' Wrote:The daughter may have deserved the punishment, but I don't endorse the method which the father used to inspire fear and respect. I fail to see how destroying one's property could be justified over simply having a good talk and reason.
you know this is just funny. i was going to write a big response to this but i lost my track halfway through. so I will just say this, in my family there is a saying that goes "if you cant hear, you will feel" now back in the day, hell this was the law, you either did what you were told when you were told, or you were punished.
this father had tried the talking approach already, you can tell hes so pissed off he cant even speak straight sometimes. she didnt hear what he said last time it happens, so now she will feel the consequences. in our house that meant you got slapped several times, in his it means you get your laptop shot to hell.
' Wrote:I think this was unnecessary and could have been avoided. Those who support this would probably also support domestic violence.
hahahhahahhahha HAHAHA... there is a difference between beating somebody for no reason, and disciplining your children through force. that being the amount of force and the motive are all completely different, so no its nothing at all even remotley like what you are suggesting...
you dont beat your child to death because they disobayed you, you dont put cigarettes out on your children because they came home late, you dont punch your daughter in the face because she didn't wipe up the table.
you apply adequate force in specific situations so that the child knows why they are being punished, if you hit a child in an attempt to discipline them, they must know the reason for it, otherwise they will not be able to learn anything, they are just being punished for seemingly no reason and then all kinds of problems start to crop up as its just abuse and you are just beating them because you feel like it, which is what child line is for.
shes 15, shes a big girl now, its unlikley in western countries in this day and age physical punishment would be used on somebody that old, instead things they like simply get taken away, which can be even more effective as a mental punishment than a physical one.
so i stand by my statement, he is a hero, parenting done right for once. a parent that will not stand by and let their child walk all over them.