father shoots his daughter's laptop

Kids nowadays are different from back when...

My daughter now talks back at me....lies to me and almost killed my mother with her indifference.

So, I told her, since you think you're smarter than me....leave my house and live on your own.

Guess what...she still lives in my house, she wont leave.

The father is an idiot and has set a very poor example for his daughter to follow.

Are children of today any different from children of yesteryear ??

bingo john u said it

was it a "Honour Killing of Laptop"?

Well I understand the father, at least he didn't shoot his daughter. Being born in the 90s, no matter how many times my mom had grounded me for doing something, it's not enough for me to be straightened up. Any scolding will not do either. Yes,I'm a pain in the ass but believe me those who are younger than me are even worse. I learned from my mistakes not from the grounding and scolding. As I have remembered when i was 15 and my grandpa caught me having piercings and seeing a tattoo design in my notebook, he even told me to pack my things and leave the house. Yes, i stopped my plans but look at me now: Having tattoos. Though im not telling that he's right but I could feel him.

The actions of this man are wrong on more than one account. First of all, shooting an inanimate object (or even an animate one) is never the solution to any problem. Second, he acted in a way that is way too voilent for a father. Last but not least, it is pretty possibly that the little girl was tired and frustrated, and as such, she had every right to go public with her complaint. Who the devil is he to stuff her mouth like this?

To me it still appears very violent and unsettling that this man destroys his daughters lap top by shooting at it and even going on to say "this is for blah" "this is for your mother" etc...surely there are better ways to correct a child and advice her than taking such extreme measures!

As per the article, she had already been grounded and it did not do any good. The father may have used a weapon to destroy the Laptop, but there is no indication that he has a dangerous or violent nature ...

britexpat... the funny part is the same people would also blame the parents for not being able to take care if something goes wrong with the kid. But if the parents do not have the knowledge of what the kid is doing how do they take care of him or advice him or whatever for his well being. This "Ï have the right" thing is just taking things rather far to the detriment of the kids themselves and in larger perspective in all kinds of relationships. Guess, I had a much better and healthy childhood, without any rights (literally), and my relationship with my parents much better which stays so till today with my respect and care for them and their blessings and care for me.

However I am with Osama here. Her father could have settled this matter better than using violence. Ground her.. give her a good telling, make sure she regrets her actions. But by resorting to gunning down her laptop he kinda comes across as kind of crazy and having issues in temper management not to mention showing a dangerous/violent nature. If that is so then it's hardly a surprise the kid acted the way she did,really!

in my opinion the problem could have been solved without the excessive use of violence.

kind advice and compromising will always be the solution

I am with you on this. However, some may say that the father has no right to look at her facebook pages..

What was interesting was her interpenetration and his response - especially regarding cleaning chores.

I am all with the father. That nasty kid needed even worse.

I think this is so funny. Reminds me of the documentary in the UK some years back called the effing Fulfords where the mother gets so sick of the kids watching TV all the time that she throws it in their lake (and yes they had a lake).

better than shooting the daughter