OK, so he was a rude, thoughtless pig in this phone conversation, but I do have to grant him that I think he probably has a point about the behavior of both the child and the custodial mother who SHOULD see to it that the phone is turned on AND answered at the court-appointed time. His daughter has been apparently pulling these “phone tag” games on him for some time, and the father in this case dutifully making his court-ordered appointment when he’s supposed to.
If the child didn't want to talk to him...she didn't want to talk to him. Period, end of story.
I would agree with you except for I believe he has quite a history of this kind of outburst. By simply ignoring him and not engaging in this type of exchange, imo, the kid shows more maturity than her father.
I agree, sounds like a frustrated father dealing with an ex wife and a child who’s not behaving as well. Classless yes, but frankly, having seen what divorce and such does and behaviors out of adults and children involved in them.... I’m not going to condemn the guy to hell over this.
Frustrating as hell when your authority as a parent is undermined by another parent, and you are thousands of miles away as well.
How can you inject your own opinion into a family situation you know nothing about? How do you know what his daughter’s behavior is? What do you know about the calls between the two of them? You DON’T know a thing about this situation — except that a father spoke to his daughter in a vile, demeaning, abusive way which should result in the permanent loss of his parental rights.
“The father in this case dutifully making his court-ordered appointment when he’s supposed to.”
Just an educated guess, but did Dad have a court ordered telephone appointment because he abused telephone calls to the house in the past?