Dad responds to disrespectful 15 yr old daughter on Facebook

[YoungJRNY]

This is BRILLIANT. I love everything about this response and the way he has handled this situation as a parent. Disrespect goes a long way with kids these days and I would never think to do so to mine for the whole world to see knowing what they did throughout my life to support me as their child. Typical teenager. This time, the parents grew some balls and reacted like they would have in the good 'ol days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRi ... plpp_video

[Rick]

This is BRILLIANT. I love everything about this response and the way he has handled this situation as a parent. Disrespect goes a long way with kids these days and I would never think to do so to mine for the whole world to see knowing what they did throughout my life to support me as their child. Typical teenager. This time, the parents grew some balls and reacted like they would have in the good 'ol days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRi ... plpp_video

That was excellent. I would love to have seen his daughters face when she watched that.

I wouldn't destroy a laptop though, I would have sold it or gave it away.

[Don]

As a parent, I don't think it was handled properly. If he thinks shaming her in front of half the planet is the answer, he's got another thing coming.

[slucero]

Rick... I'm just lmao imaginging Pryor doing this...


"...pay you? PAY YOU?... (Honey.. GET MY SHOTGUN!) ... pay you.. shit.. I'll PAY YOU.. with this 12 gauge mutherfucker right here... "

[Angel]

As a parent, I don't think it was handled properly. If he thinks shaming her in front of half the planet is the answer, he's got another thing coming.

I agree. I don't understand how shooting her laptop is going to teach her to value her possesions....setting a very bad example if you ask me. I wonder if his next video is going to be a tirade about how smoking is bad for her....

[Red13JoePa]

Agreed Gunbot.

[hoagiepete]

Haven't watched it all, but it is excellent so far. Not sure about the cigdig, but excellent.

The blatant disrespect children have these days is scary. Sad actually. They respect no one or nothing.

Cops? Nope. Perfectly fine to mouth off and run from them and the cops' fault if something happens chasing em.
Teachers? Nope. Their fault now if the kid doesn't learn or gets in trouble. Sure not the kids' fault and they know it.
Religious leaders? Nope. Favorite whipping people of mainstream America these days.
Parents? See video.
Elders? Ya right.

This is at a time where all you hear is ..."don't disrespect ME man."

Earn it you f'n little shitheads.

[YoungJRNY]

As a parent, I don't think it was handled properly. If he thinks shaming her in front of half the planet is the answer, he's got another thing coming.

I agree. I don't understand how shooting her laptop is going to teach her to value her possesions....setting a very bad example if you ask me. I wonder if his next video is going to be a tirade about how smoking is bad for her....

I would understand your point if the whole entire thing was stemming off of "valuing her possessions." In this case, it's not about the laptop whatsoever. It's not like she breaks stuff all the time or she made a point by disrespecting her belongings by making a mockery of her parents that provide them for her.

This is sorely on the fact that she took the time (AGAIN) to go behind her parents backs (blocking them) and disrespecting them out in the open by making a post for the whole world to see for how bad she has it as a child and making her parents look like the bad guys by using some unnecessary profanity on top of it and also dis-respecting the people that work for a living to provide her, her freedoms. As the guy said, this wasn't the first time this has happened and he issued a warning to her. Instead, she tried to be sly and arrogant, as most teens are (too much freedom), by blocking them and making an inane post about doing chores.

Well, I say good for the parents. Parents today are SO sensitive and scared to death to discipline their children. Because of this, children think they can walk the walk and talk the talk whenever they choose and please to. I also disagree with Rick about the laptop. I love the fact even MORE that it wasn't about losing the money or trading it in. The laptop represented the hard work he put into the computer for his daughter to enjoy and the bullets represent the fact that it's time to inherit responsibility for her words and understand to respect the people who wiped her ass and put a roof over her head, free of charge.

Standing ovation for this father.

[Michigan Girl]

This made for great entertainment and I can't say I blame him ...but me?!? No, I don't think so!!
If my offspring ever considered humiliating me in such a way I would be devastated, but I don't have
facebook ...I'd have to beat them in private with no witnesses ...they're damn lucky!!!

[Angel]

Haven't watched it all, but it is excellent so far. Not sure about the cigdig, but excellent.

The blatant disrespect children have these days is scary. Sad actually. They respect no one or nothing.

Cops? Nope. Perfectly fine to mouth off and run from them and the cops' fault if something happens chasing em.
Teachers? Nope. Their fault now if the kid doesn't learn or gets in trouble. Sure not the kids' fault and they know it.
Religious leaders? Nope. Favorite whipping people of mainstream America these days.
Parents? See video.
Elders? Ya right.

This is at a time where all you hear is ..."don't disrespect ME man."

Earn it you f'n little shitheads.

