I would have been mad as hell, I just don't think all this hitting and whipping achieves much really. I got it as a kid and as soon as I got big enough I just hit my dad back ,I was bigger and taller than my dad at 15. He never touched me again after that. I just think it makes kids resent their parents .I know my dad has issues to this day with how his father beat him for not much in grand scheme of things , and because I look very like his father it has created tensions would you believe ,between me and my dad.
Like sure most girls couldn't beat up their dads, but girls can run away, go into porn , find a pimp or a nasty boyfriend if they resent their parents. And kids these days have enough bad influences outside the home, there are enough danger, home should be a sanctuary.
The most important thing is to show your child love ,then they are more likely in the first place to come to you with problems and listen to you . . That doesn't mean there shouldn;t be strict discipline and punishment, I just don't believe in hitting.There is a difference between fear and respect.Maybe if that girl respected her father ,respect his rules in the first place she wouldn't have acted out. You think a whipping in public,him losing control will teach her respect? It could drive her into the arms of a no good motherfukker .
WIth a daughter in my view ,plenty of hugs, but keep a shotgun/,baseball bats around for any no good shythead who tries to bust her cherry who you dislike.
Sons might benefit from a bit of fear of their fathers righteous wrath , but daughters? wouldn't raise a hand personally.