The Babylon Bee is my go-to source for quality satire. They have some really funny stuff. In fact, the staff claims their content is “fake news you can trust.”
Last week, the Bee posted a story about how a “genius dad joins TikTok, causing his teenage daughter to think it’s lame.”
Isn’t that generally what happens when dads suddenly take interest in and actually enjoy whatever their teenage daughters find enjoyable, too?
Here is part of the story so you can get the gist of the post and use it as a lesson in applying reverse psychology on your daughters:
Local dad Sam Weaver struck a fatal blow against his teenage daughter’s obsession with TikTok on Thursday by joining it himself, therefore rendering it uncool, the Babylon Bee reported.
“It was tough, but after almost three hours, I figured out how to make an account,” Weaver said. “It was worth it to get my girl off her phone.”
Weaver reportedly made an account where he could post random musings on World War II, which he then proceeded to direct message his daughter until she finally snapped.
Witnesses reported a heated argument at the Weaver residence that ended with the teenage daughter, Charlotte, giving up her phone and going outdoors, where she could learn to socialize with other human beings.
The full story can be found on Babylon Bee.
In reality, it’s a hard line for DODO Dads to travel. We want to be engaged in what our daughters do, yet we want to give them space to enjoy doing things on their own.
I know from experience that it helps when you can ask a daughter to teach you how to do something. That almost always makes her think that, by teaching you, she must know something you don’t know. Every girl will relish an opportunity to show up their father!
But, social media is different. For many tweens and teens, social media is an opportunity to chat with their peers online. Having dad join that conversation — even as an observer — isn’t always welcome. It’s like having dad pull up a chair when all her friends are over. It can be awkward.
However, the humor of getting a daughter to stop doing something by simply taking an interest in what she is doing is just too delightful.
How has that type of reverse psychology worked for you?
