such a public way, I wish more parents had the balls to stand up to their disrespectful, entitled children. So BRAVO dad, bravo.
@KatyElle: Agreed. I have mixed feelings on how he used a gun and wen't about doing it but I do appreciate a parent who doesn't beleive in entitlement.
@KatyElle: yeah, I wouldn't have wanted to make it public because of potential backlash, but yeah, my dad totally would have done that.
omg, now I'm actually watching it. What a spoiled, entitled little bitch. If I had dared to write something like that about my parents (and I couldn't have, we didn't get internet til I was almost 18), I wouldn't be alive to post this comment.
For cripe's sakes, my chores weren't fricking dishes - I wish! We ran a dairy farm - I calculated it out once, and I put in 35 hours a week, in addition to chores, and I rarely got paid. I did get a raise whenever I wanted one - $0+$0 is still $0.
Wow, they talked about this on the radio this morning and one person said their dad would have made them shoot the computer themselves.
I probably wouldn't have done it so publicly myself, but I love that he did. Good for him for not taking her entitled shit... and since there were purpotedly no other people around (seems like he's on a bit of open land out there) I don't have a problem with him putting 7 rounds in that computer either.
@hisgoosiegirl: I love that he clarifies that "doing the dishes" is putting them in the dish washer.
I think he's doing a great job. He stated in the video that this is the second time she's done this and he told her what would happen if she did it again. Bravo.
@hisgoosiegirl: hahaahah! yea most people I talked with said their Dad would have done the same. thanks for the insight on your work as a girl growing up, you turned out just fine ;)
@Aure: oh my God, that's ridiculous, 4 minutes max to do that. I'd make her handwash for a month for that.
I think it's great he isn't going to let his daughter disrespect him, his wife, or his daughter's mother like that on the internet...but I disagree with shooting the computer with a gun and making a video of it. I don't really think his daughter will learn anything from it. In my opinion I think it would have been better to make her donate the computer to a women's shelter or something so she can really get a good idea how easy she really has it! Make her donate her stuff and spend time volunteering. Don't shoot a perfectly good computer to prove a point.
@Eva Peron: lol, I sound a little bit like a martyr - but my parents were big on wanting you to work hard for what you got. They did pay for me to go to a local high school (we were homeschooled) so I could take choir, I got two nice prom dresses, use of their van, and they did help with college. So I was rewarded - but I was always thankful for that.
And it sounds like this girl is getting non-cash 'bonuses' as well - the laptop, the time he spent updating it, a phone - she's not a 'slave' even the tiniest bit remotely.
I soooo posted this to my FB at my lunch hour. I applaud the dad, kids now days act way to entitled. Good for him!
I think what he did was great. The fact that he called her out in a public way is fitting because she did the same to them. Plus, she was warned about doing something similar a while back so she should have known better. And the best part, to me, is that he works in IT and was all "did you really think I couldn't find a way to see this?". haha! Go Dad! I think a lot of kids feel so entitled these days and what the Dad did was absolutely justified.
I can't stop laughing. That kid is ridiculous. So she has to do a few chores? Big deal. She should be doing something around the house. Her dad is right, she needs to get a JOB. I got my first job at the age of 11 and I've been working ever since. I know the value of a dollar, I bet she doesn't!
Good for the dad for doing this. She may hate him for a while, but she should start to respect him.
@kate169: Excellent points! I would of given it to the little brother who tries wake her up on the weekends.
I love it. I don't think it's too harsh at all. And I actually thought the gun part was funny.
She sounds like a self-entitled brat. I would have never posted something like that on my facebook, not because I wasn't a brat, but because I'm sure my parents would have done A LOT worse than this dad. Lol. My parents were tough! A couple times I forgot to empty the catbox...yeah, I came home to the entire catbox dumped on my bed!
@Eva Peron: OMG that's probably even better! wow, the torture of that little brother having her computer....that'd probably have pissed her off even more!
@AnneTossy: Wow, I bet you scooped the cat box from then on !
@Lyndzo: Yes, I hope after the dust settles she respects her dad for what he was trying to get across.
@chrispygal: I know , I think kids think there electronics and settings are invincible! Not!
OMG, I'm reading another article about it, and they're saying do you think this is appropriate punishment or abuse? Apparently a lot of people think it's child abuse to shoot an object that you bought and are letting someone use. Ridiculous.
Eh. I was applauding him by the end of it! I loved how he added "Oh, and you owe me the $130 I spent on this thing yesterday." lol.
