Tommy Jordan, Facebook Laptop Shooter Update 2-10-2012 WSOC-TV

**UPDATE** 2-20-2012!!! • Tommy Jordan, Facebook...
A father from Albemarle, NC upset at his daughter's Facebook post recorded himself shooting her laptop. The video, "Facebook Parenting: For The Troubled Teen", has garnered multiple hits since it was released. This is an update on the story which has garnered worldwide attention. From WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC.

[@MaryBinNashville]

Anyone who's grown up in a dysfunctional home, knowing that things should be different or learning later that they should have been, can recognize this family dynamic for what it is. But there are plenty of people out there who grew up in bad homes who still have a need to protect parents who've been negligent or worse, and protect themselves from feeling the anger that comes with that awareness. Just my experience. YMMV.

[@oldigger7060]

@ArvinAbendstern She may actually come to appreciate having a father who sets boundaries.

[@upcycle]

@EBTcraft15 that is exaclty what i was thinking.. his video was really underlying him feeling hurt. And his emotional health is not for the daughter to be caring for. He needs to find an adult to give him that kind of support. So he can give the daughter and his other children the emotional support they need to grow into emotionally healthy adults.

[@ZangaBonga]

God bless you man.

[@andanicechianti]

Ya'll need to watch the entire video. Not just some news channel soundbite. The one with over 16,000,000 hits.

[@KatieBugECS]

If you watch the original video, she had already been grounded for 3 months for trashing her parents on Facebook. Sometimes a parent has to get really drastic to make a point. Children who don't earn what they have, don't appreciate their "possessions". Now she needs to get out their and prove to her parents that she really "deserves" the nicer things in life. All 4 of my children started working for the "extras" they wanted at age 14, and turned out to be wonderful, caring adults.

[@scottrmaynard]

He couldn't even remember what he had grounded her 3 months for previously. He just chooses to dish out "sentencing" when she's wrong instead of finding out whats wrong.

[@007nih]

It's time for the kids to realize their fortunate life

[@Ansinth3]

Wow, when a parent has to resort to this something is clearly psychologically wrong. Anyone else feel this wee little man is compensating for something?

[@bmasta1027]

the people saying that this is an appropriate punishment is appalling to me. Actually, it scares me. It scares me that parents out there think that something this drastic and this violent is an appropriate reaction. Whatever happened to sitting down with your kids and talking with them about it? Communication is key in parenting, and when you do things like this, that's what is going to ruin your relationship with your child. It's shameful that people agree with this act. Absolutely shameful.

[@muse54]

Everyone says, 'her laptop.' It was a gift from a hard working and loving father. I don't see how it becomes hers any more than everything in the fridge is hers. I agree with what he did.

[@paticus117]

I just wish more parents were like this.

[@EdwardLTerrell]

ABSOLUTELY agree with the actions of this VERY frustrated father! "Kids these days" do not have a CLUE what it is to have to WORK to get what you have. They seem to have (in my opinion) an "ENTITLED" attitude about things. My goodness, I worked EVERY Summer day picking tobacco leaves and / or working on odd jobs on different farms in Jacksonville, NC to pay for my school clothes and other expenses! Welcome to LIFE and RESPONSIBILITY!

[@NoiseSonicBoom]

Wow, they interviewed two parents and supposedly call that a general consensus?

[@masterblastertkd]

For all the "really great" parents out there judging his actions as too harsh, it's called "being consistent". He warned her if she did it again he'd shoot her computer. Way too many parents give their kids warnings, and don't follow through. I think it's brilliant, and now she knows (if she didn't already) that when he says something, he means it. People are worried about what prospective employers will find on facebook, now they should be worried about what their parents will find.

[@martinhgreen]

@masterblastertkd Watch it again. He did not tell her he would shoot the laptop. He simply told her that if she did it again, it would be much worse than being grounded for three months. Even so, if he had said "I told my daughter that if she gave me lip one more time I would beat her within in inch of her life," would you recommend that the next time she gave him lip, he should carry out that threat in the name of consistency?

[@VirtueCry]

@Faviel Actually, it did pretty much end it. If you read the guy's facebook, you'll find out she's come to understand why she's wrong.

[@upcycle]

@Donttubethis is it safe there? what happened to these people? how to they end up like this?

[@zippyman818]

He never once said he loves his daughter.

