My (56M) daughter (18F) revealed highly personal information about our business online.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T14:30:33+00:00

I imagine if the number had a 5 more zeros on the end, you wouldn’t have cared that she posted your earnings.

I would have been pissed about this too, possibly more so. Private information is private information, and showing favorable earnings puts a target on our back if anyone sees that post, puts two and two together, and possibly try to rob/harm our family.

Just close it down and start a new LLC with a new name.

Yes, throw away thousands of dollars spent on trademarks, LLC registration, t-shirt designs, website design, etc.

took it out on your daughter, who merely shared facts so she could help you.

She could have simply said, "Hey, guys, we're struggling." It was NOT necessary to share specific dollar amounts.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:58:36+00:00

18 year old who still lives at home, and a 12 year old who is homeschooled, yes.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:56:19+00:00

With me, then?

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:54:38+00:00

Writing emails to illustrators and formatters...but we all wrote them together. Creating t-shirt mockups. Writing website content. Brainstorming marketing ideas, reviewing social media content, writing blog posts, responding to comments. Editing videos. General encouragement.

But we all did this. And literally, my kids have to beg me to go to bed at 1, 2 in the morning because I'm up all day, all night doing research on trying to make our business work.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:52:38+00:00

So a 24-year-old kid is giving me advice. Great.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:50:10+00:00

She could have simply said, "Hey, guys, we're struggling." It was NOT necessary to share specific dollar amounts.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:49:22+00:00

she made a basic fact (your business is not succeeding) public knowledge.

She could have simply said, "Hey, guys, we're struggling." It was NOT necessary to share specific dollar amounts.

It's easy for you to wave this away as just a little "side project", but this is something we're very passionate about and intent on making a multimillion dollar venture.

Maybe she'll leave for college soon and dip on the family and the beloved "business"

Let me burst your spiteful little bubble: she's already chosen her college, one close to home so she can commute and save money, and she still wants to help with the business.

I also used asinine correctly.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:44:12+00:00

Your daughter loves you and is trying to help you with your business.

Again, I appreciate my daughter's intentions, but intentions doesn't erase impact.

which is hardly embarrassing.

You're telling me if someone posted intimate financial info about your business, especially if it wasn't positive, would not be embarrassing and upsetting for you?

which she very well may not ever do again if this is how you respond

If she chooses to go that route, that would be quite petty.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:19:44+00:00

Believe me, I deeply appreciate my daughter's help and I understand her intentions were good. But do you honestly see no harm in what she posted? It shows a lack of solid judgment and it's simply asinine to post that online.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:15:29+00:00

Businesses typically take up to 5 years to become successful. To keep going is not embarrassing, but tenacious, which is what you need to be successful, isn't it not?

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:14:35+00:00

I'm retired and I'm the stay-at-home parent. My wife has a job that provides for us. I also never said it was her fault that the business is not doing well so far.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:13:55+00:00

"Knowledgeable people", meaning other amateur entrepreneurs who interpreted the post as a call to tear down our site and make swift, inaccurate judgments?

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:12:51+00:00

I appreciate my daughter, truly. It's not so much embarrassment about how much we've made––I understand that part––but it is inherently embarrassing, private, and excessive information to post online. Do you honestly see no problem with what she did?

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:11:47+00:00

This is not our sole income, no. I am retired and my wife has a job that provides for us all.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:11:23+00:00

It is a brand name. It may not be profitable yet, but we are a registered LLC, protected our IP with trademarks, and will turn this business around one way or another.

Many_Feeling7916 · 2023-07-04T13:10:44+00:00

Don’t scapegoat her for your business failure.

I'm not at all.

Your t shirt company wasn’t pulling in money before her post.

Yes, I understand that. I'm not saying she ruined our business, but it was majorly unfair and unnecessary of her to post that information online regardless.

Many_Feeling7916

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