I hate spoiled, entitled kids. DH's cousin's kids are like that and it drives me bonkers.
This is the update article which is definitely worth a read. It's linked in the first article with the video but it's made to look more like a title than a link.
I love how he explains that the dog ratted her out... lol.
@hisgoosiegirl: Yea, I read the dads written response to the media. I guess hes getting lots of hate mail.
The worst case scenario would be the girl takes her own life or runs off etc etc. I don't know the emotional strength of this girl at 15. Then he would look like it backfired.
@Eva Peron: reading the link that @aure posted, it looks like she's doing just fine.
@hisgoosiegirl: Ah okay , I just read her update! Great, well there ya go :)
BEST DAD EVER!!!
Though i have to wonder... if he's in IT did he remove all of the parts to the computer (hard drive files pictures etc?) before he shot it? I would have and then maybe taken a hammer to the shell of it and then when she was older and learned her lesson and was more respectful maybe given it back to her. If you think of all the pictures kids take these day (and even i took a lot 10-15 year ago (and have to DEVELOP them!) I would be sad that i didn't have that.
But I think that he did a really good thing
its funny because she'll be saying to her kids "oh you think you kids have it bad?? your grandfather SHOT my Laptop when i was 15!!!" ..."Ma- Whats a laptop?"
:)
I think the gun part was a little crazy. I'm kinda scared of that man.
Also makes me glad I don't plan on having kids. What a brat!
When I was like 17 I told my father something like "My room looks FINE I don't need to clean shit and I'm not coming home after school either!!!" and took off in the car.
I arrived home around 6pm to find the contents of my bedroom strewn about the lawn. In the rain. Yeeeeeah... that never happened again!
As much as I enjoyed the end, maybe he should have sold the laptop. Gotten some money out of it LOL
I do wish that instead of shooting it up at the end he could have donated it. His daughter acted like a spoiled brat, and perhaps taking her to a less fortunate family that's staying in homeless shelter and making her hand her laptop to a teen that has never had one, might have taught her a better lesson in being thankful for what you have.
However, I grew up in a household where my father probably would have shot something up if I acted this way and I turned out pretty good I think.
Wow! I hadn't seen that. I'm proud of him for standing up for his family and trying to teach his daughter that she is blessed and needs to realize it.
Like others, I could never do something so public.
I just watched it, and I say, "Way to go dad!" I wouldn't have shot the laptop (but my husband would), but I think it's great for him to give her two lessons. 1 - respect your parents! You aren't asked to do much (and should anyways just to show appreciation for all your parents do for you. And 2 - there are consequences to posting things on the internet (and Facebook "security" really isn't all that secure).
Bravo, Facebook dad!
" its funny because she'll be saying to her kids "oh you think you kids have it bad?? your grandfather SHOT my Laptop when i was 15!!!" ..."Ma- Whats a laptop?" - @CTbride2010:
LOL
I love this guy. Chica needs to learn some respect. Now she's got all the time in the world to read about it...in books. LOL.
I love the way he handled this, but I seriously disagree with him shooting the computer. a) Violence like that is unnecessary and uncalled for. b) There are hundreds of people in the world who would have loved to have that perfectly good computer...I agree with others saying he should have made her donate it to a homeless shelter, under-priviledged school, or other charity type of thing. Make her see how good she has it.
I posted it on my 13yo;s page with the caption and you thought you had it rough. He has the same attitude and we hear all the time how making him do a few chores is making him our slave. I can't wait to see his reaction to this video...lol.
And yes a child can make you angry enough you will waste tons of money. My son's phone almost went flying a month ago, right out the window...lol.
@Kant: I guess I don't see it as violent, lol. He's shooting an object, with no one else around - kinda like target practice or trap and skeet. Sure he could have donated it, but I'm sure that didn't occur to him in the moment and the shock value to the daughter is pretty high!
Good on him! I wish more people would take a harder approach with their kiddos, drives me nuts.
I think what he did is perfectly fine! Good for him. And while I understand a lot of people saying he should have gone the donation route, I dont think that would have created the shock factor he seems to have been going for. And I can see the a bratty teen going on about how he stuff was given away and why should someone else get for free, they didnt work for it either. I'm totally ok with him shooting the computer. If he was that concerned about the computer, he would have just locked it up, or kept it for his own use or something. so it was the shock factor of destroying it he was going for. His concern was to teach his daughter a lesson at that moment, not how to do good will to the world.
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