[@HealthyPlanet]

Privately rebuke children. Wise parents speak gently when rebuking. Rebuke for the child's benefit, not to humilate or for revenge. Express high regard for child when rebuking him/her.If too upset to be calm, count to ten/ leave the room/wait until later on.When ready, go to a private place/be at eye level& look directly,gently put hand on shoulder& describe unacceptable behavior, tell how it feels,say"this doesn't become you",tell consequences,resist arguing,offer amends& a loving touch or hug.

[@HaloFUCKINGReach]

except that unless she is 18 or emancipated, she owns nothing. all her possessions belong to her guardians. she owns nothing, everything she has even her clothes are her parents. if she gets a job and makes some money, her parents have the right to take all her money from her, because they own it. if she gets a gift, its not really hers, her parents own it.

[@martinhgreen]

I am a member of the NRA, am licensed to carry a handgun, and the father of a son who is now 27 years old. Having said all that, this video disturbed me greatly. A video of Mr. Jordan donating his daughter's laptop to a school or some other kid in need would have been a far better lesson. Just a video of him putting the laptop in a safe deposit box at an undisclosed bank with the warning that it will stay there until he sees a change in her behavior would have been far more effective.

[@giganjr1368]

I wish I could meet Tommy Jordan. I wanna answer him a question... What did his daughter said after his done destroying her laptop??? And guess what!!! He doesn't do interviews!! Goddamn!!!

[@AvalancheTV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJe9iWiMis11pNk The daughter responded.

[@MaxC600]

Think again...internet is becoming more lethal in terms of disrespect to hardworking parents. where do you think that kind of teen attitude came from? The action of tommy is to make a point to those teens that do not value respect.

[@forever9ism]

Can't blame him. He probably thought the daughter's post would be destroyed if he destroyed the laptop. *Shrugs*

[@lregister68]

If he would have a real conversation with his daughter and tell her he loves her, this probably wouldnt have happened. :(

[@Skelly5962]

It may be a little extreme, but it's his kid and since he probably bought her that laptop, that's his too.

[@salcchica]

Good job!!! I think i'm next, but not because i talk about my parents because i almost spend my day on my laptop

[@SaraHouck461]

@kingtaro Tell me about it! That guy is an awesome rescuer! I'm glad my parents still constantly rescue me at the ripe age of 23 because I still live under their roof! Heck, I probably might still live with them until I'm 50!

[@jwh475ezc]

There is a bit of a disconnect here, the kid says she is a full time slave and he says it would take 15 minutes a day for her to do her chores. I don't believe either of them but there are better ways for a parent and adult to handle this. Shooting a laptop and posting it on youtube is idiotic. My wife and I had trouble getting our kids to chip in around the house but firm consistent pressure, respect, and withholding privileges when necessary usually worked.

[@feffop]

cool !!! You're my new hero!!!

[@weefreeman22]

what people dont understand, is that it was really his laptop cuz he did buy it and wasnt payed back for it, sure it was a gift but he can still shoot it up if he wants, also a largely missed part is that he did warn he daughter when she did something like this the first time that if it happened again that the consequences would be MUCH worse, and thus they were

[@darkblood626]

Parenting you reap what you sow.

[@jimbalaya007]

To all of you who are blaming this father for the daughter's spoiled behavior: you don't really know why she's acting like that. It's not always the parents' fault. There are good parents with bad kids and bad parents with good kids. Overall, I think lazy and/or "friendship" parenting is a serious issue that leads to little brats like this girl. But it appears that this father has had prior issues with the attitude of his daughter. She didn't learn the lesson the first time. Maybe this time.

[@oldigger7060]

@autoaimcfg Her next laptop will be one she buys herself, from money earned from gainful employment. She will appreciate the value of that laptop in terms of the work needed to earn the money.

[@dianastoy1957]

The Dad starts by saying he just spent time and money fixing the laptop and then he destroys it ? Not to bright. And from the voilent way the Father reacted, I can see where the Daughter got her way of expessing herself in her letter. Im sure the Daughter is just repeating things she hears in her home. This child should have a few chores, they teach responsibility. But she is 15, she has a job, it is called SCHOOL. right now her education is the most important thing.

[@chaseer23]

It's true that the girl did vent out about her parents on FB, which is quite disrespectful plus shameful as posting in FB is equivalent to telling he whole world. Still, the father is acting like a 5 year old kid. Will shooting the laptop force her to respect you? It will only make matters worse, since you responded her action with violence.

