Meme: Awesome Dad

[theoldwolf]

You may or may not have caught this latest viral video, showing a dad getting all up in his daughter's face after she talked smack about her parents on Facebook, and thought they wouldn't know about it:

It didn't work.

In honor of the Most Awesome Tommy Jordan, I've created the "Awesome Dad" meme.







Here's the template: Go wild.



You the man, Tommy.

Comments

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

I’d need to hear the daughter’s side to give a full evaluation, but based solely on the video my opinion is that I don’t agree with either of them, but I certainly have no respect for the father’s actions:

The Daughter:(assuming that what the father says is true):
1) Is expecting to be enabled with computer equipment and other luxuries that she has not paid for
2) Shows no appreciation for the time he has spent working on her computer
3) Talks behind his back, instead of trying to discuss the matter with him
4) Writes the letter as if she were talking to him, but clearly he isn’t the intended recipient
5) Is expecting to be paid for common household chores
6) She’s disrespectful of the lady who assists in keeping their house clean
7) The “too old to wipe your ass” comment was un-called for

The Father:(And some of this assumes that what the daughter says is true)
1) Smokes through the first two thirds of the video, and litters
2) Not setting a good example by retaliating against her online, when he’s complaining about her for the same reason. This is a case of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do
3) Is expecting his daughter to undertake chores that are additional to what is reasonably expected; she’s correct in saying that she should not have to provide him with coffee or to attend to his own garden, or perform unpaid work at his clinic (there’s also OH&S issues there) – (the father doesn’t mention these in his list, but he doesn’t dispute them either)
4) She has a point about trying to study and perform chores at the same time; that’s not easy
5) “When I was your age…” is what is all too often said by people who forget that their circumstances at the time may have been easier than they are for people now.
6) “The last time you were grounded… and quite frankly I’ve forgotten now.” So exactly how important was the issue if he can’t even remember?
7) Child rearing problem + gun, does not = solution. Following his example the daughter may decide that a gun is *her* solution to *him*.
8) Fear, does not = respect
9) Why should the daughter have to pay for his bullets when she didn’t fire them?
10) “Comment about your mom” he doesn’t mention this anywhere in his narration

Grey areas:
Questions I would like to ask the daughter:
1) Has she tried to discuss these matters with him before posting on facebook? My first impression is that he doesn’t seem easy to reason with.
2) Is she making a genuine effort to find a job? The fact that we’re in a global financial crisis might be a reason she’s been unable to find one. I have two friends in North America and one friend here who have been unable to find work due to the recession.
3) What work does she do at her father’s clinic?

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

For me, there are no questions to ask. The girl is a brat. She was punished for a previous similar offense, grounded for 3 months. Rather than learn her lesson, she turned around and talked smack about her parents in a public forum, and in an extremely vulgar and disrespectful way. The child has an overblown sense of entitlement, and no understanding of consequences of action. She feels as though the world owes her a living. She learned, hopefully, that it does not.

I'm rather astonished at how many people are defending this kid. People have a right to their own opinions, of course - there's no law against that - but from where I stand, having raised 3 children and experienced some of the same kind of rebellion, I wish I had been more like this dad. They might have had fewer issues. On the other hand, it may have made no difference at all.

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

We cannot for certain say that she's a brat. We can't be certain of anything because we only have the father's word for it, and if I were in a court of law I'd most certainly be asking him to substantiate his claims before making up my mind about him. The daughter too.

I know from numerous experiences what happens when people hear only one side of a story. Do all parents tell the truth about the children all the time?

[bayliss.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you on this fact.
Obviously the apple didn't fall far from the tree in this case and he's upset that this child chose to use a public forum to voice her discontent. Frankly, I'm not surprised that he's not out there publicly flogging her that way he acts. This is a clear case of "he said-she said" and if he acts like this to his daughter, that doesn't bode well for how he treats her mom.

I'm all for punishment fitting the crime. But this is a bit much.

There's a place for this and Youtube is not it.