Posted on 02/11/2012 8:48:22 AM PST by DouglasKC
But it wouldn’t have had the same impact on his daughter as seeing it destroyed before her own eyes.
This man is magnificent. Let’s find him and give him the Freeper of the Year award.
Good grouping with a .45 one handed..
From this article, I have to say he is an awesome dad!
She wants a 22 rifle?
I bet she’d probably want one more now. lol.
Had he hit the computer with sledge hammer, backed over it with his car or torched it on the grill there would be no insinuations that he’s violent and might shoot his daughter.
But because an evil gun was involved the reader’s brain wiring short circuits into liberal fear mode and produces an illogical reply.
Wouldn’t be surprised to hear the the family is approached for a reality TV show.
There were safer ways to destroy that laptop in that setting? Really?
You get real, okay.
No!
1. We tried that in our household when my daughter was about the same age. There were endless weeks of whining, pleading, promising, whining, negotiating, sulking, whining, semi-tantrums, arguing, and whining. It did not work. I wish I had shot the damn thing. Because as long as they know it's still around, you could give it back.
2. He mentioned in the video that they had gone through the same thing several months ago--Hannah was grounded and had her laptop taken away before. Clearly it didn't prevent her from posting more insulting and untrue things again. Dad told her before that things would get ugly if she did it again, and she did it again, so they got ugly.
Nope....not even CLOSE to the same lesson-teaching impact. Sometimes the jackass needs the two-by-four to get its attention.
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Right on the money
This gets to a point I've been wrestling with as a parent quite a bit lately. My daughter is EXTREMELY attractive, kind-hearted, and pleasant. She is also very stubborn, and thick-skinned. Consequently, while she never disobeys us in a truly agregious fashion, she also rarely obeys us circumspectly. (ex: hands the x to mom when we tell her to give it to dad, and visa versa)
As a parent, I don't want to be so punctilious that we actually punish her for violating the letter when she clearly submits to the spirit, but I very much want to instill in her the lesson that some infractions have permanent consequences that can not be undone, despite her turning on the charm, and I want to do so without making her bitter when charm doesn't work.
This dad's actions interest me for one main reason: daughter knows THAT laptop isn't coming back for "good behavior!"
He sounds more straight arrow than anyone else I have ever seen in my life.
Highly intelligent individual and SPOT ON with common sense and wisdom as well.
He needs to run for congress. LOL!
I think we would all be delighted to learn, Goldi, how many teenage girls you have raised, how they turned out, and what your relationship with them is like now. Have any of your teenage daughters posted an ugly, insulting, dishonest diatribe online to display their contempt for you and your values? Have any of them told more than 400 people lies about your cruelty? Have any of them showed such complete public ingratitude for your labor? If so, how did you handle it and what was the outcome?
If the answer is no, you don’t have teenage daughters and/or no, you’ve never been through anything as horrendous as this with them, then perhaps you should reserve judgment. This guy’s approach seems to be working very well indeed. Even his daughter seems to think so.
>>Hope he doesn’t shoot the girl the next time he has a problem with her. He doesn’t sound stable regardless of what the cops or CPS think.<<
What is your name over on the DU?
I think I read your post over there.
Really? You actually go to DU?
As the mother of two grown children, and having survived their teen-age years, especially my daughter’s ...this guy is great. Oh and I love my kids and my daughter not too long ago apologized for all the crazy crap she put me through. They are both great, responsible adults and great parents too. My son is similar to this guy.
I agree, Goldie how many have you raised?
I raised one niece, one nephew and now my own daughters (14 and 11).
The older kids (born in 1976 and 1978) are mixed. The girl is lost, the boy has a wife, four kids and two jobs. I got the girl later than the boy and she already had worked up a stubborn streak that I couldn’t break. The boy, however is what every kids should be. And I’m very proud of him (he named his one and only daughter after me).
My own two love me dearly and we work together to keep a good home. At 50, I don’t do any project nor household duties without one of them at my side. They are advanced students and pleasant to be around.
I LOVE this father. He reminds me of my own.
Me too, girlfriend.
>>You actually go to DU?<<
PJComix has the DUmmie FUnnies here.
They post it on FR. They go so I don’t have to.
But seriously, what’s your name over there?
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