Facebook Parenting: One pissed off dad!

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Still, after reading the link thetalady provided (particularly his response to the questions some media outlet had sent him) and watching the video - I like the guy. Wouldn't have made the same choice, but he didn't sound like a nut case, dysfunctional dad either IMO.

iAgree. After reading his responses, including how his daughter reacted, I think he's probably an okay if not slightly....er...temperamental father. And I really respect his posts to the media that he's refusing to go on talk shows because he's not interested in capitalizing off of this.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

And I really respect his posts to the media that he's refusing to go on talk shows because he's not interested in capitalizing off of this.

That is complete bullcrap. I am sick and tired of people putting their lives on the Internet and then claiming that they do not want the media and potential capital (either public praise, public humiliation, or money) that comes with it. If he did not want this to be all over the public domain and to be invited on talk shows and so forth, he would have punished his daughter in private. Creating a video and a facebook page makes him the same Internet-crazed idiot that he depicted his daughter as. She talked about her family on the Internet and he...talked about his family on the Internet. Same thing.

He should be hounded by the media and public and social services. You get what you pay for.

As far as I am concerned, the issue here is not the wasted laptop. It is just a laptop. The issue is that the father is a hypocrite who would use a gun in this context and who does not know how to discipline his child. I think he is a loony. He needs to contact those parents who played the kissing game with their children at the Minnesota pep rally and form a Loony Parents Bookclub.