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[quote=Anonymous]You will be doing your daughter a favor to teach her a few things about the way the world works.  First, it is right to stand up and say something when you see something wrong.  She did the right thing here speaking up.  The second is that there will always be jerks out there who don't do the right thing (e.g. texting dad) and those who will respond poorly when you call attention to something wrong.  It doesn't make it wrong to do what she did and she should not be ashamed even from a mocking retort.  In a way, she embarrassed the dad by pointing out he was doing something wrong and dangerous and his poor response was to try and embarrass her back.  So, teach her to have more confidence in knowing right from wrong and not to back down from jerks who don't.

If I had been in her shoes, I probably would have responded to "safety girl" with "Just trying not to become another teenage statistic."  Not that I would teach my teen to say something like that, just my own personal reaction .[/quote]

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