A 15-year-old girl named
Madelynn has choosen to let her dad take control of her social media as
punishment when caught helping sneak boys into a sleepover party.
Tawnya Ford and Larry
Sumpter let their daughter decided her own fate: one month without a phone or a
reduced sentence of two weeks without a phone – but her parents would be given
the freedom of her social media.
Picking the latter,
the high school student from Texas has seen her dad post selfies on Instagram
with the caption ‘felt cute, might delete later’ and dance on TikTok wearing a
crop top and jean shorts – leaving her begging to change her choice.
But it’s not all bad
news for Madelynn, who has seen her social media accounts surge in popularity
with fans desperate to keep up with Larry’s antics.
Mum Tawnya told Today
: “After the first day, Madelynn was like ‘I changed my mind, I choose the
one month’ ,”Larry told her, ‘No, I’m too invested. I have too many ideas.
We’re sticking with the two weeks’.
“He’s loving it.
I think he’s gonna make his own TikTok account when this over.”
The dad has even
become popular with his daughter’s classmates, who regularly check for his
Snapchat updates.
As the punishment for
the sleepover began, the 43-year-old posted a photo of his daughter studying in
her bedroom with the caption: “This is Maddi. Maddi got herself grounded.
“She had a choice
of no phone for a month or no phone for 2 weeks and we have FULL control of her
social media.
“She chose 2
weeks. So be on the look out for some amazing instagram posts, snap chats and
Tiktoks from her parents!!”
Since then her
accounts have been flooded with photos of her dad dressed in her clothes,
singing in his car and recording a video to give tips on how to run.
He’s won a legion of
fans on social media, with other parents vowing to use the same punishment on
their own kids.
Larry has been posting
on Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat