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I liked his words until he takes out his "foddyfaiv" man thats just stupid just sell the laptop to a pawn shop, so she has to work to get it back. Anyhow, teens these days are not much different from my teenage-time, they just use more modern ways to be rebellious... I dont think its bad to be rebellious, but shes just being ridicously greedy and selfish. In a way she deserves it, in another way he was to hard, to agressive, but nothing more to expect from a redneck.

 

defiantly she deserved it, although, maybe dad went too far with shooting at laptop since he could it gave it away to someone that really deserves it or can't afford it (some orphanage home or something). As for parenting, well, there are too many factors for dad to take all the blame for she being like that. There's also school environment, mother and step mother, siblings that could contribute of her being spoiled like that.
He probably hit her where it hurts her most, so hopefully she'll change.
Paying for chores? She gets all her stuff for free and she complains?
at her age, my family couldn't afford me mp3 player (not even ipod, but regular mp3), I had to earn for everything I have (jobs + scholarship), and yet she has everything with no work, and she complains.
Last thing more expensive I remember that I completely got from parents was (now family) PC 8 years ago (still works like new). Laptop, DS, Wii, Snowboards, either I paid myself, or paid at least part with money I've earned.

 

I think both are in the wrong.

The daugther is an ungrateful moron, but that is to be expected of a teenager, and she has the right to complain under freedom of speech, I think everyone should have to right to speak their mind without fear of punishment. Even if her complaints are stupid.

For the father, you should not just give your child what she askes for, you should give them a set amount of money per week and let them buy their own stuff. That way they will learn to appriciate and handle money. The father had every right to take the laptop, but shooting it was not the best option, it should have been sold to avoid wasting money. That just demonstrates either a lack of regard for money or poor reasoning. The best way to deal with this kind of disent would be, you know, talk to her.

This may be a cultural thing, but I think teens have a right to privacy. I don't like this at all, I don't like the thought of parents destroying property for arbitrary reasons. Think about it, would anyone support this if the father destroyed the laptop for being angry at his daughter for watching ponies? That can now happen inspired by this guy.

By the way, job at 15? Is that common over there? From my pooint of view, that just sound...strange.

 

While being right about the whole being disrespectful to parents thing, I do think he went a bit overboard with shooting the laptop. For a start, as other people have said, the laptop could have gone to someone less fortunate, but then as well isn't shooting the laptop also a bad example to set?

 

Maybe not to you, but there are some people that think different. This thread proves that point. I'm not saying that he shouldn't punish her, but shooting the laptop to make a point, to me is over the top. I almost wonder if this could be on of those "Staged" things. Not saying it is, but it would be funny if it were.

 

I think they're both in the wrong, though ultimately I'd rather he do what he did than nothing at all.

The way I see it, she's not even being rebellious, just a disrespectful brat, to put it nicely. Considering she had already done it once and been warned, ignored the warning and did it again, I think she well and truly deserves the punishment she got (read: no more laptop).

On the other hand I'm not thrilled about the video being posted for the world to see, although I can understand how it mimics her actions of publicly bad mouthing her parents, I still don't think it was the right thing to do. As for shooting the laptop, I think simply keeping it locked up until she could buy it back would have been a better way of going about it.

Then again, we're all basing this of off what can be seen publicly, we really have no idea what their family situation is really like. For all we know the daughter's bad behavior could be tenfold what we're shown and shooting the laptop may have been a perfectly suitable way to finally get a message across. Similarly she might be no where near as bad as she's made out to be and her father could just be completely overreacting. Put simply, we just don't know but from what we're given this is my opinion.

Personally I don't think any child needs to get a job until they've finished school. However, and this is a big however, if they want new computers, phones, or any expensive items that they don't need then I would definitely tell them to get a job. I would be willing to compromise, if I had a child I would happily put some money towards something they want and have worked hard for, I wouldn't just buy it outright for them though.

 

In all fairness, the dad was not thinking when he shot the laptop. Don't we have irrational moments when we don't think? Yes, we do. This was one of those moments.

