Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24252521-20171123044845/@comment-27320292-20180405224736

Philosophernoct wrote: I never really thought that Piper's dad abandoned her. I mean, he is busy because of his job but other times, he and Piper goes picnics, her dad tells her stories, when Piper is sleeping, her dad is with her and singing songs or tells her to their Cherokee family life stories, so, apparently her dad loves Piper. In that kind of case, stealing cars because of I want attention from my dad kind of mentality is selfish. And as I said before, her dad nearly went to the jail because of her actions. Or, he went jail, I don't remember very well. All teenage girls and boys have family issues, really. I do understand that. But in Piper's case, her actions and thoughts are extreme. And she never felt guilt about it, when her actions caused terrible things. I'd beg to differ on his abandonment. All of the spending time with Piper was PRE-actor job. After his career took off he just sent Piper off to school and was like... I'mma avoid you so I can protect you from my celebrity life?? He even ADMITS it when they save him that he was avoiding her! He wasn't just busy. And NO HE DID NOT GO TO JAIL. The dealership did not press charges.

I'm not so blinded by love for Piper that I can't say her actions like stealing the car were mature or justified, but I can also see where she's coming from. Her dad thinks he can fix Piper's behavior by throwing material stuff at it, like saying he'll buy her a car when she's of age. That was a complete miss of seeing the problem.

By not addressing or even recognizing the problem, he is enabling her. He's not disciplining her properly for it or taking time out of his day to properly hash out why she's acting like the way she is. And guess what? Piper's getting results acting like this! So of course she would keep doing it!

I understand the secretary played a part in keeping them away from each other, but WHY does everyone think her dad was "just busy with job" when he OUTRIGHT admitted he was avoiding her? Yes, he was there for her at one point in her life, but when his acting career took off, so did his good dad skills too I guess! His first job is as a DAD, not an actor.