I can’t say that I would have shot the computer (would have donated it to a needy cause), but I certainly would have dealt with this young woman’s attitude much sooner. I know it’s a harsh punishment for the dad to let the world know how he is dealing with his daughter, and I would die of embarassment if I were that daughter. Life is hard, and the dad knows that the consequences for such behavior (at work or in other places) later in life will be much more severe.
h/t anonymous in the comment section
Now, for the nails on the chalkboard time.
The state knows better that the parents.
February 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Even more shocking is the Facebook pages of young girls (most of whom are pregnant) in this area. The vileness is beyond imagination. I can’t even repeat it it’s so bad.. The parents and grandparents have access to these pages. Obviously, it’s ok with them.
The daughter of this guy has obviously been spoiled…
February 10, 2012 at 3:26 pm
I am so glad that the father called out the brat on referring to the housekeeper as the “cleaning lady.” She is spoiled.
I don’t know when it became so fabulous to be a friend to your kid instead of being a parent. I remember a student who came in and told me that she was going to be having a hysterectomy because it was a last recourse attempt to keep cancer at bay. This all stemmed from HPV. She had been active since she was a young teen. She was 18 years old. She had a child and wanted to watch her grow up. I went home and could not stop crying. So young and what a horrible penalty. Her mother was nowhere to be found as she was busy with her own life and boyfriend.
February 10, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Good grief…
February 11, 2012 at 9:53 am
Can we spell “brat?”
February 11, 2012 at 7:56 am
I wouldn’t have shot the laptop, as I said yesterday……that was me posting from my tablet……anonymous me, LOL!
I detest facebook. People lack common sense and air their dirty laundry. Unfortunately most of the users are too immature to realize that…..even some of the users that are well old enough to know better. I guess the anonymity of cyberspace makes them do it, although there is no anonymity on one’s own facebook page.
Adrienne is correct about the things that get posted……however let me defend parents and grandparents. I don’t think the posts are OK with them, I know because I’m one. Unless the child is a minor and living in your home, then you have no control over the tripe posted on facebook. In my case its not even one of my children, but the target is my child and quite often the rest of my family. If one were to refute or respond then that person too would be guilty of airing dirty laundry in public. Maybe I’m wrong but this is my feeling and the advice I’ve given my family.
I suppose this man just reached a point of saturation. I understand completely. We have no idea the depth of lies this young girl posted, I’m sure this one letter wasn’t the extent of it. Personally I wouldn’t have posted something like this publicly. I probably would have told the child many of those things and taken away the laptop, etc…….but I don’t think I would have aired my dirty laundry or my “temper tantrum”.
All that being said……..who knows one day I may lose it, I may have had enough and then McNorman will be posting my viral video and all of you will be saying…….so that’s somebody, LOL!
February 11, 2012 at 9:01 am
I have never understood how anyone would think Facebook appealing.
February 11, 2012 at 10:22 am
You got me Nom. Most of the stuff on these sites are random thoughts. Who cares? I suppose I should not say that because this is all that some have to alert the world to their thoughts. I prefer an actual conversation.
February 11, 2012 at 10:13 am
I can’t stand FB. I think dad had reached his peak and had no other way of dealing with it. Unfortunately, his daughter has been on a crappy course for a long time. I suspect from what he said about a stepmother that this young girl has a lot of issues that have not been addressed about a divorce. Kids have a hard enough time with peer pressure when the parents are still together let alone when there is a divorce.
I don’t think you are wrong about your advice. It’s not that it is dirty laundry, but these are the ever pervasive familial issues that we all face at one time or another and must find a way to resolve. They require listening and talking at home where the family is, not where the pseudo extended family and friends reside (Facebook). I think technology is fantastic, but so many people now believe that their lives are supposed to be like the teevee people, or the FB people, or the My Space people. That is not reality. It is a snippet of something captured in time. That is why I can’t stand the social media sites. So much is based upon the snippet which is meaningless. Twitter is famous for that. If you can’t walk in another’s shoes, you don’t know or understand what they are going through. Quite honestly, I could care less what the Kardashians are twittering about. On the other hand, I do believe that social media has a place in delivering very important information as in the case of Libya, Fukushima, etc.
Some parents really don’t care. I’ve seen a few that are on their FB sites as well as the kid on theirs as they wait to come into the office. It’s bizarre. The heartbreak is that the kids and parents really don’t understand the meaning of conversation. They can’t verbalize much. In that instance, I do believe that social media is their version of therapy.
hahahahahahhahahaa
I highly doubt that! lol
February 11, 2012 at 8:19 am
The ugly disrespect that immature 15-year-old Hannah showed her family isn’t new – posting it on Facebook is. My 21-one-year-old daughter’s reaction to this video: “That’s too awesome!” She is one of a growing number of young people who are realizing that posting all of one’s private thoughts and personal information for the entire world to see on the Internet is insanity.
February 11, 2012 at 10:21 am
It’s nuts Classic. A snippet of time related in anger is not the sum of that person. I’m sure that Hannah has potential for being a decent kid, just like her father does for becoming a better parent. Unfortunately, life has not quite helped (for whatever reason) Dad to communicate the joy of a better relationship. She probably doesn’t have a clue as to what that means either. (She has every need met, and also receives the excesses without responsibility.) That said, he is now trying to catch up on parenting because his daughter has a lot of peer pressure guiding her. He doesn’t have any idea what goes on in school these days. I do think that young people like your daughter are sick and tired of this lazy and crummy attitude that has become quite pervasive among youth. It’s the breeding of entitlement. We all know where that is taking us.
February 11, 2012 at 7:35 pm
RIP Whitney Houston, 48
February 11, 2012 at 11:11 pm
That is so sad Somebody. I pray for her daughter. How absolutely awful.
February 12, 2012 at 7:43 am
I remember her as just a teenager when she was on the cover of 17 magazine. I’d have never dreamed anyone with her level of talent and beauty would end so sadly.
February 12, 2012 at 9:13 am
It was bound to happen Nom. She had so much trouble with drugs. I remember watching her and Bobbie Brown together. It was as if the public wanted her to be one thing, but she was just a regular gal wanting to live a simple life. That much money and access to anything with people who will never tell you no is a deadly combination. Same thing that I saw with Amy Winehouse.
February 12, 2012 at 7:35 am
OT ALERT:
http://farmwars.info/?p=4897 everyone ought to read this
February 12, 2012 at 9:17 am
Neotame? Sounds like a perfect name. You trick the body into consuming crap.
I found this really neat little tip site that is perfect for me and my horrible green thumb. http://tipnut.com/grow-potatoes/
February 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm
http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/3719/braindead-teen-only-capable-of-rolling-eyes-and-texting-to-be-euthanized-poor-girl
February 12, 2012 at 9:39 pm
It’s been out for a bit, and I would sure like to know what the medical records state. It’s an odd case.
February 13, 2012 at 11:09 am
satire
At least I think so!
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