A father has been slammed and dubbed an a**hole after his ‘over-the-top’ punishment of daughter who broke curfew.
As an anonymous dad revealed in his viral Reddit post, his 17-year-old daughter “directly disobeyed” him and his wife when she failed to return home with their car before 10 pm as they agreed.
After missing her curfew, the girl failed to notify her parents about her whereabouts and they grew increasingly worried for her safety.
More than three hours after missing the curfew, the teenager returned home where she was greeted by her concerned parents who demanded an explanation.
As the girl told her mom and dad, she was late because she went to visit her boyfriend after dropping off her grandparents at their home.
Furious by his daughter’s disobedience, the father went on to impose a strict punishment as he banned the teen from seeing her friends, using her phone, and going outside the house.
“I told her as punishment that she is grounded for the rest of the school year and that she would not get to go to her senior prom, in spite of her already picking out a prom dress,” he explained.
“While my wife agrees with most of the punishments I’ve laid out, she does not think she should have to miss her senior prom, especially since it was cancelled last school year.
“My least-favorite part of parenting is having to dish out consequences for undesirable behavior, but what our daughter did crossed the line and worried us.
“As such, I told my wife that I need to stick to my guns in every part of her punishment, but she’s hellbent on letting our daughter at least attend prom.”
The father then asked Reddit users for advice saying: “Should we let her off of her grounding for prom, or should I stick to my word?”
Quickly enough, viewers slammed the dad for going too far by imposing disproportionate sanctions on the teen who came home late simply because she went to see her boyfriend.
“So if you get a speeding ticket, are you banned from ever driving again for 1 infraction? If you are late to work are you fired? If you burn dinner, are you divorced? This young adult will resent you for your military over the top punishment,” someone wrote.
“One instance of breaking curfew and you go completely scorched earth. Obviously, there should be consequences but it’s not like she burnt down your house, she went to see her boyfriend,” another said.
The third suggested: “Does it warrant a punishment? Of course, it does. Should that punishment be her missing a once-in-a-lifetime event that would otherwise be a fond memory she’d look years down the lane and will now only remember your cruel punishment? Do you really want it to be so? Punishment should fit the crime, and yours is waaaay overblown.”
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