That's how I feel about people who post anything personal to Youtube, especially if it involves their kids. This made me laugh, though. Maybe I'm just getting cold hearted in my old age.

More like "guess who's going to have zero visitation rights when the inevitable divorce happens". Assuming it hasn't happened already and he's just going scorched earth on the kid's self-esteem for revenge.

To show them that 'the world can be mean'. To instill meanness in them too so they can survive by being badder than the next guy.

Of course this kind of parenting ethic churns out broken, selfish shitheads. The kinds of people the parents think 'you need to be'.

And what's the point of giving kids presents? To teach them that happiness derives from material goods, and ritual consumerism is an important part of spiritual and familial fulfillment?

If this girl had any sense, she'd stop crying, get on the phone with Peabody Energy Corporation, and hammer out a deal to provide them with cheap coal. When she's a mid-21st century coal baron, we'll see who has the last laugh.

She might not, you know. In which case YouTube will be there to remind her. Her dad covered all the angles.