[Mod-LadyCoconut]

Have you guys seen this?

Dad uses Facebook to teach daughter a lesson - Chicago's Best Variety of the 80s, 90s and Now

WDYT?

[doodoosmom]

WOW! My jaw dropped when he actually shot the laptop! LOL..

It might have been a bit harsh but I say good for him..obviously she was being a spoiled brat and hopefully will learn her lesson now.

[Mod-LadyCoconut]

I don't think it was harsh... I think it was AWESOME! haha. I'm sure little Hannah is mortified...

[~April04~]

Lol I saw that - that guy is awesome! His daughter is an ungrateful spoiled brat.

[HeatherLopez]

That kind of made me sad. Hannah was totally being a brat, but isn't that typical for 15 years old? Not that she shouldn't have been punished, but shooting the laptop is extreme. I remember being 15. I never acted that snotty, but I remember coming home from 7-8 hours at school, wishing I could just close my eyes for 5 seconds before my dad started dictating chores for me to do. Dishes and laundry for a family of 6 takes a long time, as do vaccuuming the house, because he always wanted it to be perfect. Then of course I had homework to do as well. Honestly, I was always just exhausted. No, I would never say or think the things Hannah said, but shes just a kid. I think she was stupid to post that one facebook, but I would have rather just seen him take the laptop away. Maybe give it to charity or something.

[Heaven]

Hmmm...didn't really find it amusing either. Public humility shouldn't be a "positive" parenting approach. I don't care if he shot the laptop to prove a point to his daughter, but making a video out of it, posting it to her facebook wall, airing out their laundry like that is just not right. That's his daughter...under no circumstances should he ever degrade her. If anything, I think this will stir more family problems for them and she could just rebel against them.

At 15 years old, every little thing is perceived as "drama" and "the end of the world". I think it's the most challenging age because there's a lot of emotion and hormones involved. What she said was definately inappropriate but not surprising at all for her age. I don't know the history of the family or Hannah, but he should have used a different approach than this.

I donno, maybe it's a culture difference thing. We never grew up with guns around and we weren't held responsible for every penny our parents spent on us, especially not when we lived under their roof. We contributed nonetheless (i.e. financially, when we were old enough to work and pay for some of our expenses) but our parents never kept a record for what we "owe" them.

Just my two cents...

[lhug_nar]

I thought that he was justified. He said at the beginning that she had done something similar before and he told her if she did it again it would be worse for punishment. I think that he was justified and that she should go get a job and when she's got enough money, then get a new computer. I saw it as a lesson of being grateful for what you have and not to be such a spoiled brat!

[Jacob&RylansMomma]

Bahahah! I love it. I think what he did was totally justified.. there was no way that I could have got away with talking to my parents the way she did in that letter either. I grew up in a family of 6 and we had about 25 animals.. we had a LOT of chores that we were responsible for and I don't ever remember complaining about doing them. Little Hannah sounds like an ungrateful little brat, and I hope this taught her a lesson.

[mommawhitney]

I found it a bit harsh. Although what the child did was really disrespectful and she should be punished for it I dont think publicly humiliating her is right either. She publicly humiliated them with that letter. Two wrongs dont make a right. I was a bit shocked at him shooting the lap top. That was a bit wow for me. I think this will only make the child rebel more. I know I wasnt a pleasant teenager and I would have.
And he keeps telling her to get a job. Im a bit confused by this. She is 15, Im not sure if this is just my state, but I couldnt work till I was 16 by law.

[Moontan]

from his reaction, it doesnt seem like this was an isolated incident. I think her fb post was probably the straw that broke the camels back.

I liked it. She sounds like a spoiled brat & I'd give him a big pat on the back if I ever saw him in person.

[*SamF*]

I think he was still extremely angry when he did this.His demeanor shows he is still pissed off. A better choice may have been to donate her laptop to some charity.

I agree though she deserved to lose the laptop. Public humiliation- that may be a bit much. He could have just posted on her wall that she no longer had a laptop for disrespecting her parents, but the video-to me it's a little much.
At 15 your brain is not developed fully and your choices are not that of an adult.

[megpie]

The entitlement attitude kids have really bothers me.

Originally Posted by mommawhitney

I found it a bit harsh. Although what the child did was really disrespectful and she should be punished for it I dont think publicly humiliating her is right either. She publicly humiliated them with that letter. Two wrongs dont make a right. I was a bit shocked at him shooting the lap top. That was a bit wow for me. I think this will only make the child rebel more. I know I wasnt a pleasant teenager and I would have.
And he keeps telling her to get a job. Im a bit confused by this. She is 15, Im not sure if this is just my state, but I couldnt work till I was 16 by law.

You can be 14 here.

[Sally5]

My 11-year-old acts like Hannah sometimes and I have to say that I am proud of this Dad. I also think that one day Hannah will be proud of him, too because he will not let her sit back and let others provide for her. I think that with parents like this Dad, children like Hannah can go far in life.

[sarahlorrain]

I see this sense of entitlement kids have and it drives me crazy. My good friend who has a 16 year old and he acts like having to mow the darn yard is the worst thing ever. He wants to play his video games like 8 hours a day.

God forbid your parents have you help clean up around the house. Hello! You live there too. I had to wash my Dad's clothes when I was a senior in High School. It didn't kill me. I also had a job and ran track and got straight A's and that didn't kill me either. These are the same kids who are going to wonder what the hell happened when they get fired from work for not showing up on time.

I do agree that he shouldn't have wasted the laptop. I was listening to a radio show this morning and they were discussing this. One caller suggested that they give the laptop to the cleaning lady in front of Hannah! Hahahahaha That would have been funny. What she did was completely out of line and I agree that she should face quite a bit of punishment, especially if this isn't the first time she's pulled that crap.

[Mom2M&S]

Being mom to a 15 year old, I have very mixed feelings about his video.

One one hand, I applaud him for doing away with the computer...I wish I had the guts to do that to Morgan's phone at times. There are times that if I had a hammer close by, I would smush it into a zillion pieces...but I don't.

That being said...

What I don't like is the fact that he has publicly humiliated his 15 year old. Spoiled or not, he raised her to be that way. We can not call her a spoiled brat, the letter was a rant from a 15 year old, I could totally see Morgan writing something like that. I would rather have her write things like that out and get them off of her chest than keep it bottled up inside. Everyone needs a good solid, name calling rant every now and then. His daughter is being called all sort s of names now by people all over the world, she probably can not open her computer without seeing it and it will have taught her nothing...except that her dad made an example out of her and caused her much humiliation and shame. Morgan would be beyond devastated if I made a video like that and posted it to the world. It makes me sad for his daughter.

Had he shown a video of himself shooting her computer or what have you and even included a quick message about why he did it, it wouldn't bother me as much. BUT calling your daughter names publicly like that...sad.

[Aynber]

Eh, I'm torn. The shooting of the laptop got his point across. I could almost see my dad do that, if he owned a gun. The public humiliation is a bit much, but after reading his facebook posts, it wasn't supposed to go viral. It was easier to post on youtube than her wall to show her friends. They've both learned a few lessons from this.

[RobinJS]

I'm totally on this dad's side. Kids these days, in addition to having the same chores that we did, are growing up in a world where social media and the sharing of information (sometimes personal) is the norm. They have much more responsibility than we had for that reason and it can be a pretty serious thing. By doing the same to her, maybe once she cools down, she'll get how posting what she did could really affect her parents. Now I wouldn't shoot a laptop because I see that as throwing away money but he probably bought it and it's not illegal to fire a handgun there so, why not?