LOL... Man, I stared at that registration screen for a while and then that song came on. Stupid 16 year olds...Quote:
Originally Posted by UTRacerX9
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LOL... Man, I stared at that registration screen for a while and then that song came on. Stupid 16 year olds...Quote:
Originally Posted by UTRacerX9
Having read all of your comments about a video I can't view until I'm on my own computer, I have a pretty good picture of what happened.
Having said that, while I deplore non-involved parents, I am a living testament to the fact that abuse/misuse of the legal system can keep one's parenting efforts totally in check, whether the interest and involvement is there or not.
It is perhaps best that none of us the time or inclination to re-hash my parenting experience.
i agree with the posting on facebook. it's important that if the parents of OTHER kids aren't going to properly reprimand their children, that there IS an example made. nothing reinforces childish BS like a chorus of fellow undisciplined children egging it on.
that said, shooting the laptop is a horrible idea. if there's one thing i would want to teach a kid, it is that violence to person or property is never acceptable. that just teaches kids how to have a marriage where each fight is punctuated by $100 of broken stuff. my choice would be to remove her laptop to an inaccessible area--along with all other PC's in the house. password protect all of them (but physically impossible to access, just in case someone has ideas about using thumb-drive boot).
imho, it's simply a function of removing privlidges one by one until the child either grasps the concept of responsibility & gratitude for what has been provided--or until the situation continues to deteriorate until the child no longer warrants being provided shelter under my roof--and in which case, i immediately emancipate them, per their de-facto wishes.
Okay, I've watched it.
You may or may not agree with the presentation, the gun, or have quibbles about production value, but-
(AND YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW IT BOTHERS ME TO BORROW THIS DEVICE FROM YOU-KNOW-WHO)
Sorry... try as you might, you can't resist that his logic and reasonings are correct and irrefutable.
Again - Sorry.
Oh, and personally?
A big high five to him and all his fans. :)
Alan, you gotta figure out a way for me to thank myself for posting.
I just paid my dues, and they don't come cheap.:lol:
Logic abounds! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nodoze
I had all the typical interactions with my folks.
With my Dad, there were lines you didn't cross, and he figured, at the margins, anyway, that it was up to me to figure out where they were without getting, oh, let's call it feedback - some sort of feedback...
Anyway, that was the concept. :)
I remember - with astounding clarity - the first and only time I defied him to his face, and I describe the incident this way, because it implies that you're within arm's -reach of the...feedback...
Anyway-
I'm walking away from him, and he's already said to me, sotto voce, "You'd better not walk away from me".
Me?
By God, I wasn't gonna have anymore of that, no-sirree, so I walked.
And walked.
And walked some more.
I was amazed.
I had done it!
I walked some more.
I walked far enough that where I got to was, I couldn't not look to see how much distance I'd put on him, so I turned around, and he was standing right where I'd left him, a good 100 yards back.
He was standing, with his head down, and I was crushed - I had disappointed my Dad.
I turned back again, wondered how far I was willing to walk, then I turned around again to see my Dad lift his head, take about five good strides, grab me, and beat my ass in front of God and all the neighbors.
I love my Dad. :)
Fortunately for the world, we will never have little imperfects running around :)Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
It's your job as a parent to raise you kids. You have the responsibility of teaching your children the concept of responsibility and gratitude. Neither of which would be accomplished by emancipating them which is both shunning your responsibility to raise them and being generally ungrateful for being to have children in the first place.
you completely missed the part where that's the absolute last resort for a child who simply will not be cowed via every other available method of parenting. those kids do exist. child or no, if that individual chooses to experience life the hard way, then i will not stand in their way. the door is there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaroth
You missed the point where that if the child YOU raised makes that choice... You failed to raise them incorrectly. You did something wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
You started with a clean slate and you messed it up. You don't just get to put it in the back of a closet and never look at it again.
Im not sure why you all are arguing about peoples lives you know nothing about :). My opinions on the video:
Seems like he is being a child. Like all southern raised dads that I personally know. Seriously though, what kids havent said shit like that about their parents or thought they were always right and have to do oh so much work. Its part of growing up and being a teenager. (At least for most of my generation)
I honestly dont think these actions will solve anything. Plus he is just going to look like an asshole to all her facebook friends.
He just shot a laptop that he paid for? What a dumbass... haha.
Also, note he said stepmother. That means there was a divorce. None of us know at what age it happened and what it has done to her emotionally. Plus the affect of having a stepparent..
Facebook is evil. Ive been boycotting for months :) I honestly dont know how long its been, at least 5 or 6? But once you are free, damn does it feel good. :lol:
edit: What the hell is the point of using hollow points on a laptop?