IS it just me that thinks this is violent and wrong. If the kid is doing the chores (good on the parents for setting them and helping her develop good habits) she’s meeting her end of the bargin. But she is no different to all the 15 year olds I’ve known and lived with. Going to war with them just gets them angry and pushes them away. They only need a firm hand not a vindictive one, and they grow up (eventually) into nice people (mostly). How many times do you hear a child say to parent “I hate you.” It’s not the parent they hate but the parents’ power over the child. Boundaries are a good thing but it takes maturity & self esteem to put them in place and not react to temper tantrums ~ even from mouthy 15 year olds.

Well I think the Dad is reacting impulsively while still very angry. The gun is threatening and shouldn’t be used. He is dominating her with a show of power (which he will never win) and there are plenty of other ways to teach his daughter (with kindness). And what concerns me is that the majority of people on that site (well the 3 out 12,000 comments that I could see) cheered and thought he was clever and egged him on. Who is the mature one out of the two? Who is setting the example?

and if in the future – his daughter (as a teenager or young person – who biologically most often show a poor sense of judgement) uses a gun out of anger, in some sort of retaliation over a hurt ego, just as her father has recorded himself doing, (and she WILL see the video clip, and he knows she will) where someone’s life might get ruined – will any of us (and the other 12-13000) viewers ever know?

and if, later on, she partners a man, or runs away from home, and accepts her man’s violence of a show of power, destroying her stuff, and invading her private relationships with her friends, because thats what her father has taught her to expect from men. If she accepts these things, that is exactly how domestic violence begins. …. No matter how loving and caring her father thinks he’s being, she has a right to vent privately to her friends, despite what she has said in a moment of 15 year old anger …..

Also what disturbed me the most was why is he bragging about using hollow point bullets. Why does a civilian buy hollow points, who does he want to blow to pieces with them apart from laptops? In case anyone doesnt know a hollow point bullet is designed to blow a massive hole in someone not a neat little bullet hole.

My reply if she lied about it all used bad language yes she needs to be punished …. But he never said she lied he acted like she should make his Bed???Really and yes she is a slave to them. If this whole thing is true. Being a farm girl chores were hard go to school all day then work at barn then do dinners dishes then its 8 and homework. 1.5 hours on bus to go to and from school. Its like yeh I was tired ….. So I see what she means. And yes he is a abusive you betcha he is I know abuse when I see it. He was intimidating her into submission and by the way the mom was probably cheering him on. Oh or step mom. I also see the mean controlling man he is loud and clear. This all could be a hoax. The good point is people loved it thought all our kids should be at our command I guess.

p.s. love your new blog, and I’m glad your blogging again

I am disgusted that massive media is contacting him because they perceive his actions as something great. I am also disgraced that my family are all toting him as being fantastic. As being a good father. They don’t see this video or the man the way I do. That fact makes me thankful that I am the only one of my siblings to have children and that I am raising them far differently then I was raised.