https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:59:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72858 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:08:01 +0000 tequiero21 72858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, no way would i condone this! using a gun! a dangerous weapon that he's just bringing out just to "punish" the kid? i think there are other ways to punish. and not waste money (throwing out a perfectly useful laptop) in the process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72835 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:38:34 +0000 MrsH 72835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure there is more to her behavior that warranted this. I hope at the very least his video and that fact that it has gone viral will make both of them aplogize to each other and work on the relationship. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72641 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:40 +0000 Nskillet 72641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Runsy we'll have to agree to disagree. I dont think using firearms as a demonstration of power over his children is good parenting and I dont think it should be applauded either. Violent outbursts dont teach children anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72632 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:20 +0000 runsyellowlites 72632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally applaud this guy &amp; even his manner in doing what he did.</p> <p>The thing about the gun, is that most of us are not keen on guns &amp; they aren't part of our normal day to day...... from his demeanor it looks as though that isn't the case, so shooting something up isn't all that odd or out of the ordinary. I'd LOVE to shoot something up like that, it really is FUN! lol</p> <p>I also don't think that he thought the video would go viral like it has so I'm sure he wasn't expecting it to be SOOO public, but something that I learned a long time ago what when you commit a public offense you make a public apology, so I believe in a case like this a public action like he took is VERY appropriate.</p> <p>I guess I missed the names... but yea I'm not into name calling... not to be mistaken with calling a lazy person lazy or a spoiled brat spoiled.... that to me isn't name calling but just calling the kettle black. Sometimes we need to know that we're being a jerk, exactly like that "you're being a jerk".</p> <p>Definitely not the normal mode of parenting, but I'm pretty sure if more parents did something crazy like this, less kids would be acting like his daughter did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72585 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:29:37 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 72585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that she should be disciplined for the note she wrote. But I don't think name calling and public humiliation are ever okay. My mom, grandmother, and aunt are all applauding the man. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72578 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:23:22 +0000 Maysprout 72578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first I thought OK this might be a diff but not bad way of parenting and then he started calling her names and I turned it off. There's no way I think that it's OK for a dad to post a video of him calling his daughter a brat and other names for the whole world to see, especially as a dad of a teenage girl. Great example for her to find lousy partners who also call her pieces of poo. He's throwing a temper tantrum and I just have no idea what that's supposed to teach her, especially done in such a public way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72545 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:25 +0000 chopsuey 72545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started to watch and DH told me it was stupid so I stopped. He should have taken the computer and sold it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72517 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:21 +0000 Red 72517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might be in the minority here but I thought it was a pretty cool video. I'm not keen on his use of a gun but I think he wanted to get his point across and destroying the laptop has a finality to it that simply removing the laptop doesn't. Plus, he's an IT guy so maybe he removed all the valuable parts before shooting it up. In regards to his relationship with his daughter though. I'd be interested to see if the public display will backfire on him.</p> <p>What's sad, however, is that it had to come to such drastic public action. Reminds me again not to become a pushover parent and to teach my LO respect.....or at least try to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72392 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:19 +0000 LuLu Mom 72392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw that this morning, I understand wanting to punish a teenager who is acting ungrateful, but this seems extremely bizarre to me. Remove the laptop from her position as punishment, do not destroy something worth that kind of money. That teaches here that outbursts are okay at any age! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72390 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:47:19 +0000 heffalump 72390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haven't seen it, and glad I didn't! Sounds pretty awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72373 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:49 +0000 Nskillet 72373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed! Maybe his daughter is learning outbursts from her even-tempered Dad? *enter sarcasm* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72368 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:08 +0000 mrsjyw 72368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Disturbing to say the least. Not only his "punishment," but the crazy feedback he's getting... he's right that she was ungrateful, but his actions seem too extreme for any sort of negative behavior. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-disturbed-shooting-the-laptop-video#post-72367 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:18 +0000 Nskillet 72367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else disturbed by the video making the rounds today? Kid posts how her parents should pay her to do chores/more for her so Dad takes her laptop and shoots it in the yard with a handgun.</p> <p>I'm not only disturbed by the use of a gun as "punishment" but also all the comments praising his actions as "parenting done right"</p> <p>Thoughts? </p>