The second lesson I want her to learn is the value of a dollar.
By destroying a valuable laptop. Could have achieved the same lesson by contributing it to a school or charity.
Agreed, this father is suffering from the same idiotic behavior as his daughter. He’s just displaying it in a different way. Punishment should be kept in house. Destroying the laptop does the exact opposite of showing her the value of a dollar. That’s the kind of thing people who don’t know the value of a dollar would do.
I couldn’t help but thinking that in some ways the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. In the video, he commented on his daughter’s language in her facebook post, yet in his understandable anger, used some of the same language.
He knows his daughter better than I but when I was her age I probably would have dug my heals in further.
Oh please. A laptop is nothing compared to his daughter’s life and well being. Learning how to respect others, showing a little humility, contributing to the family by doing chores, and knowing how to earn an honest buck will serve her better through her lifetime than any laptop is worth. As Calvin’s dad would say, “It builds character.”
>>By destroying a valuable laptop. Could have achieved the same lesson by contributing it to a school or charity. <<
Bull. It’s his. The value of the lesson this taught, not only his daughter but kids around the country is much more than the bucks spent on this computer.
But it wouldn’t have had the same impact on his daughter as seeing it destroyed before her own eyes.
Nope....not even CLOSE to the same lesson-teaching impact. Sometimes the jackass needs the two-by-four to get its attention.
I think the man knows he’s not perfect and judging from his comments, knows that this incident may affect him as well.
Why? Schools and charities haven't learned the value of a dollar yet.
And he complains about her language—doesn’t take much to figure where she learned that from!
Your parents didn’t whip your ass enough!!!