A Florida dad has defended his daughters after a snap of them dressed up for homecoming went viral.

Matt Austin, an Orlando news anchor, took to Facebook last month to share a sweet photo of himself and his two teenage daughters.

In the picture, Austin can be seen with his arms around the girls, who are ready to leave for their homecoming dance.

"My daughters look a little too good on homecoming night. Believe it or not, they're even more beautiful on the inside," he captioned the photo.

It wasn't long before the post was flooded with comments. And while many people congratulated Austin on his gorgeous daughters, others were disapproving of the girls' outfits.

"Sorry my daughters would never leave the house looking for sale," one person wrote. Another chimed in: "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, dad. That lack of coverage should be reserved for marriage-only. Your job is to be their father."

"I do not understand how a parent could be comfortable with their daughter's crotches on display should they bend over or sit," a third added.

But Austin was having none of it. Taking to TikTok, he gave a blistering response to the backlash, calling out "Karens taking aim at teen daughters' Homecoming dresses."

"The one thing that has always pissed me off as a father of girls is when people say things like, 'Well, these girls need to dress so they don't distract the boys.' Or even worse: 'They're dressing a way in which they're asking for it,'" the dad said.

"Let's get something crystal clear now," he continued. "It's not my daughters' job to make sure your son is focused in school. Also not her job to dress hideous enough to where your son doesn't assault her. It's your job to not raise a pervert with no self-control."

Austin went on to say that he wouldn't personally have chosen the dresses his daughters wore and that if it was up to him they would be in "Snuggies" 24/7.

"If I start dictating what my daughters wear, I'm going to teach them three things: A, They'll start to hate me for arbitrary rules, B, they'll start to lie to me, or C, maybe even worse, that it's okay for a man to tell them what to wear because they look too good," he said.

The anchor finished his TikTok by slamming everyone who had criticized his daughters in the comments.

"You know what would really disappoint me? If my girls grew up to be the kind of adult who goes on social media and demeans a teen's appearance on her father's Facebook page," he said, adding: "Now that's what I call trashy."

Well done, that father!

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A school has been forced to apologize after a dad complained that he received a "disgusting" gift that his daughter made.

As previously reported, the father was left shocked and outraged after his six-year-old daughter presented him with a Father's Day gift from Connolly Primary School that appeared to contain a deeply troubling message.

The innocent-looking gift, a paper dice, featured various suggestions for coping with a bad day such as "Banana - For the days when you have gone round the bend", "Frog - For the times when you need to jump to it", and: "Mintie - Take when you have experienced one of those 'moments'".

However, it took a sinister turn on one side, with an image of a bullet and the words: "Bullet - Take when all else fails."

Trent Howard, the concerned father, expressed his dismay, telling 9News: "To create this and distribute this, disgusting. If you've had enough, shoot yourself, what else does it say?"

He went on to emphasize that such dark humor had no place in any context, saying that his six-year-old daughter had been given the template that appeared to allude to suicide.

The family promptly lodged a complaint with Connolly Primary School, with Howard's wife Renea revealing that she believed the teacher intended the gift as a joke. She explained: "They wanted it to be funny, that was my interpretation of what the teacher had said to me - she was wanting to be funny. It wasn't funny."

Following the complaint, the school has been forced to apologize where they acknowledged a "serious lack of judgment".

Melesha Sands, the Deputy Director General of the Western Australia Department of Education said: "While I understand the activity related to confectionery, it was clearly not thought through and should never have happened. The school has since apologized to parents and will not be repeating this activity in the future.

"The principal has also apologized directly to a parent who put in a complaint. I'd like to also apologize to parents and reiterate this activity was not appropriate for students, which has been discussed with the school."

Psychologist Bailey Bosch weighed in on the issue, stressing the potential serious consequences for both the child and the parent. "Children can take things very literally, it can play on their minds," Bosch said. "And let's also remember that there are adults around that could be completely triggered by some words such as 'bullets,' 'death,' etc."

While the template may have been intended as a joke, it's definitely a highly inappropriate gift to have a six-year-old make and doesn't do much to promote positive mental health.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org

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Parents have slammed a "woke" New York school after their kids were shown a "blatantly racist" video mocking white women.

Pupils were shown a video that "openly derides, humiliates and ridicules white women", as per the New York Post.

Gabriela Perez-Marques Baron - an alumna and former trustee of the school - said, according to the outlet:

"They sat there in their graduation dresses while the white mothers of the white students - many of whom volunteer, donate, call, email, and do whatever the school asks of them - were tarred and feathered in a video their teacher showed them. While their white female teachers were mocked."

Parents at Spence School in Manhattan's Upper East Side are now engaging in a letter-writing campaign urging the school to take "a step backward" from its alleged out-of-control political correctness.

The video in question was an episode from racially charged comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, pictured above, that saw her ask a guest: "What percentage of white women do you hate? And there is a right answer."

Baron wrote in her letter: "Over the last several years my husband and I have grown increasingly concerned about certain trends at Spence, including what we believe is a de-emphasis of academic rigor and a single-minded focus on race, diversity, and inclusion that is now driving the School and everything that goes on within its walls."

"Had the video derided and ridiculed Asian women, Black women, or Hispanic women, the Spence community would declare with one voice that it was blatantly racist," the mom added.

While the school has now issued a mea culpa over the video, "it's not an apology that is needed," another longtime school member said, according to the Post.

Now, parents at the school want to know what the school plans to do to tackle "wokeness" in general.

