\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Someone needs ro b*tch-slap that psychologist and cold-rooster that neighbor: http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/222619/13/Batavia-Mother-Punishes-Son-With-Sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) And cold rooster the parent. That's not parenting. That's publicly shaming your 8 year old. Should she tattoo an A on her slutty 16 year old too? Parental discipline is between a kid and his parent. No need to make me be the source of your kid's shame. That's psychotic and lazy, with no positive outcome. How about making him work off his stealing? Have him do charity. Tell him how betrayed she felt? But wearing a sign on the street? Yeah, that's not going to leave a psychological scar. What a nut job. Edited August 11, 2013 by John Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Sad. Soon parents won't be able to do anything to set their children straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 "Parental bullying?" That's a seriously worrisome phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 That "neighbor" is a complete idiot. He seriously called CPS? Wouldn't surprise me if he was also reviled in the neighborhood for being a jackass. The psychologist isn't far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Just hit your damn kid. It's really not that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The psych doc is faculty at Buff State, in case you want to call or email her... http://faculty.buffa...te.edu/schuetp/ The mother is on probation for shoplifting.... http://www.wgrz.com/...dyssey=obinsite And the neighbor is a commie who works at Applebees according to his Facebook page... https://www.facebook...rnold.wagner.16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The mother is on probation for shoplifting and she is @ wits end on how to handle her thief of a child... Priceless. Just priceless! Getting caught for shoplifting, how many times did she NOT get caught w/little Junior in tow? But... God forbid anybody steal from her! She should make a run for Congress! Sounds like we have a winner parent here... Maybe she should move to Arizona w/the other winner parents. @ least the child isn't bedwetting... She'd probably hang the sheets out so the whole neighborhood could see... "Howell and a former associate were charged with petit larceny and conspiracy when they were caught stealing from a Walmart store in Batavia. Howell was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child for hiding some of the stolen items in her baby's stroller." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I actually agree with EII to an extent here... what !@#$ing universe is this? John Adams: Why in the world to you take such a huge issue with shame based punishment? It isn't cruel at all. In fact, it's incredibly effective: people tend to be better when the whole world knows what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfatbillsfan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The psych doc is faculty at Buff State, in case you want to call or email her... http://faculty.buffa...te.edu/schuetp/ The mother is on probation for shoplifting.... http://www.wgrz.com/...dyssey=obinsite And the neighbor is a commie who works at Applebees according to his Facebook page... https://www.facebook...rnold.wagner.16 Wow, you really put some work into this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Just hit your damn kid. It's really not that hard. It is for me. We specifically decided we would spank our kids, and it turned out to be one of the stupidest uninformed choices I've made as a parent. Yes, I'm sure we all remember the good old days when you'd make a child go pick his switch, etc. But for us, my son and I felt so unbelievably crappy afterwards that I just made a decision to find another way. You look for things you can take away -- games, TV, etc. -- and soon you find yourself sounding like Hans Gruber, telling your son that "Sooner or later I'll find something you DO care about." But in the end, only two things finally worked for us: talking to him straight and honestly about what we expect from him as a member of the family, and taking away his weekly Thursday night Hooker Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 so, the mother is a shoplifter and the whiney, candy-*ssed neighbor is a died-in-the-wool commie? this adds a bit of color to the story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Miner Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 We hold a weekly vote as to which kids we're keeping. Kids get a 1/2 vote each. Behave or I'm voting your ass off my island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 so, the mother is a shoplifter and the whiney, candy-*ssed neighbor is a died-in-the-wool commie? this adds a bit of color to the story.... Why bring race into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I actually agree with EII to an extent here... what !@#$ing universe is this? John Adams: Why in the world to you take such a huge issue with shame based punishment? It isn't cruel at all. In fact, it's incredibly effective: people tend to be better when the whole world knows what they are. Reread my post. I, in fact, think that tapping into the child's guilt/shame is the way to go. Putting an 8 year old child in the stockade and hoping the public throws rotten fruit at him is not. Public humilation for an 8 year old while the mom sits out on the lawn and supervises the shaming is just hurtful and vindictive, with little good outcome besides leaving a painful scar. As LA said below (and if I agree with LA, it's time to consider that we might be right), the mom needs to talk to the kid, explain how it hurts the mom and disappoints her. The punishment can be loss of freedoms, or something more proacticve like working it off in community service Bottom line: The mom should be a parent and deal with her child. "Parental bullying" is some serious BS phrase but this punishment for a little kid sounds a lot more like whatever BS that phrase is meant for than actual parenting. "I have an idea for how I'm going to humiliate my 8 year old" is a lot different than "How can I best help my 8 year old?" She can do whatever stupid crap she wants and this punishment was no crime. It's just piss-poor parenting. No surprise that the mom is some sort of nightmare herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Wow, you really put some work into this case. Actually only took less than five minutes. The shoplifter story was linked from the original story and the other two were simple Google searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Why bring race into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Maybe the mom should have to stand outside the store where she shoplfited, wearing a sign... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Maybe the mom should have to stand outside the store where she shoplfited, wearing a sign... or maybe the kid should have been wearing a sign that said 'like mother like son'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 or maybe the kid should have been wearing a sign that said 'like mother like son'. Or a t-shirt that said "Someone didn't get free birth control and all I got was this lousy mother." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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