Props to the mother. Good on her.

this mama needs an award, good for her!

He didn’t need to carry that sign, in order to send out that message…

That’s not worth a laugh. That’s worth applauding the mom and smacking the kid.

Ya know what? Worse could happen, and the mom is getting some fresh air too. Quality dame!!!

The captions are awful. They’re the equivalent of canned laughter on sitcoms. Whoever added the is an idiot, they almost ruin the pictures.

If it keeps the kid out of trouble in the future it’s only a small price to pay. Props to the mother

Good on the mother. Kid got pwned.

I’m not convinced this is a good method. I just don’t know to be honest, but I’d say that someone that steals doesn’t value property and perhaps doesn’t value other people. So an example where he himself is totally devalued in public might seem to further reinforce the problem. And further humiliation by mentioning his dad in prision. I can see this backfiring big time!

I saw something else like this on the news. A kid was smoking pot, and his mom made him stand out by the freeway with a sign that said ‘I love smoking pot and getting caught with it’. I have to wonder if stuff like this actually works. At any rate, its pretty well deserved.

I would smack my mom if she made me do this. I’ve never smacked my mom though, don’t judge me. I’m just saying….

this is the epitome of good parenting.

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Jeff, obviously you have no kids. She did exactly right and kudos to her for teaching the brat a lesson.

whereas i get the point she was TRYING to make here, i have to strongly disagree with the execution of it. Re-enforcing poor self image is never good parenting…even when it is meant as a (positive?) learning tool. not to mention the stereotypes these two images perpetuate.

This poor child! It;s not his fault he steals, ITS SOCIETY’S FAULT. He’s just a victim.

He should be given disability benefits as he obviously suffering from ADD, ADHD, PTSD, ODD, ASS and other problems.

(that would sure soothe my self-loathing guilt)

Power to the mother.
The sad thing is that if she tried that here in the Uk, she would be the one hauled before a judge for breaching her son’s human rights.

This is not a bad thing. If this kid really did steal and if his dad really is in prison, that mothers options are pretty limited. I had a friend who’s tween daughter was flunking math not because she couldn’t do it but because she couldn’t be bothered. My advise to him and his wife? Well, they had to be willing to follow through on the threat just in case but… tell their daughter that if she flunks one more quarter, they will start sitting in on her class, next to her, and she has to explain to the class why her mommy or daddy is there. My friend is like ‘the school would never allow that!’. Ha! You are the parent, you have rights, you would be allowed as long as you made it clear you wouldn’t talk. Well, they made the threat to the daughter and made sure she realized they were serious. And she raised her grade to a ‘C’. Not the same as above but similar psychology. This woman has every right to humiliate her kid if it keeps him out of jail or from doing something stupid that could end up with him dead. Priorities, people.

To Jeff and his “it’s the parents fault” thing.

Parents of American teenagers and even young adults have been doing what you say to do, the whole, “staying close, watching more, being more involved in their childrens lives” to get their kids out of trouble, and yet, crime rate is up?

So kudos for the mom for not doing it the same way everyone else is doing it, maybe her son stopped stealing like daddy afterwards!

you know what??
you are all a bunch of dumb fuckin cocksuckers!
fuck you all.

this is not even funny.

I completely agree that this is totally unfair to the child. I mean all he did was violate property rights why should we inflict emotional harm. Its definitely a better idea to just beat him senseless.. oh wait they lock you up for hitting your kids now.

Seriously, a SINGLE mother is stressed for time and although Im sure levels of neglect beyond what many of the kids from the burbs experience are present in this situation the fact that she took the time to do this compared to just ignoring it aka the easy way out is admirable. That means she is interested and involved in her sons future.

Does being punished make people believe they have the right to punish? No, so why would being humiliated make this child think he should do the same under different circumstances. Generally when something bad happens to me I learn that I should avoid doing it to others. But that is the whole problem, some people never learn the lesson that causing others pain is wrong and should be avoided if at all possible.

Traditional punishment techniques for children have short term consequence and effect them little in terms of HOW they make decisions. The avoidance of negative stimulus aka punishment is the most effective way to prevent a specific behavior while positive reinforcement is the best way to reward good behavior. These techniques must be used in conjunction to achieve desirable behavior.

