Teenage girls can be tough, especially when the parent is more of a child than the kid. And in answer to your question, I don't have a teenager, I have a daughter who works at a state hospital where she is a therapist for the criminally insane - I'll have to ask her what she thinks of this psycho...
All the wonderful theories about how to raise kids with mutual respect and communication and so forth haven’t worked out too well for our culture. Historically a loving and generous parent who was willing to put a firm hand on a kid’s backside has given society psychologically healthy and responsible adults. Unfortunately we no longer allow parents to spank children, so we end up with a nation of spoiled and entitled little monsters.
I see nothing in this man’s behavior that makes him childish. He warned his daughter there would be serious consequences if she used social media to vent her stupid resentments again. He imposed those consequences. Good for him.
Dude, you are outvoted here. I’m glad your daughter turned out well. Mine did too. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. But I wonder how you would have handled it if your sullen, self-righteous teenager refused to do normal house chores, refused to go look for a job, accepted your support, money, and labor, and then used your gift to attack you. What punishment would you have imposed? Would you have sat down with her to talk it out? This dad is pretty clear on the fact that they have been through those conversations before, and talking was not successful in getting her to be realistic, or at least publicly respectful. Taking the laptop away and grounding her temporarily was not successful either. She simply defied him. Killing her laptop so she has to learn what real work is like might be the best lesson she ever has.
I popped our daughter on her behind when she smarted off to me. She was about 12 or 13, and that was the last time she ever got snippy with my wife or me. She turned 25 last year.