Father Shoots His Daughter’s Laptop For Posting a Mean Comment About Him on Facebook

I was a 16 year old car owner, with a job, paying my own way. My dad caught me skipping school in my car. When I got home, my dad was standing in the kithen and asked for my car keys. I gave them up and promptly provided him with the car payment booklet. He raised his eye brow and asked "Are you sure about this?" In my flippant, know-it-all 16 year old way, I said "If you take the keys, you pay for it!" I stomped off to my room. What do you think my dad did??? He put a for sale sign in the window of my car and sold it the next day, paid off my loan and I was car less for about 6 months. I learned a valuable lesson about respecting my father, respecting my belongings, and respecting myself. Of course, at 16, I thought something much MUCH different, but in retrospect, I'm glad I had that lesson and learned it. My parents didn't raise a spoiled brat, but if they hadn't shown me some tough come uppance every now and then, I sure would have been a complete spoiled brat! Kudos to this Dad...the gun may have been a bit too much, but I'll bet it certainly go her attention.

Let me preface my remarks by saying that I spent nearly 15 years as a Children's Protective Services Worker. As long as he is not physically abusing his daughter, I am in this guy's corner. I've just met too many lazy kids.

I hate when kids say they should be "paid" for their chores; you have a shelter, food, and luxuries like your own laptop (and prob cell phone) you're doing chores as a thank you to your parents.

Kids don't need to be on Facebook.

Lucky! My dad would have broke it on my head........lol

Sounds like this father thinks that birth isn't entitlement to everything in the word. And I agree. If you think is hard when you live at home where they feed you, house you, clothe you, and buy you everything you need wait until you get in the real world when nobody gives a rats patootie who you are, where you come from, and you work your butt off just to afford the cheapest crap you can find. That's when you figure out that sweeping the kitchen floor, or picking up the dog poop isn't so hard. Wait until you have to pick up the puke on the bathroom floor at your first fast food job.

As my mother always told me, "the free world is beyond that front door, behind that front door is a dictatorship, don't like it, fine with me, get a job and move out" Amazingly obeying my parents, doing chores, doing my homework and not having everything handed to me didn't make me grow up to be a mass murderer, have psychological problems, hating my parents, feel entitled to everything and/or live off of someone else. In fact, I grew up to be a responsible adult.

As a father of a 17 year old daughter, I completely agree with the approach that this father took. His actions may be extreme to some, but sometimes tough love is that way. Sometimes it takes drastic measures to get a point across. His daughter will never forget this and hopefully she will learn from it.

Mom always told me,"don't put anything in writing that you don't want the world to know"

If you actually watch the video she is complaining anout roughly a half an hours worth of chores a day and she has been in trouble for facebook posts before. The prior punishments include taking away her cell and laptop with a warning that if it happened again, he would shoot her laptop. Seems like he just kept his word. I am 25 years old and totally agree with him. To me she got off easy... I wasnt even allowed to have my own laptop at 15 years old and if I was I sure as heck wouldnt be posting about my parents like that.

Funny That she tried to Embarrass and degrade her father to her friends on the internet...He just PUNKED her bratty butt to an entire Nation!!!!!!!! I do think a Baseball bat would have brought him More Satisfaction.Or a Shot gun.

The one thing EVERY parent should do, if they want respect from their kids, is to not make idle threats. This man had already taken the computer for several months - for what sounds like the same thing. He TOLD her he'd put a bullet through it if she did it again. She did it again. So he did what he said he'd do. Extreme? Absolutely. But she knows now he means business.

You can't tell a kid you're going to ground them and not do it. You can't say, "if you back-talk me again you'll get a spanking" then not give a spanking. All that teaches a kid is you are soft and won't really follow through. Now, I'd have never said I'd put a bullet through her laptop in the first place. I'm far too cheap to destroy something that expensive. But if I had said it, I'd do it. I told my kid the other day if he gets in trouble for wearing his hat in class again I'll burn it. You can bet I'll do just that!

A parent who really cares about his teenager does not allow them unlimited privacy. My kid is 16. He's required to have me on his friends list on FB. We don't monitor his texts, but we have that ability and he knows it. For that matter, we use his phone's GPS at random times to be sure he's where he said he'll be - not as often as he thinks we do, but it keeps him honest. His door has a lock - but if he ever used it against us, the door would be off the hinges and in the garage. (Yes, we knock before entering.)

This isn't rage or lack of control. Looks to me like he thought this through pretty clearly. That man is angry, but I guarantee you, he's mostly hurt by her disrespect and selfish behavior. She wants to be PAID for chores? Doesn't she live there too? Why shouldn't she pitch in? Do you know how much it costs to raise a kid?

Finally, to the many people who are upset used a gun on it. Would you feel better if he'd stomped it or threw it in a lake?

1) She should have removed the comment before having her dad work on the computer, he works in IT; not much I can add to there.

2) If the money he made paid for the computer then it is his computer, and he is free to do with it as he pleases.

3) She is 15 years old and living under his roof, eating his food; using the electricity, water, etc... he pays for; she should have a bit of RESPECT for the man, and the rules in his house..

Good for the dad! The daughter sounds like a spoiled brat. When I was a kid my dad busted up the video game console by throwing it against the hard ground because my siblings and I didn't put the pieces away and we fought over who was going to do it. Problem solved.

I like most of his thinking on this matter. He does realize now that someone will have to replace the items that were distroyed. I mean, that's 9 bullets that are gone forever. What was he thinking there?

I just want to laugh over this whole situation and applaud Jordan. Get paid for chores! I never paid my kids for chores. We were working parents and everyone had to pitch in and help. I am so glad we are not raising kids in this generation. Most are selfish and think they "deserve" everything.

My cousin has a son that is out of control. They never tell him 'no', but they explain that he must make good choices. But they never actually say 'no'. Guess what, the kid is a monster and misbehaves horribly. Parents have to put their foot down.

This reminds me of something my dad would have done. I hated him sometimes, but I can look back on it, laugh and say that he really did get his point across. Me and my siblings are all grown up now. We're not perfect, but at least we're not smart mouths, and we all understand the importance of RESPECT

Legal news flash, until your kid is 18 (or emancipated), they own nothing absolutely nothing, all their possessions, belongings, financial resources are under the control of their legal guardian to do with as they see fit, unless othewise mandated by the court. Should the guy have capped the lap top, maybe not, but it was his to do with as he saw fit, its his property.

What gives this girl 'entitlement' to a computer- and I bet she has a cell phone....and I bet her parents provide lodging/food/clothes. Um, sweetie- chores are a necessary part of being a part of a family. Wait til you get out into the real world- Yes, you will be compensated for your work- but you will be providind all of the rest of the amenities in your life.
BRAVO DAD!!