Dad's retaliation against DD's FB rant (xp)

Pesky

https://www.litefm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=421220&article=9738000

Okay, gotta say three things:

1.  Good for him for taking a stand.  And I have to admire how he did it.  Getting the letter and posting back on her FB has a lot of panache.

2.  Dude, just sell it on CL, have the buyer walk onscreen and pocket the money.  Or donate it and have someone come onscreen and give it to them.  What a waste.  Not the right message to send.  Seems a petulant fit.

3.  Instead of ranting about her wanting to get money, how about going on about common courtesy, being part of a family and insisting if money is what she wants, she pay THEM for her bedroom, furniture, clothes, portion of utilities and food?  Seems to be more to the point and better emphasizing what goes around comes around.

What do you think?

jigglyjelloo

I agree with taking away the computer, but I don't think he had to destroy that.  I am sure there are a lot of people out there who can not afford a laptop and would love to have one that had just been upgraded!!

I agree with Pesky that the father should have said that doing chores for the home is part of being a family and that everyone has to pitch in to make sure the house is kept neat and tidy. 

I think that kids have it far to easy these days.  I know that I had a fair bit of chores that I had to do inside and outside the house and while I hated having to do them as a kid, I think that it has contributed to the strong work ethic that I have today.  If you don't learn that discipline as a child/adolescent then I think it is much harder to develop it later in life. 

DH and I have talked several times about what our expection for our kid(s) (hopefully we will have a 2nd!)  will be, and they will have to earn their keep...lol!