 

I like this guy.

 

And then ALL involved were scootamalewads.

 

I was ok with this until he shot the laptop.
I understand with this gesture he makes clear to his daughter stuff got serious ... but... a gun? I don't know. Guns are used to kill people, not to raise children.

 

This Girls is complaining over little things to do? Shoot, I cut the grass, take out the trash every now and then, make my bed, clean the house, wash the dishes, clean my room, take out the dog to go to the bathroom (my dog is blind, so yeah) and many more. I do more work with my mother then anyone else and she gets that many chores to do and she is crying over it? I'm on the father side but shooting the laptop was a bit unnecessary, but for that, I down with it but something i would never go to the extreme to do.

I hate being spoiled as this girl acts like she gets all the for free. Even the fact my parents tend to spoil me with stuff that goes over 200 or more, it's a nice jester but something they shouldn't of done. When it comes my birthday or Christmas, i just want one thing and that's it. I working to get stuff that latterly cost me a arm and leg and it's coming out of my pocket...Not my parents. When it comes to me working for my stuff, it tend to pay off to 75 to 90% of the money that is acquire and my folks pay the other percentage.

Kids today do need a more discipline in their lives, since they do tend to forget on how this world works and who do you does this for you....Your Parents and do they show you the thanks for it? Not really. I can agree for the father for this but the laptop part was unnecessary. I could of thought of a better way then shooting the laptop but that's done and over with.

 

Kids these days just have no respect for there parents. While I don't fully agree with the ending with the laptop I certainly understand his reasoning for doing so. SR20DETDOG
brings up a good point that we can't just base what their family situation is like on this one video alone. Still, whether she is spoiled or not there is no excuse for disrespecting your parents especially behind their back to world. I was brought up with old fashioned values and I would never dream of disrespecting my mother, when she has given me so much in my life. I was adopted at the age of 5 from a poor country where who knows how I would have ended up. I owe my life to her just on that one merit alone. She has also been fully supportive of my music and letting me rehearse in her house and letting my friends come over with their instruments. Our parents sacrifice so much for us when we are kids and we just take it for granted, and it's only when we're older and start experiencing the real world do we realize that they were right. This child is going to learn the hard way that the world is no longer a friendly place and that she should have been grateful for what she had. Plus the fact that she was warned once before for doing something similar, I think the loss of her laptop is justified although I think he could have gone about it a different way other than shooting it. If it was me though I wouldn't be bringing family matters like this into the public eye, though and would handle the situation personally with whomever the issue was with.

 

If I wanted something I had to pay for it with my money (Which I earn doing chores)

I am on the side of the dad as I don't see the point of complaining when you have such a nice life like that.

sometimes if the items are expensive my parents and I will split it, I will put in all my money and they pay the difference which I will then work off. I think that that is fair, but this girl wow...I've seen quite a few spoilt brats like her. such as ones that complain that they got an Amazon kindle instead of an I phone or I pad.

If you ask me I'm sorry that guy didn't put more bullets in that thing. Although I do agree when people say that he went a bit far as to post the vid on the internet. And that was a nice PC. :Trollestia:

 

I thought that the guy had every right to do that. Considering that her Dad works in IT, it wouldn't be smart to vent her frustration on the internet. I think that the Dad didn't expect it to go viral and it didn't sound like the first time she'd done something like this. She is very spoilt and after her Dad upgrades her laptop she uses it too complain about them. I think that the laptop could've been given to someone else but they seem quite wealthy if they can throw away however much that was.

I don't get pocket money, I don't even get paid for working in my shop. My friends think that my parents are being harsh but I think that they're being perfectly reasonable. They don't exactly buy me much but they pay for our house, food and my education when I'm older. I don't ask for stuff from them because I don't need anything. I'm sure that they'll get me it if I ask but I don't feel right asking them for stuff. My sister seems to be a bit more like the daughter, although she wouldn't write that on Facebook, she's not stupid enough.