Jaekus wrote:
I think if he gave her the chance to rectify what she did and she threw it in his face then his approach is more justified. I don't agree with shooting the laptop but that's just me. I take more issue at the fact that he didn't even give her a chance to remove the comments and write a statement on her facebook saying that what she said was untrue. What he did is just going to create resentment in his daughter and drive a wedge between the two. She may refrain from making any sorts of comments in future I think she would also lose respect for him in the process.
The biggest lessons she will take away from this is not to say shit about her parents that they will find out about and that her dad is an arsehole (her perception, not mine).
As stated in a number of things, she had done similar things a few times before and gotten grounded, but blew it off... She wasn't blowing this off.
Also, it prompted a long talk between the two of them, and I understand that I only hear one side of it, but it legitimately sounds like they were getting along by the end of it, and she was accepting her punishment and hopefully trying to adjust her behavior.