guy puts hollow points through his daughters laptop for saying a whole load of lies about him and his family and their work on fb... 5 1/4 million views and counting...

just about died laughing... props to this dude!

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2 hours later it is pushing 7.5 million views... wow...

I totally support his decision 100000%

I haven't read the responses, just saw them on the news last night. It sounded like way more people were for him than against him. My parents would not have tolerated half of what his daughter did before pulling the plug on me, LOL! Personally I am sick to death of entitled children. Each of my brothers has one child. My niece was raised in a stricter household, has a great work ethic, is appreciative and a total joy to be with. Meanwhile my younger brother just wants to be buddies with his son and my SIL thinks the sun rises and sets in the child. He is petulant, spoiled, greedy and a liar.

My two nephews were raised as spoiled brats with a total sense of entitlement. One turned out ok in spite of his upbringing and the other one had been in jail twice before killing himself at 23.

Shooting up the computer was a bit extreme but it sure woke up millions of parents who at least have thought about more extreme disciplinary measures. I would have probably made a video of me donating her computer, cell phone, stereo and any fashionable, expensive clothing that I'd provided to someone who would be grateful for those items instead of someone who thought she was entitled to them. The dad should have been teaching grace and gratitude from an early age though along with family committment. We don't really know how this kid got to the point where she pretty much wishes her parents were dead. My grandkids are 8 and 10 and they do all the dishes, keep their rooms clean, fix many of their own dinners and handle most of the laundry for a family of 4. Their mom has heart disease and can't lift the laundry so they keep it rotated and help her fold it and then put away their own clothes. And they don't have a dishwasher to load or unload.

yes he did mention a stepmom and mom... so im sure her situation is less than perfect...

but at the same time i believe it was needed... giving a computer away is not the best idea because nothing is permanantly erased... perhaps just removing the hard drive and shooting that... but im not sure he was in the best of minds... he was stuttering and i would be extremely angry if this happened...

24 million views last i checked...

I love the part where he says he's going to post it on her facebook wall but there is a chance she will never see it. Sad thing is all this attention is probably just making her more popular at school and I'm sure a few computer companies have sent her a free laptop for the publicity. Guns don't kill computers, irrate fathers do.

While watching the morning news a local family therapist had to weigh in and it was about how bad the dad was and how he was creating this huge gulf between them. Give me a break. Why does everyone always have to read so damn much into these things and talk about delving into their relationship. You know, sometimes kids are just freakin' spoiled brats and need a little reality check. The only thing I fault the parent(s) for is letting it go on so long

I do agree however with the shooting of the computer from time to time. At least mine needs to be shot.

well thats the thing they get these "specialists" ... right... and any therapist worth their salt would not give any opinion after seeing a video about the father for less than 8 minutes... nothing else... nothing about the mom, daughter, or bro... or step mom...

any time you get psychiatric opinions on any news network you can brand them as complete hogwash...

I agree that using facebook should have a parenting guidance because there are contents of facebook that can destroy the innocent of a child, maybe they can get an idea how to do harmful things to others.

Most often, a spoiled brat child is the product of lousy parenting. So why praise the dad up one side and down the other if he's the one that encouraged the spoiled brat behavior through his own actions? My opinion, for the most part is, the parents are the ones who need spanking.

Although I was laughing and I thought serves the little brat right, another part of me was thinking where was Daddy when Little Brat was on the computer? What kind of parental controls were in place?

Extreme behavior from the daughter......also extreme behavior from the father.....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

AustinMom Wrote:
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> Although I was laughing and I thought serves the
> little brat right, another part of me was thinking
> where was Daddy when Little Brat was on the
> computer? What kind of parental controls were in
> place?
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> Extreme behavior from the daughter......also
> extreme behavior from the father.....the apple
> doesn't fall far from the tree


I agree

I have mixed feelings about that whole thing. When I first saw it, I laughed and shared it. A friend posted that in both the business world and in family life, publicly humiliating another person is never the answer. Did she deserve to have her computer taken away, even blown away by a magazine full of cartridges? Yes. But, did he react with anger and take what she did to an even higher level? You betcha. I can understand his reaction, but I think it was going too far to post it on YouTube for the world to see.

Its a worst thing that he did.

Doc Phil weighed in on this ... and the guy posted another video in response to Doc Phil...

only furthers my point that psych views using such a small sample are worth as much as old newspapers...

When I heard about that from my son, my first thought was, "Dude! You could've sold the laptop or given it away!" See, I recycle anything, so it was a total waste. But I also thought, Daddy gets mad and gets out a gun. Nice message...Lord help that girl if she ever gets knocked up! Then when I heard what she wrote, I thought, "Oh hell nah!" I'da snatched that child up and reddened her ass long before it got to that point.

Of course, if he didn't use the gun, it wouldn't have made the same statement or gotten so many YouTube hits. Or the daughter's crying response. I know one thing, my kids would NEVER have gotten that bad. They KNOW better. Momma might be cool but she don't play when she say, "You better..." I taught my kids that a battle of wills with me when I'm set is a losing battle. I don't care if it takes two hours or two days of standing my ground, I am not backing down. Once my 17 year old nephew learned that I don't need to have several inches on him to tower over him. He has his own set of parental issues but he was not bringing them over to my house and expecting me to take it. Boy learned his lesson that day. And wasn't allowed back for six months.

And Lord, is there truth about the parents being responsible! I was an only child, first born grandchild on either side of the family, and only granddaughter for 23 years on one, still on the other. I was SO spoiled, I'd walk up to my family and tell them I knew I was and it was their fault. True, but if little me walked up and told big me that, she'da been hurtin'! I must've done something right because my kids are awesome and waaaaaaay better all around than this brat ever was. Go figure.