Sounds dramatic

I’m not sure I’d go this far to be honest

She definitely needs to be punished. Not sure it would be how I would do it but she isn’t my child. I probs would have made her do house chores with the maid or something like that esp. if she is a germaphobe.

Not sure thats the punishment I would choose ( she probably went and stayed with a friend), but she definitely needed to be punished. That sort of behaviour is totally wrong and at 16 she knows better. Lucky there was cameras or that poor womans livelihood could have been destroyed by a spiteful teenager. If I was the maid, I ‘m not sure I’d want to work there again after something like that..

Not sure the punishment fits the crime what was she to learn from it exactly

I am not looking forward to the teenage years! That being said, my two kids now would love to sleep outside for the night. It would be an adventure (but they are not teens yet).

I’m not sure what I would do if i was in the same situation. I think every parent is going to make a different decision on what would be an appropriate punishment and how they may be able to work on changing the daughters behaviour. My kids aren’t teenagers yet so don’t have too much experience on what it is going to be like, but by all accounts it could be more difficult than what we have now with a 5 and 9 year old.

Agree she should be punished for horrible behaviour but sleeping outside is taking it way too far.

I do believe that what your daughter was doing was wrong and needed to be punished but I don’t agree with making her sleep outside unless either of the parents were willing to do it with her. It may turn their daughter against them. I would have taken her phone off of her for a week or taking something else off her that she couldn’t bear being without. I do agree that it’s to do with her new friends but if she doesn’t like your housemaid then let her know that they won’t be doing anything more for her and your daughter has to do all of the things for herself. Try that for a week and it might make her realise just what gets done for her by this person that she doesn’t like. I wish you all the luck in the world getting your previously lovable daughter back

Wow that was a really terrible thing for the daughter to do, but i dont think making her sleep outside is going to help? THis would have made the teen angrier at the parents and may cause her to lash out more. Maybe they need to find a new aproach

The best people to comment on this are those that know all the details – ie the people involved. It sounds like a very difficult situation and easy for keyboard warriors to judge and make unhelpful comments.
As a few of us here have said, other parenting styles and commenting on them, is a touchy subject. It sounds really difficult. There are things that may have had more direct impact on her behaviour than forcing her to sleep outside. And consequences of actions def need to be real.
Would I do it myself? Probably not, for a few reasons that resonate with me – safety, getting eaten alive by mozzies, for starters.
But I would hope I would find a suitable consequence that would impact enough for her to realise that vile behaviour is unacceptable and will result in removal of privileges and some additional tasks…. I’d also get her to do the cleaning for a week and apologise…

Wow, what a nasty piece of work the daughter is becoming. Personally, if my parents had punished me this way, I would have run away somewhere. Doubt it had much impact

Yikes! It is touchy to comment on another’s choice of parenting, but something needed to happen. I dont know about sleeping outside. She needs a wake up call though for sure

Not my style but each to
Their own

I think if she was safe, then go ahead. Might be wake up call she needs

other peoples parenting is a really touchy thing to comment on.

It’s hard to judge another parents parenting when you don’t know them. He might have did what he felt was best for their situation and hopefully she is a better person after reflecting on her actions

Interesting punishment. I would have taken the phone away and not allowed her to go to the party. I wonder whether it worked and stopped her behaviour

I don’t agree with making her sleep outside. I do think her behaviour is completely unacceptable. I would have taken her phone away from her for a start.

Wow! That’s some really crappy and dishonest behaviour. I’m not sure if having her sleep outside was okay, perhaps removing her iphone and grounding her. And definitely have her apologise to the housemaid. That’s just terrible behaviour.