Each is different. What may start as playful banter can quickly change and I've learned that over the years. Was he truly dialed in? Don't know. But as a father, it's imperative you learn these little things because it shapes their views as they become young adult women.
So my youngest is 27 and I was 21 when my eldest was born. And it is only now that I think I could do a really, really good job raising them — and then only if it was a pre-internet, pre-phone world.
But it’s pretty basic stuff to know that your teenage kids look more to their friends for affirmation and if you don’t show their friends basic human respect, you’re gonna drop even further down the list with them.
A parent bullying their kids’ friends? Really bad form to say the least.