The publicity was what really made it a spectacle that would really get her attention, though. If he just shot her laptop that, effectively, is the same as just taking it away from her.
It'd only be childish if he was doing it out of spite. I get the feeling that the guy just thought that this was the best course of action to really get his daughter to pay attention and stop being so whiny and entitled.
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