Cal

Feb 12 2012, 03:43 PM

I think people don't understand the symbolic meaning of shooting/destroying the laptop. I don't think he was trying to be "too cowboy" or anything, he was simply letting his young daughter know that you can only have one these things when you're responsible and mature, and him shooting it pretty much meant she has a long way to go. Not only that, but by telling her she had to pay for the next one he's continually trying to raise her responsibility level and trying to get her to understand that life isn't a bunch of roses. These days kids live online, so the first thing that girl is going to want to do when she's ungrounded is get a computer, well now she HAS to work for one, good for the dad and smart decision imo.

Viddy Veechi

Feb 12 2012, 06:08 AM

It does seem a little over the top even if the gun or tool used to break the laptop is irrelevant. Don't get me wrong, the girl is dumb as *****. I'm very much similar to Rogue but I didn't even recieve £5 pocket money for doing dishes, taking the bins out or making my bed or changing the sheets and stuff, I was just expected to do it as part of my family, and Im absolutely fine with that. Being a student now I'm thinking "Well a little extra cash would be appreciated" but I can't pay myself for doing those chores now because I live away from home. When I was living at home and when I go back there I'm fine with doing those chores for no money because my parents provide me with support and nice things and food and shelter and thats all any child could ever expect their parents to give them. As Mike was saying, yeah I do get frustrated with my parents sometimes but there are generational differences and we are all only human. Humans don't get along all the time, and sometimes you do need to vent your frustration but bitching out your Dad when hes not done anything is wrong. In my house if my daughter did that, she would learn not to mess with her parents like that, but I don't think that going and smashing up the laptop is the best way of doing it. I mean if it was me I'd not want to see something I'd paid money for smashed up just because my child was acting rotten and letting it get the better of me. Cuz that's all I think her Dad is doing, he's stooping to an immature level in order to get her attention. I'm fairly sure she probably thinks he's psycho after that and I can't blame her even if she is a dumb ***** that needs to quit badmouthing her dad. Only problem is you can't fault that method too much as to how effective it might be, but then say for example she does stop acting like a dumbass and 30 years later she's telling her kids about how her Dad shot her laptop. That's not exactly normal to say the least.

Viddy Veechi

Feb 12 2012, 08:00 PM

Believe it or not -MS- a lot of kids are immature, hence why they're children. If this guy is saying "Oh I have money to spare I can afford to shoot this laptop," it's no wonder his daughter has such a rotten attitude. Regardless of where he discharged the weapon, you don't use firearms to teach your children a lesson. In the UK using a firearm wouldn't be an option because unless you have a liscence you can't carry a gun. If I was in the girls position I'd be intimidated by the fact that my Dad was prepared to use a weapon on something so trivial. He needs to work on his own parenting skills before getting to a point at which he has to consider shooting a laptop because his daughter behaves like a spoilt brat. Kids learn from their parents, so if he's acting like money is no object, his daughter will believe money is no object and that she can have whatever she wants whenever she wants it and then he has to start doing stupid things just to get her to stop. It's double standards. He has to change in order for her to. This is a child, not a gangster or something that you're trying to intimidate.