Baron said she made the decision to remove her daughter from the school because of its actions as she was "feeling very disheartened and crestfallen over the curriculum echoing this sort of culture war even before George Floyd."

"We felt it wasn't appropriate, that kind of beating up of the Western canon," the woman said.

"I wish it were just isolated at Spence,’’ she said. "We all know the 'wokeness' is so huge."

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Social media users have been left conflicted after a man decided to throw out his daughter's dinner when they got into a heated argument.

Taking his situation to Reddit's subforum, Am I The A**hole, the father wrote that he is a 44-year-old single dad to 16-year-old Audrey and 12-year-old Emily.

He shared that he has a "great relationship" with his daughters, but the eldest child "can sometimes be rude and demeaning, saying cruel things casually when she's displeased about something or in a bad mood. Emily (her little sister) looks up to her, often mimicking her behavior which obviously worries me."

The man continued to explain that he'd made a "nice Sunday dinner", but everything exploded when his teenage daughter stormed downstairs in a bad mood.

"She was being a downer whereas Emily and I were cheerful. I asked her to improve her mood please instead of ruining the dinner, she turned to me and unleashed her anger," he penned.

"To quote some of her elegant words 'Can you stop lecturing for once, you're annoying as f*** and seriously you're the one who ruins everything," the father shared.

The parent revealed that he "stood up, took her plate, and dumped it in the trashcan," and informed her that she should provide for herself since she refused to show him "basic respect".

"She said she'll make cereal and maybe I was an a**hole, I said no that's my milk and she should get a job to get her own groceries. I don't feel like I yelled at her, I felt I spoke calmly but when she realized I was being serious, she got upset and started crying and ran to her room," he stated.

He said that they "haven't talked since," and that both of his girls are angry with him, with his youngest daughter telling him that he "acted like a huge jerk," but, he doesn't see it that way.

The comment section was flooded with divided opinions, with some people criticizing him for his behavior. One person wrote: "YTA (You are the a**hole) It is pretty clear where you went wrong as well: 'I asked her to improve her mood please instead of ruining the dinner.' If someone is in a bad mood asking them to not be in a bad mood and accusing them of ruining something is probably not the right approach."

Another person said: "OP never thought to ask his daughter why she was in a bad mood. Just told her to fix it then dumped her food out when she didn’t keep sweet for him. YTA, OP."

A third user disagreed with him and shared their own experience: "My mom used to pull this c*** on me whenever I wasn’t visibly happy or excited enough to suit her. She’d call me a party pooper, even sing a little song about it, and tell me no one wanted to be around a sourpuss. It left me feeling unable to express anything less than positive emotions around people."

Meanwhile, others wrote that the dad is not wrong in his approach, with one user explaining: "All of us have not-so-perfect moments as parents, and this is one of them, but it doesn't make you TA. The few times my kids acted like this, I sent them to their room and told them to come back when they could have a mature conversation. We then have a conversation about their words."

A second user interjected: "Agreed. NTA. Missing one meal is not 'child abuse' Also she’s 16, too old to throw tantrums," while a third person remarked: "I agree. It's really not acceptable for her to speak to her dad like that. I would never have said anything like that to my dad when I was 16 (and being ungrateful for the food he cooks)."

What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.

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Over the past few days, a group of boys from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky have become a divisive topic of discussion across social media.

The teenage students caught the world's attention on Sunday when they were filmed interacting with Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder and Vietnam war veteran.

At first, all reports about the incident were critical of the boys, as video footage showed them rallying around Phillips and jeering in an aggressive manor.

Nick Sandmann, the individual seen smirking at Phillips during the altercation, drew the most flak, but later came out with a statement excusing his actions.

A video showing the hour leading up to the incident showed that the boys were initially aggravated by a separate group, and were already riled up before Phillips arrived. They have since used this to claim that they were not mocking the elder, but merely taking part in a "spirit chant".

As more evidence comes to light though, doubts are once again being cast on the students' motivation.

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In the past day or two, photographs have emerged showing Covington boys in blackface at a basketball game, and a former student of the school, Christian Bales, has come forward to say he was not surprised at what has happened.

"I was not surprised at all," said Bales, who claims he was prevented from giving a speech at his graduation because of his sexuality. "It was only a matter of time that something this school community did would blow up to this degree, and I think they need to be held accountable."

The group have also been caught on video making offensive comments to women before the confrontation with Phillips.

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The eight-second clip (which the poster explains is so short because "we walked by and were surprised to be yelled at. I took my phone out to send it to my friends back home for a laugh") shows a group of a dozen or so boys yelling aggressively at two women.

The poster went on to elaborate: "Also for those asking the full details, the interaction wasn't very complicated. We walked by, they started yelling, we asked them how old they were, they replied 'old enough', kept yelling, and we rolled our eyes and kept walking."

She also added that: "for people wondering what they yelled, all we specifically heard was 'MAGA', 'Build the Wall', and some people say they hear 'slut' at the end of the video."

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While all this has been circulating, President Donald Trump has tweeted in support of the boys.

"Looking like Nick Sandman [sic] & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false - smeared by media. Not good, but making big comeback!" he tweeted.

He later added: "Nick Sandmann and the students of Covington have become symbols of Fake News and how evil it can be. They have captivated the attention of the world, and I know they will use it for the good - maybe even to bring people together. It started off unpleasant, but can end in a dream!"

Another video going around shows a boy standing near a group of Covington students shouting, "It's not rape if you enjoy it", but it has since been confirmed that he does not attend the Kentucky institution.