A Utah dad fed up with his daughter’s short shorts decided to do something that would make her realize they might not be as cute as she thinks.
Scott Mackintosh, a husband and father of seven, recently headed out with his family for some bonding time, he describes on his wife’s blog, Becky Mack’s Blog of Mild Chaos. The plan was to go to dinner and play miniature golf. Before leaving, he heard his wife asking his teenage daughter to put on some longer shorts. When the girl responded “no,” Mackintosh decided to “make a ‘small’ statement on how her short-shorts maybe aren’t as ‘cute’ as she thinks!”
So, he grabbed a pair of jeans, cut them into a tiny pair of shorts above the pocket and threw on a T-shirt reading “Best. Dad. Ever.” The family got stares at the restaurant and stares at the mini-golf course, but his daughter still didn’t seem to mind. Finally, when they ended the night with milkshakes, she decided to stay in the car instead of going through any more embarrassment.
There was no “Dad I get it” or “Dad you’re the best…. thanks for that awesome lesson.” ☺ I don’t think my object lesson of “modest is hottest” made the statement I had intended. But no matter if social media gets the story mixed up and twisted, my daughter will always know that her dad loves her and cares about her enough to make a fool out of himself.
His daughter posted the photo of her dad to her Tumblr, writing, “My mom told me to change my ‘slutty’ shorts before we went to dinner. I said no. So my dad cut his jeans to fit in. We went to dinner and then mini golf like this.” The post has since gotten over 130,000 notes. The photo also made it’s way to the social sharing site, Reddit.
After the story got picked up by various news outlets, Mackintosh decided to clarify a few things about his purpose.


“I simply did this in hopes that my daughter would know of my great love for her and that she knows of her great worth,” he said in a statement to Desert News. “Now that it has gone viral, I hope that young women everywhere understand their great worth. I will look like an idiot any day if that point gets across.”
Mackintosh told Salt Lake City’s KSL that he has not seen his daughter’ short shorts since then.
“She’s dressed a little bit better since then,” he said. “Yeah, she has.”
Mackintosh’s story comes on the heels of a national debate about whether adults should be telling kids what to wear following a “slut shaming” viral blog post written by a Texas mother. While some parents shake their fingers at short shorts, otherparents are fine with letting their children wear whatever clothing they desire.
As for the practice of public shaming, which involves potentially embarrassing one’s child in a public manner as a means of discipline, some view it negatively.
“It’s not just that humiliating people, of any age, is a nasty and disrespectful way of treating them,” Alfie Kohn, author of Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, previously said. “It’s that humiliation, like other forms of punishment, is counterproductive. ‘Doing to’ strategies — as opposed to those that might be described as ‘working with’ — can never achieve any result beyond temporary compliance, and it does so at a disturbing cost.”


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Cool dad

Dad nor send o

Hehehe!! Love this dad. He has taught me something!!

White folks tinz

Best daddy most ladies never had!

'Paternal instinct'

Could have been a script straight out of MY WIFE AND KIDS!

Before leaving, he heard
his wife asking his teenage
daughter to put on some
longer shorts. When the girl
responded “no,” Mackintosh
decided to “make a ‘small’
statement on how her short-
shorts maybe aren’t as ‘cute’
as she thinks!”

oyinbo pikin sabi disobey sha!
Make the girl come africa to tell her mum 'no' after a command, na that day she go know the symbol of hell.

But to be sincere, this man has made an everlasting statement to teach the daughter the right way instead of our african mode of correction.

The daughter got the picture and understood the reason.

My joystick is too big to be concealed in that shorts

If na were pikin e born
The pikin no go send o
E go even post him papa pics for online com tag am "dad rocks short, hmmm so cute"
This kain lesson good for pikin wey still get conscience
No be d wan wey don sell their soul to d devil

Best dad with innovative way of correcting his daughter!

iterator25: My joystick is too big to be concealed in that shorts

u mean that pinkie finger sized ish?


Ok I'm kidding. Don't be mad

"best dad ever" indeed
he stylisly gave his joystick some breath of fresh utah air as well ... lol ... talk about killing 2 birds with 1 funny stone.

switdil:
If na were pikin e born
The pikin no go send o
E go even post him papa pics for online com tag am "dad rocks short, hmmm so cute"
This kain lesson good for pikin wey still get conscience
No be d wan wey don sell their soul to d devil

she fit even tag am " teaching old dog new tricks" ... lol

Hopefully the girl has learnt her lessons.

But come to think of it this short shorts wey girls dey wear this days is becoming something else...shebi na bumpa short dem dey call am abi?

If una see the one wey one girl wear for my area...una go surprise...the only difference between her shorts and pants be sey the former get small pockets. And funny enough her back lap black and front come fair...I was like what kind of house dressing turned street dressing is this?

Please...government should do something about all this bumper shorts abi na street pants self...cause some boys dey vex.

I love u dad....

One word: wow!

Hehehe!!! Damn! The message must have sunk into the girl's brain. Way to go dad!

dads are always the best

The papa trai. Some girls no for sai. Sha sha everytin go pai !

This will sink in the girls medula for life.

Just condem that fine jeans


just kiddin'
he made more than a statement
he made a big a$s speech.

I trust my naija dads; They have their 'ways' of disciplining erring children

I need one wk to plan on how to retalirate.