Posted on 03/06/2018 9:11:58 AM PST by BBell
A video of a Virginia father's unorthodox punishment for his bullying son has gone viral.
Bryan Thornhill shared a Facebook Live video on March 1 showing his 10-year-old son running to school in the rain as punishment after he was kicked off his school bus for three days for bullying another student.
In the video, Thornhill says that he "does not tolerate" and "cannot stand" bullying, and refers to the unusual punishment as "old school, simple parenting." The father of two also claims that since his son has been running the mile trek to school every day, his attitude has vastly improved.
"Ironically, since he's been running to school this week, his behavior's been much better. Teachers have approved of his behavior this week," Thornhill said. He hasn't gotten in trouble this week, where last week, he was just absolutely out of his mind."
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This is called behavior modification. I walked to school or rode my bike in light rain a hundred times in third grade. That kid will be glad to behave on the bus next week.
Bs. It’s not abuse. You’re the typical Dr. Spock type that raises out of control brats that shoot up high schools.
You're joking right ... if not ... you're on the wrong web site. I ran to school 3 miles EACH way RAIN or shine at that age ... on my own. In high school that 3 miles run in the morning was to get to swim practice which was 1-2 miles in the morning and 3 miles in the evening followed with an UP HILL 3 mile run home. So please spare me about this poor little snowflake
My kid is constantly Ccused of bullying
He’s not
I bully the stupid fat hags back
Bullrying is waAAAy overblown
Most is typical male hierarchy jujitsu
They won’t let boys be boys
They need to be boys not eunuchs
My Dad helped me clean my room. He stood there & told me to:
“Make your bed”
“Empty your wastebasket”
“Pick up your clothes & put them away”
“And when you’re done, sweep out the garage, then mow the lawn, rake the leaves, empty the other wastebaskets & take the trash cans to the curb.”
“If you’ve been using my Shopsmith, sweep the basement floor, too.
I was so spoiled.
;^)
Our almost 11 year old grandson has ADHD, ODD, etc. Just name a D and he has it. I bought him a pair of nice running shoes and told him....instead of getting mad and running your mouth and then get in trouble for it, put on your shoes and run it off. He has to be reminded about it but boy has it helped. lol
>>I don’t know about that, but growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, I only knew of 2 boys that would qualify for today’s ADHD diagnoses.<<
I was called “hyperactive.” It ended up being the single greatest contributor to my success.
Yes, and those scars do not go away. I know.
Reno89519, like another poster opined, I think you are a little oversensitive to this. I can understand how it might be difficult for certain people to step back and look at it dispassionately, I think you should try.
I think this is great parenting. He is demonstrating that actions have consequences. If there were more people who did this, we might not have as many ill-behaved snowflakes as we apparently do.
I agree - on both counts.
Dad will rue the day he made this public.
Yeah yeah yeah, kid dindu nuffin bad, we get ya.
Excellent point!
You know, I have seen recent articles about male hierarchy jujitsu and how the interruption of that might lead to these wacked out kids.
I wasn't bullying kids, even though I was bigger than some, I was just geeky and uncoordinated and wore the "bully magnet" glasses (in the military, we called them "BCD Glasses" or "Birth Control Device Glasses", so I got bullied quite a bit.
This reminded me of the movie "American Sniper" where the father says to his son (Chris Kyle) as he lays his leather belt on the table:
"...Now we’re not raising any sheep in this family and I will whoop your ass if you turn into a wolf..."
This guy understands his parenting responsibilities. The kid will turn out okay, and as an adult, will thank his father.
In most cultures and throughout history 10 year olds worked full time at hard labor to help feed their families.
Telling a kid he has to run to school is not abuse it is discipline. Kids today are not disciplined. It not only teaches the kid right from wrong, it builds him up physically and morally.
When I was 11 my coach used to punish us for minor infractions, like being 1 minute late to gym class or practice by making us run laps. I suppose he should have been arrested.
And you, as usual, are dead wrong on this issue.
I walked almost a mile to and then from high school. A couple of times, I took off walking in inclement weather, and my dad picked me up halfway there as he took my brothers to school. (wimps! - lol!)
I am genuinely asking, what about this was abusive? I have scars, too, physical, emotional, and otherwise. Stupid things from time to time remind me of the dark days.
I do not consider what this guy did as abusive. I’m wondering what you think was.
He doesn’t understand his parenting responsibilities well enough not to film his kid’s punishment, upload it to Internet, and ask everyone to have a laugh about it as he gloats about what a skilled parent he is. This dad is a jerk.
Why should he? He wasn’t the one doing the bullying. Jr got a life’s lesson from dad rather than the end of a fist.
I disagree with putting it on the Internet, but on the balance, he comes out ahead.
Without it, we don’t have this discussion. We can disagree on this part.
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