Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

MBK: GranoblasticMan: Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

Oh shut the fark up. This dad probably pays for her phone, her internet, her clothes, her spending money, etc etc, and she still has the gall to talk shiat about them because she is asked to do some chores? And he said this isn't the first time she has done this.

Hmm, y'know what? You've convinced me. The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

"Man it sucks. My parents give me such an early curfew."

[HERO] Father chains daughter to bed to teach her to respect curfews

GranoblasticMan: MBK: GranoblasticMan: Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

Oh shut the fark up. This dad probably pays for her phone, her internet, her clothes, her spending money, etc etc, and she still has the gall to talk shiat about them because she is asked to do some chores? And he said this isn't the first time she has done this.

Hmm, y'know what? You've convinced me. The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

Well technically the parents paid for it so it belongs to them. You don't have teenagers and most likely don't remember what a pain in the ass you were..

AbbeySomeone: GranoblasticMan: MBK: GranoblasticMan: Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

Oh shut the fark up. This dad probably pays for her phone, her internet, her clothes, her spending money, etc etc, and she still has the gall to talk shiat about them because she is asked to do some chores? And he said this isn't the first time she has done this.

Hmm, y'know what? You've convinced me. The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

Well technically the parents paid for it so it belongs to them. You don't have teenagers and most likely don't remember what a pain in the ass you were..

Yeah, and technically that Christmas present I gave my brother is mine, right? I mean, I paid for it.

GranoblasticMan: AbbeySomeone: GranoblasticMan: MBK: GranoblasticMan: Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

Oh shut the fark up. This dad probably pays for her phone, her internet, her clothes, her spending money, etc etc, and she still has the gall to talk shiat about them because she is asked to do some chores? And he said this isn't the first time she has done this.

Hmm, y'know what? You've convinced me. The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

Well technically the parents paid for it so it belongs to them. You don't have teenagers and most likely don't remember what a pain in the ass you were..

Yeah, and technically that Christmas present I gave my brother is mine, right? I mean, I paid for it.

Apples and oranges. Both fruit.

AbbeySomeone: GranoblasticMan: AbbeySomeone: GranoblasticMan: MBK: GranoblasticMan: Yes. This is an appropriate reaction to a disagreement. Break the other party's shiat. However, at least now the teenager gets to complain that her parents "work her too hard" and her dad's a complete dick.

Oh shut the fark up. This dad probably pays for her phone, her internet, her clothes, her spending money, etc etc, and she still has the gall to talk shiat about them because she is asked to do some chores? And he said this isn't the first time she has done this.

Hmm, y'know what? You've convinced me. The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

Well technically the parents paid for it so it belongs to them. You don't have teenagers and most likely don't remember what a pain in the ass you were..

Yeah, and technically that Christmas present I gave my brother is mine, right? I mean, I paid for it.

Apples and oranges. Both fruit.

Both fruit, but if you give either to a person, it is by any rationale theirs. For fark's sake, he even refers to the laptop as "[her] laptop."

I absolutely farking hate braindead parents that think just because they, at some point in time, paid for something means their children have no expectation of property or privacy being respected. My parents never once broke any of my shiat. So take this as a hearty "fark you" to you, MBK, and any other childish people who think that this is in any way an appropriate response to a Facebook post.

I Said: GranoblasticMan: "Man it sucks. My parents give me such an early curfew."

[HERO] Father chains daughter to bed to teach her to respect curfews

I hope you don't have kids. The prison population is large enough as it is.

Yep. My parents never broke my shiat, and I'm posting this from PMITA prison right now because I'm such a farkup in life, all because my parents never felt the need to get even by breaking something of mine in a childish act of "getting even."

I can understand the need for discipline and the withdrawal of privileges when your child screws up. Actions must have consequences. But to actually shoot her laptop and then post the video on the internet just seems like overkill. He's publicly humiliated his daughter, something for which she's probably going to hate him with ten times the vehemence she did before which will just result in even more rebellious behaviour on her part. Destroying the laptop, with a gun no less, seems borderline crazy when he could have easily just sold it or given it away to someone who actually needed it.

I just don't think it's going to have the effect he hoped for.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a parent, but I was an entitled, smart-ass teenager once. When I screwed up my folks were firm, but fair.

/what would have happened had she actually done something drastic like get arrested or pregnant?
//would dad post vid of a falcon punch to show her he means business?

doglover: There is no overkill, there is only fire and reload.

