This guy has gotten all kinds of comments on his video to his daughter. He was really only wanting it to go out to the people on her wall initially, but he had to upload it to YouTube before he could put it on Facebook. On his wall, he posted a reply to the Toronto Star. Here is a quick peek at one of the questions.
Q: Why did you decide to reprimand your daughter over a public medium like YouTube?
A: Well, I actually just had to load the video file itself on YouTube because it’s a better upload process than Facebook, but the intended audience was her Facebook friends and the parents of those friends who saw her post and would naturally assume we let our children get away with something like that. So, to answer “Why did you reprimand her over a public medium like Facebook” my answer is this: Because that’s how I was raised. If I did something embarrassing to my parents in public (such as a grocery store) I got my tail tore up right there in front of God and everyone, right there in the store. I put the reprisal in exactly the same medium she did, in the exact same manner. Her post went out to about 452 people. Mine went out to about 550 people… originally. I had no idea it would become what it did.
A: Well, I actually just had to load the video file itself on YouTube because it’s a better upload process than Facebook, but the intended audience was her Facebook friends and the parents of those friends who saw her post and would naturally assume we let our children get away with something like that. So, to answer “Why did you reprimand her over a public medium like Facebook” my answer is this: Because that’s how I was raised. If I did something embarrassing to my parents in public (such as a grocery store) I got my tail tore up right there in front of God and everyone, right there in the store. I put the reprisal in exactly the same medium she did, in the exact same manner. Her post went out to about 452 people. Mine went out to about 550 people… originally. I had no idea it would become what it did.
As you can see, the father was just doing what all parents should do and reprimanding his child the way that he saw fit for the particular situation. If parents would quit worrying so much about what the world is going to think when it comes to administering a punishment that fits the "crime" and start worrying more about whether it is going to be an effective punishment for their child specifically, we wouldn't have to see articles such as this one: Should You Punish Your Child? This article states that " If you want a loving, respectful, self-disciplined child you won't use punishment. You will use appropriate parenting tools." While parenting tools are okay, I do not think completely ruling out any sort of punishment would be effective for every child. The father had a discussion with his daughter after the whole ordeal and according to his post on Facebook, they have come to terms and this has seemed to help. For punishment to be just and effective, it just has to do the intended job. Punishment does not have to be physical in any means. This father has definitely proven that.
I enjoyed your post as well as the video. This hits the nail on the head of what I wrote my paper on this last time. I think that the father did what he should have done and that was great. Thank you for finding this video!
ReplyDeleteI love this video! I agree that the father did what he had to do. This was awesome. My dad would have done the same thing to me if I would have done that. Thanks for posting about this!
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