[@crowshield]

All of us who are parents understand how rude kids can be. However he takes it to an explosive and dangerous level by his reaction. This is not to the way to teach a kid how to deal with life or the things she disagrees with: The Dad didn’t like the daughter’s behavior so he got a gun?? And worst of all, anytime you bring a gun into the equation you bring an element of uncertainty. This was very foolish and helps us understand perhaps where the daughter gets it from.

[@glamberkitten]

What the Dad did was a very impulsive act that will solve nothing of what seems to be going on in that household. Soon Hannah will be legally old enough to live wherever she wants. I hope the Dad is not just using her as a Babysitter and a Cleaning Lady, because she will not socially grow the right way at 16, the most important year for a girl/ woman. He should fix his other "women" problems that he has, and love his child!

[@danlaunder673]

awesome job dad dont worry about these other parents say I would have gotten my ass beat which I did and i grew up as a better person for it.

[@therealjharris]

I can't believe that the majority of the crying comments are about a replaceable laptop. It was his to do as he pleased with it (as he most likely bought it). It is subjective to think that any other treatment would have been "more effective." How could people have missed the far greater sin of disrespecting parents? I cant believe people are more obsessed with his (relatively controlled) actions than her despicable ones?

[@upcycle]

@raburb77 how do u know that? if there was something on her wall that was like what the guy says.. how are we to not know that it was done by someone else that had access to her computer? And now.. consider this.. if she has anyone that wants to harm her, they just need to post something that they know would offend the father..like a prankster or bully would. The father has opened up a pandora's box for that child for more harm. He is unfit to raise children. and give the guns to the police.

[@devonstyers]

He's nit on Facebook anymore

[@METEORO6017]

@EBTcraft15 I can tell you don't have kids at this age....sometimes they can drive you nuts...no matter how hard you try

[@TheGrandmaJudi]

Good job, Dad!

[@dkopf]

Completely uncontrolled and pretty infantile responses from an unskilled parent. "I don't like what you said so I'm gonna shoot your stuff." Brilliant. What a lesson for the ages. Congratulations buddy, you just had a temper tantrum in front of the whole world.

[@PanistaAzul]

Bravo, Bravo, The same would do if I have a daughter like that and to feel even a little more than shame make it plain at all clear respect your privacy!

[@SuperSonicShade]

And as for the ownership of the laptop, which alot of people comment about, it may technically belong to the daughter. Gifting in the united states is an actual transfer of ownership of the gifted item. On paper, it might be that he shot her property. I know everyone is saying that it is his and all, but the US legal system doesn't run like that. It is about the technicalities.

[@SaraHouck461]

@rollingklouds Hell yeah! He really rescued his daughter! Parents should be rescuers for their children, not just friends!

[@braianascua]

This guys a bad father instead of talking to his daughter and working things out he goes and does something stupid like this He is not a beast or an inspiration he is a bad example if he can shoot a laptop i wonder what else he can shoot i wont be surprised to see him in jail one day. i feel bad for the kid who had to go through all that.

[@tatorsal]

I heard he has had issues with child protective services over this, give me a freakin break.

[@martinhgreen]

@jimbalaya007 You have it ass backwards. Just because rebellion in teenagers IS "normal" doesn't mean that I "accept" bad behavior.Thing is, kids learn far more from what we actually DO than by what we TELL them to do. So, if next time Hannah gets frustrated at Dad and takes his .45 and pumps a clip of ammo into his flat screen, would you say that she "was not out of control at all"? After all, she would only be following Dad's own example for how to deal with frustration.

[@masterblastertkd]

@martinhgreen No, i don't think he should beat her, but she wasn't exactly harmed in the making of his video. Actually, in behavior management theory, it is more important to be consistent than to be right, so... If i'm not mistaken, he did tell her he'd put a bullet in her laptop, but not in this shortened news clip, the full version of his video. People who tend to follow through with the consequences they offer, also tend to be more careful what they say. just sayin.

[@midnightdeathify]

dangggg and i thought my facebook post was bad....i didnot even put the whole word....

[@jimbalaya007]

@martinhgreen Give me a break. He was not out of control at all. It was a lesson to his daughter. He didn't harm or threaten to harm his daughter. You're part of the reason our nation makes laws based on trivial matters. And why do we accept that kind of rebellion as normal teenage behavior. Because you accept it is why you think it's normal. That dad didn't think it was acceptable behavior and neither do I.