For some reason I read that in Sigourney Weaver's voice from Ghostbusters. "There is no Dana, only Zuul."

doglover: Seriously, I would have just boot and nuked her hard drive. She would figure out how to put a new OS on there herself.

Anyone with access to a computer should ahve to know how to do that.
It should be the law.
I remember when it actually was practically the law.
The internet was populated with much smarter people back when I first got on it.
Back in 1980.
All five of us.
/forever alone.

ehh....

teenagers always are crap and always biatched about their parents.

the problem is now it's public. yes, facebook is public. one person likes it that's on his list (a friend's parent perhaps and that friend didn't lock down their profile) he could just contact the friend parent who gets the post from the friend and ta-da... written there.

shooting it? eh, listen to the accent.... it's par for the course.

Should he chastise the kid in a video? not agreeing with the line by line trashing of her. But ya know... not my kid.
I think it was the case of her being grounded for 3 months prior to this for doing the same thing.

Now what i'm concerned about is the cleaning lady "who is not a maid and does things in return for services"

my friend's father would cut his TV's power cord when he was a dick. so much electrical tape.

This won't backfire in a few years when she turns 18. Noooo, not at all.

miss diminutive: I can understand the need for discipline and the withdrawal of privileges when your child screws up. Actions must have consequences. But to actually shoot her laptop and then post the video on the internet just seems like overkill. He's publicly humiliated his daughter, something for which she's probably going to hate him with ten times the vehemence she did before which will just result in even more rebellious behaviour on her part. Destroying the laptop, with a gun no less, seems borderline crazy when he could have easily just sold it or given it away to someone who actually needed it.

I just don't think it's going to have the effect he hoped for.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a parent, but I was an entitled, smart-ass teenager once. When I screwed up my folks were firm, but fair.

/what would have happened had she actually done something drastic like get arrested or pregnant?
//would dad post vid of a falcon punch to show her he means business?

She is the one who went public on facebook. Which is the modern equivalent of yelling from the rooftops. She talked shiat about another person on the internet - she can't go all snowflake when she gets internet shiat back in return. Important life lesson, that. And it was worth Dad's public response if just because the stupid little shiat didn't think her ancient and feeble minded father (who works in IT) has enough tech skillz to access her facebook once she had blocked him.

Biatching to her friends privately, off line, fine. All teens do that. Posting her entitled little biatch rant online was beyond stupid. And she needs to know that.

Would you hire this spoiled little princess? I wouldn't. Not even for an afterschool job. I wouldn't offer her a spot in an advanced academic program. She lacks a strong work ethic, and is a whiner. (Guess what, Princess. What you post on line has real world consequences.)

I AM a parent. No I wouldn't have shot the laptop. Mostly because I'm cheap. What I would have done is logged on and cancelled the damn facebook page (because no way in hell will my minor child have a page without me having full access to it - that's farking basic safety there) Also, the laptop will become school only with supervision. Also also, she would be presented with a bill for room and board. Don't want to contribute to the household? Fine. Pay up. And no I will not drive your spoiled little ass anyfarkingwhere. Walk. You don't get shiat without giving. That's how life works.

Again: she wants to biatch privately to her friends, fine. Go for it. Vent. But posting it online was a very bad idea. As was being stupid enough to think the people you were venting against wouldn't see it.

I am a parent. And I'd rather be a parent than my child's BFF. I refuse to raise a spoiled, entitled little princess snowflake, too stupid to know how the internet works. Dammit.

That dad is an asshole. She's a teenager, they are going to rebel and it's going to be immature and inaccurate description of reality. All he taught her was he has the same lack of respect for her that she showed him, and that if anyone slights you or disagrees, it's ok to break their stuff. There are a 1000 different way to handle that situation, he picked the lazy moran way.

That was mature.

GranoblasticMan: The only way to teach children respect is to break their shiat.

It might not be the only way but it's the funniest way.

Because the appropriate, mature reaction to a rebellious teenager is breaking their shiat. Way to be the adult there, Dad!

A dad responds to his daughter by shooting her things; and, he wonders why the girl is screwed up in the head...

And in future news:

"Video of father shooting laptop found to be fake viral video".

namegoeshere: I am a parent. And I'd rather be a parent than my child's BFF

This isn't being a parent, either. This is being a psychopath. And it is teaching the daughter a lesson: Being a psychopath works.

Violence settles everything.

Turns out that dad is quite a dick.

As an IT Dad who is also a gun nut I applaud this brilliant act. If your kids don't appreciate what you do for them and show disrespect then they need to learn a lesson. Granted I think lesson learned but I think on top of that I would have given her a list of chores and how much she gets for each one an make her earn a new laptop.