People are lazy, so we take the course of least resistance in all situations on a grander scale. Some people aren’t able to look at that big picture so they resort to crime to solve short term problems. Most of us realize that criminal activity will result in negative stimulus that outweighs the benefit of the immediate gratification offered by crime. So we get jobs save money etc to achieve our goals. This is because of the punishment /reward system of behavior modification. What about humiliation is unacceptable, that is indeed what physical discipline imparts. Humiliated by being overpowered and outranked is not better than shame induced by admitting your mistakes. Obviously the child did not fear the stimulus in the past that was intended to curb that kind of behavior, so a different approach was needed. If one of you out there knows the secret punishment reward system that always works for every person in every situation you should contact some sociologist so that it can be implemented in our penal system which has the highest rate of recidivism in the world.

mark, jeff, riot, et al., don’t seem to realizee the god awful pressures of single mom parenting in the inner city. it’s bad enough trying to raise a child to be right and do right in a prosperous situation. even there, school/neighborhood/buddies are fighting your for his allegiance. have any of you critics thought that she might have resorted to this after other methods fail? shame may not be a nicey nice middle-class WASP method of child raising but it sure as blue blazes is an effective one. ask any Japanese mother, for example my late much missed MIL. or from what I hear, any Jewish mother.

great jo mom

Touched a nerve, huh?

Good for him. He will have a red face now, but a better future later…

I certainly understand the reaction of some posters here… of shock! But, this is only due to the fact that most likely - you have never needed to parent so strongly and do not understand wht it is like, to need to do so!

This is hilarious and serious parenting all rolled into one:-)

A real mother in the house! You go girl…

Write On!

This Mom Rocks!

I agree with tough love, but humiliating a child is not good parenting. How about making the kid to work at quarter wages to repay that which he has stolen? That would instill not only a value of property but also help foster a growing work ethic, two things children need to succeed as adults.

For those of you who applaud this mother, whether you have children or not, you have either not lived the life of humiliation and degradation, or you have and have yet to realise the damage it’s done to you. Humiliation and emotional trauma are not reliable means of discipline. They teach nothing above consequence, if they teach that. Most children who grow up in an environment of emotional abuse, which humiliation is, will not transcend its effects. Rather than learning not to repeat offenses, they simply learn how to repeat them more efficiently.

Take it from me, one who grew up in an environment of degradation, humiliation and abuse. I learned how not to get caught, and that lesson was all I learned. Accountability, responsibility, respect and consequence were all things I learned on my own much later. Sadly, I’m one of the few who actually care enough to bother; the rest simply perpetuate the cycle.

lol black people and their signs

I wish more mothers were like this!

the pics arent funny, but I’m giving a thumbs-up for the comments. I agree with the guy that said the subtitles are retarded. Also, this thread may have set a web record for most posts without anyone yelling ’shopped’

You know, Those people who think this is unfair probably dont have children or have children who will grow up to be serial killers. Humiliation? Thats the least that kid could pay, In some countries he would have his hand chopped off, perhaps that would solve the theft problem in America if we started chopping hands off. But instead we send men to prisons feed them 3 square meals a day give them the option to buy a tv and watch it, What the hell kind of detterrent is that? This woman is saving her son God bless her for that!

I think that all of you that are ranting about this being bad parenting need to take a look at the real world. If this kid had been 18, and had stolen, say, a car, not only his image but his name would have been all over the news. It would have then been on the Internet forever, branding him for all time as a thief (and for those that disagree, tell me that as an employer you would hire someone who is a convicted thief if you didn’t either have to or know him and his situation personally).
This woman made her child understand that actions have consequences; ones that may not be pleasant and that may affect the rest of your life. She did not, however, identify him by name. His peers and neighbors knew who he was, and that was enough.
Every time you tell a child “No,” you are creating a resentment against you. Is that always emotional child abuse? Of course not! You are teaching the child that there are things they can’t do because society doesn’t allow them. If you simply let a child do whatever they want, you have failed as a parent. You have ceased to teach, and are simply an enabler. Sometimes, the lesson has to be harsh for the kid to understand it. Maybe this woman just didn’t want her kid going to jail (or juvi) and instead chose a different method. I imagine it was effective. Was he mad at his mom? Probably. But that is not and should not be the criteria for emotional abuse. He was not randomly humiliated for no reason; he was made to do something humiliating in response to his own actions. If she had, with no cause (actually, for any reason), made him stand on the street with a sign reading “I am a loser,” then you would have a case. As it is, you fail to understand the difference between punishment and abuse.

Absolutely awesome. Whoever says this mom doesn’t know best is a moron.

I applaud this woman — well done Mom !!