See I can't help to think what my life might have been like if I had a dad like that growing up. My dad left us when I was very young and I was coddled by my family because I was disabled. That left me with a zero work ethic and with no value of money. So yeah she is just 16 years old, but when she is 34 and has a productive life you can look back at this video and understand how she made it.
Good point. But isn't there a happy medium somewhere between coddled and getting bullets shot through her laptop? I'm not saying she doesn't deserve punishment or that what she did should be excused. But I think this father lost sight of the fact that she's a teenager and teenagers, by and large, are fucking stupid sometimes. I got caught shoplifting when I was 16. Just got my license. My parents didn't go put a bullet through my transmission. They picked a punishment they found suitable without embarrassing me publicly and it sent a clear message. Had they shot my transmission (or whatever the equivalent is in this case), it would have been damaging to our relationship, probably long term. Instead, they were reasonable and still sent the same message. I never stole again.
Good point. But isn't there a happy medium somewhere between coddled and getting bullets shot through her laptop? I'm not saying she doesn't deserve punishment or that what she did should be excused. But I think this father lost sight of the fact that she's a teenager and teenagers, by and large, are fucking stupid sometimes. I got caught shoplifting when I was 16. Just got my license. My parents didn't go put a bullet through my transmission. They picked a punishment they found suitable without embarrassing me publicly and it sent a clear message. Had they shot my transmission (or whatever the equivalent is in this case), it would have been damaging to our relationship, probably long term. Instead, they were reasonable and still sent the same message. I never stole again.