Mother Makes Naughty Teen Stand On Street Corner Holding Sign

[matcom]

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EDMOND, Okla. -- An Oklahoma mother is being praised and condemned for making her 14-year-old daughter stand on an Oklahoma City street corner as punishment for acting up in school.

Tasha Henderson says she was tired of daughter Coretha's bad grades, chronic tardiness and talking back to teachers. Earlier this month, she made the high school freshman hold a sign that read, in part: "I don't do my homework and I act up in school -- will work for food."

She said that in the week and a half since the punishment, she's seen a marked improvement in Coretha's behavior.

One outraged woman, in a letter to The Oklahoman newspaper, wrote Henderson was killing her daughter "psychologically."

Defenders disagree. One man said "at least she wants to help her kid."

While Henderson stood next to her daughter at the intersection, a passing motorist called police to report psychological abuse. No ticket was issued. But the police report is now in the hands of the state Department of Human Services.

http://www.wftv.com/family/5346279/detail.html

[Left Is Write]

1. I'm against the use of humiliation as punishment.

[China_cat]

4. Wouldn't it be just as humiliating to have to

admit that you're the child's mother while you stand there with her?

[Heidi]

2. I was good enough at humiliating myself

with stupid behavior, that adults didn't feel compelled to step in and assist. :shrugs:

[Shell Beau]

3. I don't know!

Seems humiliating, but what if it works? :shrug: Not the form of punishment I would use, but I'm not going to criticize her for what she did. I don't know the child or her behavior.

[realisticphish]

5. meh

stupid and ineffective? yes. psychological torture? i dunno, that may be pushing it a little. :shrug:

[qnr]

6. I'd think the torture would be facing your HS schoolmates for the next

few weeks.

[realisticphish]

7. lol

that's most definately true