One Mom's Facebook Takeover: Fair Punishment or Going Too Far?

Hooray for MOM..You Go Girl..I cannot believe some of the wretched and foul mouthed, rude, outright out of control behavior on Facebook of several really young girls! I think the lesson is this..Parents have lost their right to discipline and to correct their children and the children will grow up to become adults...is this the kind of society that we want to have? America has the RUDEST, OBNOXIOUS, SELFISH REPUTATION WORLDWIDE...and where does the blame on that lie? Our roles as parents are to raise and guide our children to become capable, dependable, mature, self-reliant adults..Not to Be their FRIENDS, BANK ACCOUNTS, DOORMATS etc....Parents need to take ownership and start taking back their RIGHT to adjust bad behavior..I believe that maybe next time this little girl might think a bit closer before she opens her mouth. Parenting roles have changed and so has discipline..so this was the most effective way to combat this head on while making Mom's point Very Visually Clear!

Go mom! She is the parent and doing what parents need to do: set limits and follow through with consequences. I'm not going to judge what she did because it's not my kid and I don't know the whole story. I will say that I have seen way too many kids not being disciplined by their parents and I applaud her for being a responsible parent!

Many parents do this kind of this. My sister does it to her 18 yr old problem son. I don't think it's going too far. Kids today are more worried about what their friends think and how they look. This got her where "it hurts."

All this woman did was to prove she is bigger and has more power. This woman is the child's mother not the child's friend. She needs to educate and guide her child. A personal letter of apology to each of the women's friends delivered face to face would have gotten the message across. As an adult she knew that her comments on facebook would spread fast. .It is clear this mother lacked in teaching this child basic manors.

I ouldn't have done that to my daughter as punishment, but It's a free country and every parent tries to do their best and we all have different codes and morals we live by. My daughter isn't on Facebook but I would just take technology away no phone, computer etc.Just a plain old grounding. In today's world a teen without technology is a nightmare to them.

Well, it's not really "public" if her Facebook profile is locked down to only the girl's friends - as it should be with any child allowed to be on Facebook. Without knowing more about what the girl did to embarrass her mother, I can't say if I think she went too far or not. Did the girl do it with belligerency? If so, then the mother was perfectly within her rights. Discipline must be memorable to have impact. However, if she was just acting childishly and inadvertently embarrassed her, then it may have been too far. She didn't call her names. She didn't beat her. She showed Ava what it feels like to be embarrassed in front of your friends. I like her creative parenting. I am betting that Ava will not soon forget it. I will also bet that Ava is much better behaved than kids with parents afraid of hurting tender feelings. Kudos to her mom.

Good for her!

For me personally knowing my kids this would be too harsh but my kids are very sensitive. This mom knows her kid and I'm sure if she thought it was too harsh she wouldn't have done it.

If more parants would stop giving into the "what will the Jones' say..." way of parenting today that I see on a daily baisis less reasons for parants to have to go to this extreme would occur. I applaude the mother for stepping up. Hoefully more parents will take charge so that we will have a more respectful generation than i see currently.

I don't think she went too far. She did nothing illegal or wrong. This is her child and we dont know the entire story.

It's her kid, nothing wrong with it. My son is 12, at that age kids don't seem to listen or care if punished. But they care when it involves their friends or social life. I bet her daughter learned from it.

I support her decision, I agree that kids these days don't have enough accountability. It's better for her to learn the lesson now then 5 years from now when it could be more severe. If they want to try and "act" older then they should be able to handle their punishment. She'll definitely think twice before she does something like that again.

Hooray for Mom! I've seen my granddaughter and her friends' FB pages. Some of the things they post are crude, revealing, and they should be humiliated at themselves. I don't think that Mom's punishment will leave this child scarred for life, and I hope the kid learns something from it. Parents today need to take drastic and/or creative measures to teach their children.

I understand, and actually don't feel she went too far. I think young people today lack respect and basic manners when it comes to their parents, grandparents, teachers, adults, etc. I see it on a daily basis and am appalled by their behavior. More parents should follow suit and be intolerant of disrespect. Sometimes a message needs to be sent. Maybe it'll even get this daughter's friends thinking twice before they disrespect their mothers.

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