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Kid Forced To Stand In Public Square For Bad Grades
The amusingly named General parents (Don and Tanyeil) couldn’t get their son Trenton to pay better attention to his schoolwork. So they tried something different.
“His parents were about to take the cell phone away
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI don’t think CPS should be involved. These are involved and concerned parents. I might do it there way .. but that’s not my son .. and I haven’t been in their particular set of shoes! They are trying to get a point across to this kid before it is too late! We should applaud them for taking an interest in this kid’s education when so many parents don’t care one way or another!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amSo what was CPS aka Child PROTECTIVE Services hoping to protect the child from through their visit? Being embarrassed? Good luck with that, lol.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI agree, no CPS needed. People are calling the police and CPS for everything these days. No parent is safe from having their children taken away.
Society is becoming over protective.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWhy on earth would you call CPS? He chose the punishment! He got to pick between two reasonable punishments. I remember as a kid, I would be given the choice of having my books taken away for a week or a spanking. I almost always chose the spanking because I hated having my books taken away.
elohveeee12 commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amwasnt there something else like this, the two brothers who attempted (?) to shop lift from a dollar store or something. and their parents maade them stand on the busiest street in town, both wearing signs that told the world what they had done, how it was worng, and how they wouldnt do it again.
if i remember correctly, not one person (even cps, or dcf, or whatever else they are called) saw anything wrong with it.
and Bekka makes an excellent point, he chose it. he apparently thought publicly humiliating himself for two hours would be better than losing his phone… if his grades were so horrible, and i was his parent, i would have done both.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amCPS should leave them alone. The parents did the right thing — maybe a bit extreme but its their child and their decision.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amLet’s be clear here – the kid was given a CHOICE between a perfectly reasonable punishment – having his cell phone taken away for two weeks – or choosing to embarrass himself for two hours. If he was given a choice between a beating and standing on the street, it would be unacceptable. If he was given no choice, it would likely be unacceptable. But this is a fully conscious choice made by a teenager who messed up academically and chose (one more time, folks, CHOSE) embarrassment over the horror of losing a cell phone (a luxury provided by mom and dad). A stupid choice? Probably. But I know CPS wouldn’t be involved if he’d chosen the cell phone.
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