This father's way of combating his daughter’s apparel choices he deems inappropriate; effective, silly, good, your thoughts details inside?

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Was there another as effective way for this father to handle what he thought was an inappropriate wardrobe choice of his daughter? What else could this father had done to bring his teen daughter in line with family dress standards? This article proves that:

A. Some females love to dress briefly for comfort, attention, both, or something else.
B. That in spite what some Flutheronians believe (based off their passed comments) a female who happen to be a minor can obtain and wear apparel their parents think is too sexy. Especially if they purchased such items with money they earned by babysitting, dog walking, some other part-time job.
C. Parent have few or little means to stop the behavior short of trying to confiscate the offending apparel.

Was his illustrating to her how he felt she looked, even if it embarrassed her, the best or most effective way he could have used? Arguing IMO would have produced little.