A worried dad asked for help on Reddit because his 16-year-old daughter’s attitude got worse. She started acting mean after making new friends at school, and he doesn’t know how to deal with it.
The dad was worried that his daughter’s bad behavior was affecting others. He talked to her about it many times, but she didn’t listen. Then, the situation got worse when their maid became the target of the daughter’s mean words. The maid had enough and told the parents about what was happening.
The dad told his daughter that if she was mean to the maid again, she’d get in trouble. But she kept being rude, so he grounded her and said she couldn’t go to a party. Then, she asked him for help finding her phone, but it was in the maid’s bag, which was surprising.
When the daughter saw the proof, she couldn’t say anything. The dad said sorry to the maid, gave her the day off, and showed the video to his daughter. He told her he was disappointed in her actions, saying it was wrong to mess with someone’s job over a small thing like a party.
The dad couldn’t think of anything else to punish his daughter, so he made her sleep outside to teach her a lesson. Even though she begged him not to, he said no, and told her that being mean and blaming others for things they didn’t do wasn’t okay. He wanted her to learn to care about others and treat them with respect.
When the dad talked about what happened on the internet, some people thought he did the right thing by being firm with his daughter. They believed she needed to learn a lesson. Others thought he could have tried other punishments like chores or taking away her phone. But the dad said he already tried those, and they didn’t help.
People had different ideas about how harsh the punishment should be, but they mostly agreed that the daughter should be punished for what she did. Some said her phone should be sold and the money given to the maid, while others thought she should do community service to learn how to be responsible. A few people thought she should be grounded for a long time to keep her away from her bad friends.
Even though people had different thoughts, everyone understood that the dad just wanted to help his daughter behave better and learn important things. We’ll have to wait and see if this big step will really change how she acts and treats people.
