Dad Punishes Daughter By Making Her Shave Her Head Without Talking To Mom And Doesn’t Even Care

Everyone makes mistakes, but some can have lasting consequences. A father recently went viral for punishing his 16-year-old daughter after she bullied a classmate who had lost her hair due to chemotherapy—even pulling off the girl’s wig. Furious at her lack of remorse, the father gave his daughter a choice: give up all technology or shave her head bald. She chose the haircut.

The father, who has full custody, felt the punishment was appropriate to teach empathy, especially since his own mother died of cancer. While many online criticized the act as abusive and humiliating, others applauded it as a powerful lesson. Despite backlash, the father stood firm, believing the experience might help his daughter understand the pain she caused.

The daughter remains angry and unapologetic. The father says he would consider getting her a wig—if she shows genuine remorse.

The problem started when the dad’s 16-year-old got in trouble at school for making fun of another student who had lost her hair to chemo.

In a post that has since been deleted, the dad explained that he has full custody of his teenage daughter and was furious when she got in trouble for making fun of another girl “that lost her hair from cancer treatment. Including pulling off her wig.”

The dad tells CafeMom that his daughter is dating the other girl’s ex-boyfriend and of course this resulted in drama. 

“They were having an argument in class about stupid teenage gossip regarding my daughter’s boyfriend. At some point the other girl mentioned how my daughter’s boyfriend was just using her for sex (this was actually a big shock to me as I had no idea she was sexually active) and called my daughter a slut. That’s what escalated the situation and resulted in the wig incident. Supposedly they have been arguing in class ever since my daughter started dating the guy in question. Basically just stupid teenage ‘he said she said’ nonsense.”

Knowing that there is some “pre-existing bad blood” between the two, dad still doesn’t think any of it “even begins to excuse her behavior.”

“Not how I’ve raised my daughter to treat people and it truly disgusted me to hear how she acted from her deputy principle,” he wrote. “She showed no remorse. She tried to excuse her behavior by saying the girl in question deserved it. Again, I don’t care what she said, that behavior is inexcusable.”

Because talking didn’t get them anywhere, the dad came up with two punishments: She could either live without technology OR she could shave her head completely bald.

Of course, his daughter chose to lose her hair over her cell phone, but that didn’t mean she was happy about her choice.

Although both his daughter and his ex-wife went ballistic about the punishment, the dad was firm on making her follow through with it. “She will go to the hairdresser and get a cue ball haircut. As in, a completely shaved head, as bald as the hairdresser can do,” he wrote. “No wig. She has to go to school like that until it grows back.”