Unfortunately, I think we put far too much emphasis on "kids these days" and not enough on "parents these days." Parents are raising and teaching the kids and while there are cases of a "bad apple" here and there, for the most part the kids learn behavior from the parents. A few months ago I had a 16 year old pregnant girl come in for her appointment-she had just had her ultrasound and when I walked in the room she started yelling and screaming a me and throwing a fit because she found out she was having a girl and she wanted a boy. Her mother sat in the corner not really saying anything except to look at me and say "yeah, she's really mad." I finally asked the girl "ok, so why are you yelling at me?" "because you're my doctor!" (I had to correct her that I am in fact NOT a doctor, but that's beside the point) So I asked what role she felt I had in determining the gender of the child and she just went on a rant about why she wanted a boy and not a girl. I finally had to point out that when you choose to get pregnant (or choose to not prevent it) it's not like going Toys R Us and picking out a pink or a blue doll. She end up storming out of the room pissed off and her mom followed her-both pissed off at me!!! So, if this mother had been more involved in this child's life she probably wouldn't have been pregnant to begin with but even if so she wouldn't be such a spoiled brat!

In regards to the father that posted the video, I've since read some of his responses to media and he actually seems like a pretty down to earth guy so maybe he was just having a PMS moment-he actually mentioned somewhere that he would like to be able to take it back because he had no idea it would be so huge. He also said he has told his daugther that he would post a reply video from her if she wanted to. I would be willing to bet, however, that there have been lots and lots of times when he's told his daughter there would be consequences for her actions and then never followed through with them so she feels she can push the envelope and get away with it-which most of the time she probably can-but then all of a sudden she does something that sends the dad over the edge so he does something like this. He also mentioned a time when she was grounded for 3 months. 3 months is a long time so I suspect that was another similar incident. Kids need boundaries and they need to have rules enforced. I think parents give in to the "little things" far too often and kids eventually think they can also get away with the big stuff.

OK, I'm going to stop typing now for fear I may start to sound like a former poster here that produced posts to rival "Gone With the Wind" in length.

[Rick]

Rick... I'm just lmao imaginging Pryor doing this...


"...pay you? PAY YOU?... (Honey.. GET MY SHOTGUN!) ... pay you.. shit.. I'll PAY YOU.. with this 12 gauge mutherfucker right here... "

Love it!

[brywool]

As a parent, I don't think it was handled properly. If he thinks shaming her in front of half the planet is the answer, he's got another thing coming.

Agreed. Next we'll be hearing how this kid commits suicide because she's so humiliated... dramatic, but not out of the question.

[Behshad]

[Rick]

Well, if it is, it was a great setup. I don't know if that's the proper way to handle the situation, but if a parent really ever did that, it would definitely be an attention getter. I would worry about what Bryan said though.

[YoungJRNY]

I know today's "emo-youth" is getting worse and worse with sensitive children that turn to drugs and thieves from the word "NO" but to commit suicide over a self-taught lesson by the parents over a laptop is absurd beyond human expectations. If this indeed does happen, God have mercy on all our souls because that's the future of our world.

[parfait]

All want their 15 minutes of fame. A 15 year old girl will act out - most pubescent will. Be understanding, set some boundaries, focus on school and start him/her with some sort of physical activity, preferably team sport.

[brandonx76]

They grow up so fast. . .

[slucero]

Doesn't mean the kid is right.

Doesn't mean the parent shouldn't discipline his/her kid how they see fit too...

[artist4perry]

What it sounds like is this child has a sense of entitlement. We need to be careful not to give our children lots of gadgets and make them feel like they are entitled to all these things.

Chores? Please, kids today do not have chores.

I would not have blown up the laptop, but selling it would be an option. If you use something your parents give you as a gift to disrespect your parents, you should not deserve to own a laptop. Maybe she should think about how hard life would be if she was put out on the street with no loving parents to work hard to put food on her table, clothes on her back, and utilities. My solution is, if you feel I need to pay you for the chores you do, I am going to charge you for the clothes, rent, food, and utilities you seem to think comes like manna from heaven.

Self absorbed generation.

[Memorex]

I remember when we first got cell phones for our 3 kids about 10 years ago. We had a decent enough family plan, with I think about 500 or 750 minutes per kid. (Yes it was pricey, but we needed them at the time due to new drivers and late teen year escapade monitoring), we carefully explained to all 3 about the time limits and about not going over our minutes blah blah blah. Well, my son didn't listen, (still doesn't, but I digress), first phone bill comes in and Sonny Boy has hit me with over $200 in excess overages. Fuck Me! I calmly explain the SITUATION to the kid, drilling him hard on how much he could use the phone and why and when to make calls. Next months bill arrives and BAM, another $200+ in excess minute use, ALL FROM HIS PHONE. FUCK ME AGAIN! I once again, but not so calmly re-explain the SITUATION to the kid that the phone isn't an all day walki-talkie and he was to be limited on his usage under penalty of DEATH!. ..

