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A furious dad cancelled his daughter's 16th birthday party after warning her several times about her behaviour.
Sharing his story anonymously, the man explained there had been several issues with his daughter and in an effort to improve her attitude, he made her a promise.
He said she could have the birthday party of her dreams, but only if she was good and stayed out of trouble at school.
To begin with, things were going well but then he got a call from her teachers, saying that the girl had snuck a water bottle full of booze into school.
The man was shocked and punished his daughter, firstly by cancelling her birthday party.
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And despite some insisting it was a harsh course of action to take, he has stood behind the decision.
The dad had to discipline his daughter, but some thought he was being harsh (stock image) (Getty Images/Altrendo)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.
"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."
After sharing his story online, the dad was inundated with comments from others who said that he was in the 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."
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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."