Dad Punishes Teen Daughter By Taking Over Her Social Media For 2 Weeks, His Posts Receive More Likes Than Hers
When Tawnya Ford and Larry Sumpter found out that their 15-year-old daughter, Madelynn, had helped sneak boys into a sleepover party, they came up with two forms of punishment. And they let Maddie choose. Either a month without a phone or two weeks without a phone but the parents get complete control of her social media.
Madelynn immediately chose the second option.
However, it wasn’t long before the high school sophomore from Denton, Texas, began to regret her decision. As soon as the takeover took off on November 11, her dad got really creative on her TikTok and Instagram accounts.
For example, Larry danced around with his son-in-law in a pair of daisy dukes and a crop top in one video. And gazed at the camera while laying in bed in a candid closeup picture. Eventually, even Madelynn’s classmates began regularly checking his updates.
“After the first day, Madelynn was like, ‘I changed my mind, I choose the one month,'” Ford told TODAY. “Larry told her, ‘No. I’m too invested. I have too many ideas. We’re sticking with the two weeks.’ He’s loving it. I think he’s gonna make his own TikTok account when this over.”
“We’re always down to embarrass our kids!” the mom laughed.
Parent takeover day 8! With a little help from mom and little brother. #fyp #foryoupage #parentingwin #makebetterchoices
Parent takeover day 12!! With a little help from Mom and Aunt Crystal. #fyp #foryoupage #makebetterchoices #parentingwin
After Maddie got her social media back, she posted an innocent pic of her early years on Instagram, saying, “I’m back sweeter than ever and ready to make good choices.”
To which one of her followers replied, “Call me crazy, but your dad made cooler posts.”
This, to me, was a good idea to make her think about the consequences of her actions. He gave her the choice of to options. She might have felt a little embarrassed but he didn't humiliate her on her social media. It was all good clean fun. I loved it.
Good point. It shows a mutual trust for each other in the family. But I'd still discourage other parents to do the same unless they really know how to do no harm.
Load More Replies...DANNY doesn't know that much. Not a boomer, dumbo.
Load More Replies...I think its great, it gives a perspective of how ridiculous so many of the posts on social media can be and perhaps you don't need to spend all of your time on it. Kudos to the parents for their imagination.
This is cute. This made her more popular. Also 15 years old her parents should have had full access already to everything . But the family is entertaining and this indeed was not a real punishment
And she knew her dad's personality when she handed over access ...
Load More Replies...If this was my dad, he would have flipped seeing my TikTok under the name "skinnybiotch1235".
When I was 15, online social media hardly existed, and I wasn’t part of it yet. It was still something that existed almost entirely in intranets at universities. I turned 15 in 1992....
Load More Replies...I may just have to sign up for his Instagram account if it’s going to be this entertaining everyday!
The dad looks really carefree :D Maybe that's why his posts were so welcomed, he didn't really care what others would think
You had two weeks, come on. There should be like, 10 more pictures. lol
A*****e parents. Good on her for sneaking those guys into the party. Also "...ready to make good choices." is the most cringe thing I've read in a long time. As if her parents didn't force her to write that. Punishment doesn't teach people that they should make better choices. It teaches people how to not get caught nest time.
So many parents fail to understand how important social media is to their kids. She got hers back. At least it works as long as she cares about the punishment.
OMG... this is awesome! Her whole family is!!! Hey, they gave her a choice... it's all about that and so is life. They let her experience that in a safe environment and she posted a sweet pic when she got her phone back. You guys rock!
Someone here think that this is humiliating her daughter but then people who posting stupid pictures and crazy videos is the dad, if this is humiliation I guessing it should be more toward self-humiliating.
Awesome dad. Though, tbh if I had been her. I would've chosen the 1 month without a phone. After all. They don't know my passwords, and I still have laptop to use~
The passwords on my devices are 7-10 characters, and nobody bothers to remember the password.
Load More Replies...As a mom I totally approve this. You do whatever it takes to discipline your kids, and there is no one size fits all option. If mortifying your kid on social media to keep them from turning into an adult d-irtbag is what it takes, then do it! Good job dad 👍
It's better than a lot of things parents do but I still don't respect this.
Punishment doesnt fir the crime. Please dont publicly shame your kids. My mom did it and thats why I have BPD and AvPD
I typically agree with you about humiliating your kids via social media, however this wasn't humiliating at all. This was all in good fun.
