[Marc]

She may be young, but surely it will stop her from doing it in the future?

He's doing it for all the good reasons, can't blame him for wanting to bring his kid up with the right beliefs and to discipline them the way he see's fit. She's his child, he's responsible for making sure she doesn't grow up to be one of those we dislike to much in society nowadays, if he never intervened and just let her to continue committing crimes you'd all probably blame the parents first anyway.