[@EBTcraft15]

@upcycle He seems to have anger management problems and he certainly has control issues. He forces to get a job she doesn't want, he controls her facebook.... Plus i don't get this "parents are awesome and without a fault". Just because you have a child it doesn't mean you're perfect or a a good parent. I'm not saying that there aren't problem kids who need to be put in line, but maybe your child is telling you that you also are a problem in this relationship.

[@Parents105]

This Father has issues. He has a big ego. He wants the whole world to think he is smart, he is an idiot. I feel so bad for these 15 years old. 15 years old doesn’t have to work, you cannot afford having children, don’t have any. She is a child, she is a girl and you need to treat her that way. What kind of father are you. Your actions are evil & you should apologies to her the same way you tried to embarrass her. You need to know how to love her instead of loving yourself.

[@kingtaro]

Nowadays kids: "OMG! That's a fcked up parent, jail him!" Grown ups: "You go man! How dare she talk like that about her parents!?"

[@grebletie]

I don't see what lesson he could have possibly hoped to impart. What I see is two things: (a) that was her laptop and he willfully destroyed someone else's property, which is bad, m'kay. Or (b) he purchased the laptop originally. In that instance, the consequences to her are what exactly? The first proposition is troubling. The second suggests he's just trying to get public attention like any other person on KZbin. He's really no different than anyone else here really.

[@SaraHouck461]

@InaudibleSnow Hell yeah! Doing chores would've made her ingenuous! I'm praying for more ingenuous teenagers to exist in this modern world!

[@lollylee69]

I feel his pain... LOVE IT!!

[@shinyhunter321]

What he did was what was right. Many people see nothing wrong with what he did to his daughters laptop. if my sister did that my father would have done the same. Many fathers would do the same. He should have made her watch him do it live. I along with many people see nothing wrong that he did to his daughters laptop because of the amount of disrespect towards her family in that facebook post.

[@smanzoni]

really yellow news. they only refer to the father shooting to his laptop's son-

[@Pokechao]

This guy:"FREEDOM OF SPEECH?!? LOL FUCK THAT"

[@SaraHouck461]

@SuperHellhound1 Hell yeah! That was an awesome way to rescue his daughter from immorality's evil clutches and help her become ingenuous, and this world needs more teenage ingenues so the modern world can become a more commonly decent place to live!

[@martinhgreen]

Also, Mr. Jordan's so public irresponsible use of his handgun has both trivialized the use of firearms and has given every gun control nut in the United States just that much more ammunition in their efforts to deprive the rest of us of our 2nd Amendment rights. Mr. Jordan's lack of self-control evident in this video over normal teenage behavior makes me worry if he could ever become so angry as to aim his gun at a living target. Josh Powell proves that such concerns are not unreasonable.

[@upcycle]

@lucyjan2010 the problem is that the father does not want the honor.. Instead he likes to feel humiliation. true honor would be expressing truth and having integrity.

[@EBTcraft15]

@upcycle Ultimately this isn't parenting, it's a freak show. There is no lesson to be learned, it is not a solution to their problem, he may have iremediably destroyed his relationship with his daughter, he certainly destroyed his daughters public life and he made a fool of himself to any person with half a brain seeing this charade.

[@sicofphoneys]

Stupid lady at the end. Did she not hear the part that said he has talked to her before and she totally ignored him. Maybe that lady should have had a dad like that to teach her to listen!

[@lunember95]

that commandment doesn't say anything about pulling a 45 on a laptop

[@jugi7903]

Nice Shoot !

[@psychokittis]

@dkopf Pay closer attention. The post on Facebook was just the straw that broke the camel's back,coupled with the fact that she tried to hide it. He did good.

[@SaraHouck461]

@SuperHellhound1 Tell me about it! I'm praying for more ingenuous children to spawn into this world, and I'm happy to be an ingenuous young woman at 23 for obvious reasons!

[@SaraHouck461]

@volfanlh Well, many people claim that life in the glorious days of the distant past was more wholesome in terms of moral standards.

[@BlueKazuki]

for fucks sake, it wasn't a "letter" it was just a post on the internet.

[@grebletie]

Or he could have donated the laptop to an organization serving low income individuals who aren't lucky enough to be digitally connected. Jerk.

[@SuperHellhound1]

Go for it Dad!! Just taking stuff away from them don't help. They'll find a way to do whatever they want even if it means using someone else's. Let them get a job even if it's just baby sitting if they are too young to work elsewhere. Let them work their butt off like we had to in order to give them that xeap.

[@TELEVISIBLE]

So Bullying is the solution, great

[@glamberkitten]

Well then, I guess he better not go and buy her a car. What if he's in a bad mood again?

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@SavaVeo exactly. ive been on the recieving end of " correction lol" and have never run afoul of anything.

[@Faviel]

And do you think that ended their problems? No!!! Just taking your gun and shooting your daughter's computer is just the beggining of new problems. Maybe he should have talked to her, like real parents do. (and yes! I don't like guns)

[@grebletie]

@ROLLTIDEROLL4LIFE Strange that you seem to be adopting a luddite-lite position that using a laptop leads to "fucked up" behavior. Strange that you are making that point while presumably using a computer at this very instant.

[@Theanimatedcow]

@badbarracuda70 what you fail to also put into account is exactly what has been going on in this girls life. you automatically assume what the girl has said isnt true, and that the father is right. both parties have a roll in this and the fathers actions are not justified. this is close to child abuse, and this girl will end up running away. its stuns me how ignorant some people are. not that your opinion makes you ignorant but you fail to conjur on both the father and daughters accounts.

[@EBTcraft15]

@METEORO6017 indeed they can, but you don't make the spectacle that her father did! I'm not pissed that he punished her for her behaviour. I'm pissed that he calls this "parenting", that he procedeed to humiliate her in front of hundreads of thousands viewers instead of keeping this a personal problem, that he has no regards of people abusing her daughter over his video and that he created this gigantic mob of people to validate this circus show! This is bloody vengeance, not "parenting".

[@lunember95]

then she'd go to jail from having you die of massive brain hemorrhaging.

[@Rchapman3ky]

Underestand a LIL BUT Dad seems like to think his Kids are there to do all the work around the house. Dad needs so get some Mary Jane !

[@EBTcraft15]

@sicofphoneys That doesn't justify him making an entire circus show out of this!

[@TheMrBoltz]

@MrAmerican1776 no, the problem with todays society is too much ignorance, like your last sentence. I am a liberal, a student. a young person, and I fully support this dad. Don't make generalizations.

[@ClosetGenius55]

The only part of the father's reaction that I don't agree with is the title. It should have been called : ACCOUNTABILITY : LESSON 1 I find it too funny that this girl made an angry-rant letter to her parents, and then posted it somewhere she thought her parents would never see. Both Spineless and Stupid. She sought to make her parents the butt of her joke for the amusement of her and her friends. Her plan backfired and now we're all amused. Priceless parenting there.

[@lawguyTN]

Way to go Tommy. @BoldRoast you have no idea what you are talking about. You are either an adolescent or don't have children. Either way you are not qualified to comment. If you do have children they will wind up treating you the same way but you'll be too frightened to do anything about it.

[@EBTcraft15]

@raburb77 Oh please! His video was all about him not her. If you're a parent you don't educate your child to behave by humiliating her on youtube to over a few hundred thousand people and have those said people cheer for you and allow them to call your daughter "bitch' ," brat" and other derogatory terms. It was his crushed ego he was mending, and it was his neglect that he covered with his interpretations of parenthood. This is revenge, pure and simple!

[@affectivity]

Father of the Year!

[@MASTER105175]

April 30, 2013, Look at yourself. You are only a Human Being. You Tommy Jordan are NO better than your Daughter. She has a Right to LIVE too. You as a Dad are suppose to listen to your children without being Mad, Angry, Frustrated or Murderous. She has a Right to express herself. You waste Money on Cigarettes.You won't let her have a Life. You really want to MURDER Her and that is a Horrible SIN. You in HELL.

[@annaanna94]

Isn't this simply too over the top?? in the end, he has to pay for another laptop...

[@degielette]

his daughter embarrassed him, so she had it comin if you ask me.

[@y0ungandwild]

@Theanimatedcow let her run away, then maybe she'll learn how difficult real life is

[@oldigger7060]

Tough love. The best kind of parenting. The little bitch may now realise that life has its boundaries! Better to learn them from her father than from the (crueler) World. Grow up and learn "Troubled Teen."

[@cpttrapps]

iam so glad tio live europe...no child punshing judges, no laptop shooting fathers...at least if they are there and on youtube they would go to prison....

[@oldigger7060]

@metanomhk How did he terrorize her? She wasn't their!

[@point177]

@dkopf Hannah, is that you?