There have been a handful of stories around the country in recent years of parents reaching their wit’s end with kids, forgoing the groundings and timeouts and yanked video game privileges, and subjecting them to public embarrassment as punishment for their transgressions.
Northeast Ohio has its own entry into that unique brand of parenting now.
Meet Trezahn Blaha, a 12-year-old from Elyria with some past discipline problems (arrested, suspended) who stole a phone and some other shiny items from the mall. (Click on over to the Chronicle-Telegram link below to see the pictures.)
His uncle suggested the public-shaming route to his mother. She thought it was a good idea. So they made him this sign: “I like to steal and I have no respect for my mother or authority.” Harsh, moms.
They set Blaha up in town and he soon became the snapshot target of passers-by. Ouch.
The Chronicle-Telegram hooked up with the uncle and the mom for some quotes, which were pure gold.
“I think if more parents stood in line and disciplined their children with either embarrassment or either a good old fashioned a — whooping, this community would be a better, and safer place and the jails wouldn’t be so packed,” said Ricardo Pamplin.
Yeah, more ass-whooping.
His mom, Deondra, was blunt in why Blaha is on the streets with a cardboard sign.
“He’s a klepto,” she told the paper. “I hope he’s learning from it.”
This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2012.
HA!
Well played.
Mom needs to join her offspring with a sign that reads “I was absent”.
drunks and drugs. ever since lawers, politicians, and kiss ass shrinks and the dr spocks in the world convinced the world they raise kids best kids have become the tail wagging the dog.
parents need to do what it takes to train their kids to be good citizens. kicking their butts once in a while seems like a better alternative that quiting on these kids and then sending their out of controlled selves to jail. these kids grow up to be irreponsible adults looking to blame everyone else for their down fall.
goverment thinks they can raise your kids better than you can? give them to the government. they dont do very well with many of their solders. who in the hell makes these laws and doesn’t give citizens a chance to voice or vote. ka sick is a great typical example of this.
HE AIN’T MY DADDY AND HIS JOB SHOULD BE TO UPHOLD THE LAW NOT CREATE IT BASED ON HIS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND WORLDLINESS.
WOW! A parent who actually punished a child for doing wrong, instead of defending the child’s bad behavior…a revolutionary idea in America today…more should try it!
Anyone else get a trojan horse virus notification when they tried to click on the link?