You do NOT have to even let her out of the house without being escorted by a parent. If you are with her all the time she can't get online. Taking away the laptop denotes the wrong message - it gives the child the impression that they will get it back. The gun was to ensure that the message was very clear - SHE IS NOT GETTING IT BACK. Parents should have the absolute right to full and unrestricted access to anything the kid does online and hold the social networking sites both civilly and criminally responsible if they let kids post private things.
To give you some context to this poll, read this blog here:
Teen whines about parents on Facebook, dad shoots laptop
Would you have done what father Tommy Jordan did to his daughter's laptop?
-- Yes. (Shot the laptop? Or something else?)
-- No. (Why not? What would you had done differently?)
-- It depends. (Depends on what?)
-- I don't know; I'm not a parent yet. (Let's pretend you were, would you?)
Note: This post was edited by its original author to edit one of the selections on 02/14/2012 at 9:28 AM PT

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