In case you’re not one of the 28 million people who have watched this on YouTube, here’s North Carolina father Tommy Jordan who — literally — shot his daughter’s laptop after he discovered disparaging remarks on her “wall.” Don’t worry: No people were endangered during his kinetic parenting:
Jordan recently defended his actions (and expressed regrets) to ABC. An excerpt:
The clip also led to both harsh criticism and showers of praise of Jordan, and ignited a debate about his in-your-face style of parenting.
In his response to ABC News Jordan, an IT worker from Albemarle, N.C., admits that the stress that he and his family have endured since the video went viral has been tough, particularly for his wife, and says that “because of that alone, I’d not do it again.”
Jordan also admits that the video of his response going viral in such a huge way is an example of “the punishment accidentally outweighing the crime.”
I read the attached article where he responded to questions from the reporter. He is an intelligent, rational, and awesome father. The video makes him out to be nuts, but he's really not. More kids could use this kind of parenting. He explains that what set him off the most about what his daughter wrote was the reference to "the cleaning lady" and how disrespectful that was. Kudos to him for having the guts to follow through on a stated consequence. And his daughter has not been damaged by any of this, on the contrary, she'll emerge even stronger and wiser.
This guy may be a good father and probably is but he should not use guns that way. Using the gun like that is against NRA practices and it give the public, particularly anti-gun zealots, reasons to point out that people can't be trusted with guns and justify gun regulations.
I read the attached article where he responded to questions from the reporter. He is an intelligent, rational, and awesome father. The video makes him out to be nuts, but he's really not. More kids could use this kind of parenting. He explains that what set him off the most about what his daughter wrote was the reference to "the cleaning lady" and how disrespectful that was. Kudos to him for having the guts to follow through on a stated consequence. And his daughter has not been damaged by any of this, on the contrary, she'll emerge even stronger and wiser.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis guy may be a good father and probably is but he should not use guns that way. Using the gun like that is against NRA practices and it give the public, particularly anti-gun zealots, reasons to point out that people can't be trusted with guns and justify gun regulations.
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