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30th April 2023
12:29pm BST
A man decided to cancel his daughter's 16th birthday after her bad behaviour at school almost hospitalised one of her mates.
The father anonymously shared his story online, and explained that he promised his daughter she could have a party if she did well at school and stayed out of trouble.
After a period of good behaviour, they organised the party, and everything looked fine.
But then one day the dad got a call from the school saying his daughter had snuck in a water bottle of alcohol.
As a punishment, he scrapped her birthday plans and confiscated all her electronics.
Taking to Reddit, he said: "My daughter has been struggling keeping her grades up and hanging out with the wrong crowd. I have hired a few tutors to help with some subjects and she is seeing a therapist.
"She will lash out sometimes at home and I will have to punish her.
"She asked if she could celebrate her 16th birthday party at the house and I told her that I was fine with having a party as long as she stayed out of trouble and did well on her math test."
He explained that about 10 of his daughter's friends were going to come over.
But the plans never materialised due to an incident at school.
He continued: "I get a call from the school on Wednesday that she had snuck in a water bottle filled with alcohol and one of her friends had to be sent to the nurse.
"I went to pick her up and she tells me that her one friend pressured her into bringing the bottle to school. She will serve in-school suspension for five days.
"When we got home, I took away all her electronics and she can only use her phone for emergencies. I also told her that the birthday party will be cancelled.
"She got very upset and started screaming at me that I was the worst father in the world. She stormed up to her room and slammed the door."
The dad was met with widespread support for his decision, with many agreeing he was right to discipline his daughter.
One commented: "You are a parent. And I think a pretty good one! She's lucky she wasn't expelled, honestly."
While another said: "You gave her some conditions under which the party could happen. She broke one of the conditions and now has to face the consequences. Good for you for setting boundaries."
And a third wrote: "I think both going to therapy together would be a good idea. Endless action and punishment cycle doesn't help, to really iron out the issues you are both having with her behaviour and the consequences of them might really be helped with support from a professional."
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