Guess what?....3rd months a charm right?

Here come the 3rd bill with some $312 in excess minute usage ALL FROM HIS PHONE!...I'm ranting and fucking raving to my wife about this bill and unknown to us the kid had walked in the door and was hearing me GO FUCKING NUTS ON HIS ASS TO HIS MOTHER....I heard what I thought was the door closing and went to look, but no one was there, upon further inspection I noticed his car was in the drive and his friend was standing outside. I go out and ask the friend, where's HE AT. The friend, sensing I'm about to explode, points to my Trailblazer. My kid had heard me and went running out the door and had hid in my car. He was 17 and he ran like a baby cause he knew the SWGHTF...I calmly walked to the car, opened the tailgate and said GET OUT HERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW...(he thought he was dead), I said, give me the fucking phone, and he did...I then walked down the drive to near the road and I fucking spiked that phone so damn hard on the concrete it fucking splattered.

My wife was like, "you just ruined that brand new $20 cell phone". My respone was simple. "That's the best $20 I've spent in 3 months."

I've never paid for his phone again.

I had similar issues when my kids got cell phones. Overages through the roof. I just stopped the plan and looked for alternatives. Now, I have boost mobile. I think if I added it all up it may be a few dollars more per month than a family plan I think would work, but it's a set number every month and there is never a concern about overages. And now they have this deal where it decreases $5 per month for every 6 months of on-time payments down to $35 per month. My older kids pay for their own plans.

Today's generation is different. I spoke to a Dr once about my daughter's insane number of texts. He said let it go - it's their way of communicating. I think shooting the laptop is overboard because it's such an intense aggravated overreaction. It solves nothing. The kid is not going to be able to compute that type of reaction in her head and it will likely make things worse.

[ebake02]

I think he had the right idea put he went too far off the deep end with it. There was no reason to shoot up laptop, they could have sold it and kept the money for themselves and dropped her cell phone off their contract. Putting on YouTube in front of a worldwide audience was a horrible idea too. After hearing what she put in that Facebook post, I can understand why her parents were spitting nails but something like this is a little over the line. Kids today can brutal and seeing something like this could really make her life a living hell and if Child Protective Services sees this and takes it out of context (which sometimes happens), her parents could find themselves in just as much hot water as their daughter is in.

[Memorex]

I think he had the right idea put he went too far off the deep end with it. There was no reason to shoot up laptop, they could have sold it and kept the money for themselves and dropped her cell phone off their contract. Putting on YouTube in front of a worldwide audience was a horrible idea too. After hearing what she put in that Facebook post, I can understand why her parents were spitting nails but something like this is a little over the line. Kids today can brutal and seeing something like this could really make her life a living hell and if Child Protective Services sees this and takes it out of context (which sometimes happens), her parents could find themselves in just as much hot water as their daughter is in.

How many of us walked into our rooms as kids, slamming the door a little too hard, and saying or thinking "I hate my parents!"? I'm not sure what we would have done if we could instantly tell the world how we felt. We either had to call someone or wait till Monday at school. Our generation is never going to understand this type of access.

[slucero]

ya.. shooting it was not the right move...



He should have blown it up...

[tater1977]

[AR]

Torn on this one.

In a sense you do want to explain to your children to watch what you put on social networks because it can't be erased.

He has a right to be pissed at her.

However HIS post went viral and now he has made her indiscretion known to all.

He fucked up.

Handle that internally

[slucero]

Torn on this one.

In a sense you do want to explain to your children to watch what you put on social networks because it can't be erased.

He has a right to be pissed at her.

However HIS post went viral and now he has made her indiscretion known to all.

He fucked up.

Handle that internally

like the daughter did right?

[JH'sTXfan]

"These are exploding hollow point rounds, yeah, and you have to pay me back for these, too, 'cause these are about a dollar apiece."

[mmberry301]

Just posted this on my FB page as a warning to my daughter and son. Personally speaking I have a 9MM not a 45 automatic, might be time for an upgrade.

Bravo to this guy...

[DavidWT]

like the daughter did right?

But is it a good idea for parent to stoop to the same level as a stupid teenager?

I can fully understand him being pissed off, and I do think kids often have a sense of entitlement that they shouldn't have. She should have been punished, yes, and she should have lost the use of her laptop. But when the parent stoops to the same level as the kid whom they're reprimanding, something is wrong.

Anyway, I seriously suspect this is fake.

[slucero]

like the daughter did right?

But is it a good idea for parent to stoop to the same level as a stupid teenager?

I can fully understand him being pissed off, and I do think kids often have a sense of entitlement that they shouldn't have. She should have been punished, yes, and she should have lost the use of her laptop. But when the parent stoops to the same level as the kid whom they're reprimanding, something is wrong.

Anyway, I seriously suspect this is fake.

I don't consider it stooping... just consequences for actions..