My parents made me earn my stuff and thus I have always taken care of everything I have. However my wife was the one who got everything handed to her and she wonders why her laptop looks like crap after a couple of years and mine still looks like new.

Sorry dad that she hurt your feelings, they're going to do that at that age. Your job is to discipline and parent, not humiliate and take revenge.

Hope that a-hole has fun with Dept. of Social Services. I'll admit the girl's missive was juvenile and immature, but teenagers do juvenile and immature things. Still, teenagers aren't slaves and DO have a right to basic privacy and personal property. I don't necessarily think that all teenagers are entitled to wi-fi, but if there is internet in the house they absolutely have a right to use it every bit as much as they have a right to use the other utilities in the house. If the father cut off her access to power, heat and water to "teach her a lesson" you guys wouldn't be taking his side.

Imagine the poor guy that decides to date her anytime in the near future.

you know you're a redneck when...

namegoeshere: miss diminutive: I can understand the need for discipline and the withdrawal of privileges when your child screws up. Actions must have consequences. But to actually shoot her laptop and then post the video on the internet just seems like overkill. He's publicly humiliated his daughter, something for which she's probably going to hate him with ten times the vehemence she did before which will just result in even more rebellious behaviour on her part. Destroying the laptop, with a gun no less, seems borderline crazy when he could have easily just sold it or given it away to someone who actually needed it.

I just don't think it's going to have the effect he hoped for.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a parent, but I was an entitled, smart-ass teenager once. When I screwed up my folks were firm, but fair.

/what would have happened had she actually done something drastic like get arrested or pregnant?
//would dad post vid of a falcon punch to show her he means business?

She is the one who went public on facebook. Which is the modern equivalent of yelling from the rooftops. She talked shiat about another person on the internet - she can't go all snowflake when she gets internet shiat back in return. Important life lesson, that. And it was worth Dad's public response if just because the stupid little shiat didn't think her ancient and feeble minded father (who works in IT) has enough tech skillz to access her facebook once she had blocked him.

Biatching to her friends privately, off line, fine. All teens do that. Posting her entitled little biatch rant online was beyond stupid. And she needs to know that.

Would you hire this spoiled little princess? I wouldn't. Not even for an afterschool job. I wouldn't offer her a spot in an advanced academic program. She lacks a strong work ethic, and is a whiner. (Guess what, Princess. What you post on line has real world consequences.)

I AM a parent. No I wouldn't have shot the laptop. Mostly because I'm cheap. What I would have done is lo ...

Extremely well said, friend. First time I've used either of the smart/funny buttons is for your post.

tin_man: I somehow doubt the legitimacy of the "facts" of this video.

If it turns out to be real, then he should get an award for being a clueless nutbar.

My GF showed me this video last night. My Weeners to it was, this is fake. I doubted that an adult would overreact that much to a teenager.

Second thing I thought, if it is real, the "father" didn't act like the adult in the situation. It seems that her behavior is a direct reflection of the parenting she is receiving. She's acting like a complete shiat because her parents allow her to act that way.

DmGdDawg: Hope that a-hole has fun with Dept. of Social Services. I'll admit the girl's missive was juvenile and immature, but teenagers do juvenile and immature things. Still, teenagers aren't slaves and DO have a right to basic privacy and personal property. I don't necessarily think that all teenagers are entitled to wi-fi, but if there is internet in the house they absolutely have a right to use it every bit as much as they have a right to use the other utilities in the house. If the father cut off her access to power, heat and water to "teach her a lesson" you guys wouldn't be taking his side.

That's a whole lot of derp right there.

Fake; rednecks can't read.

What's next, shooting the sink when she refuses to do the dishes?

doglover: miss diminutive: I can understand the need for discipline and the withdrawal of privileges when your child screws up. Actions must have consequences. But to actually shoot her laptop and then post the video on the internet just seems like overkill.

There is no overkill, there is only fire and reload.

Seriously, I would have just boot and nuked her hard drive. She would figure out how to put a new OS on there herself. Maybe make her work for it. But no, a .45 in the drive? That's priceless.

That also looks like an excellent way of blowing off stress. Seems like daddy was a wee little tight-strung, eh?

As a single dad of a 14 year old girl, I applaud this man. Mine doesn't have a laptop anymore either, I just took it for myself though, didn't shoot it. Now she can play Billy Badass on her Presario desktop, lol.