Load More Replies...Can't see the humiliation, really. If they post some embarrassing photos of the daughter, well yeah, that would be the humiliation (in teenagers eyes for sure) but he just made some fun for themselves I think. These photos are innocent to me. It's a weird world with these social media stuff. I dont really get it really. And I am not that old :D :D
Load More Replies...her parents didn't just 'take over'. It was with her consent, as punishment for breaking the rules. She DID have another choice, where her social media would have had zero input by her parents. *She* chose to allow them to take over her social media, instead of losing her phone for longer. Her parents don't appear to have done anything against, or about her (other than the first post, informing her followers that the next 2 wks of posts were not by her - but were done with her prior consent). And his posts, were of himself being silly, so if anyone is to be "embarrassed" by his posts, theoretically it should be him. What she can be embarrassed about, is breaking the rules set by her parents.
Load More Replies...This, to me, was a good idea to make her think about the consequences of her actions. He gave her the choice of to options. She might have felt a little embarrassed but he didn't humiliate her on her social media. It was all good clean fun. I loved it.
Good point. It shows a mutual trust for each other in the family. But I'd still discourage other parents to do the same unless they really know how to do no harm.
Load More Replies...DANNY doesn't know that much. Not a boomer, dumbo.
Load More Replies...I think its great, it gives a perspective of how ridiculous so many of the posts on social media can be and perhaps you don't need to spend all of your time on it. Kudos to the parents for their imagination.
This is cute. This made her more popular. Also 15 years old her parents should have had full access already to everything . But the family is entertaining and this indeed was not a real punishment
And she knew her dad's personality when she handed over access ...
Load More Replies...If this was my dad, he would have flipped seeing my TikTok under the name "skinnybiotch1235".
When I was 15, online social media hardly existed, and I wasn’t part of it yet. It was still something that existed almost entirely in intranets at universities. I turned 15 in 1992....
Load More Replies...I may just have to sign up for his Instagram account if it’s going to be this entertaining everyday!
The dad looks really carefree :D Maybe that's why his posts were so welcomed, he didn't really care what others would think
You had two weeks, come on. There should be like, 10 more pictures. lol
A*****e parents. Good on her for sneaking those guys into the party. Also "...ready to make good choices." is the most cringe thing I've read in a long time. As if her parents didn't force her to write that. Punishment doesn't teach people that they should make better choices. It teaches people how to not get caught nest time.
So many parents fail to understand how important social media is to their kids. She got hers back. At least it works as long as she cares about the punishment.
OMG... this is awesome! Her whole family is!!! Hey, they gave her a choice... it's all about that and so is life. They let her experience that in a safe environment and she posted a sweet pic when she got her phone back. You guys rock!
Someone here think that this is humiliating her daughter but then people who posting stupid pictures and crazy videos is the dad, if this is humiliation I guessing it should be more toward self-humiliating.
Awesome dad. Though, tbh if I had been her. I would've chosen the 1 month without a phone. After all. They don't know my passwords, and I still have laptop to use~
The passwords on my devices are 7-10 characters, and nobody bothers to remember the password.
Load More Replies...As a mom I totally approve this. You do whatever it takes to discipline your kids, and there is no one size fits all option. If mortifying your kid on social media to keep them from turning into an adult d-irtbag is what it takes, then do it! Good job dad 👍
It's better than a lot of things parents do but I still don't respect this.
Punishment doesnt fir the crime. Please dont publicly shame your kids. My mom did it and thats why I have BPD and AvPD
I typically agree with you about humiliating your kids via social media, however this wasn't humiliating at all. This was all in good fun.
Load More Replies...Can't see the humiliation, really. If they post some embarrassing photos of the daughter, well yeah, that would be the humiliation (in teenagers eyes for sure) but he just made some fun for themselves I think. These photos are innocent to me. It's a weird world with these social media stuff. I dont really get it really. And I am not that old :D :D
Load More Replies...her parents didn't just 'take over'. It was with her consent, as punishment for breaking the rules. She DID have another choice, where her social media would have had zero input by her parents. *She* chose to allow them to take over her social media, instead of losing her phone for longer. Her parents don't appear to have done anything against, or about her (other than the first post, informing her followers that the next 2 wks of posts were not by her - but were done with her prior consent). And his posts, were of himself being silly, so if anyone is to be "embarrassed" by his posts, theoretically it should be him. What she can be embarrassed about, is breaking the rules set by her parents.
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