Posted on 04/19/2007 10:20:22 PM PDT by george76
A father says he wasn't trying to shame his 14-year-old son when he made the boy wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs."
"I'm not out here doing this to humiliate my son," the father told WATE-TV as the teenager walked up and down the sidewalk Wednesday in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School.
"I'm doing this because I love him," he said. "We do have an extreme drug problem in America, and maybe it's time for extreme measures that parents need to take to monitor this problem that we have."
The man wasn't identified by the station to protect the confidentiality of the son, but he appeared on camera. The son's face was not shown.
The father said he recently learned after reading the boy's MySpace page that his son was involved with marijuana and OxyContin. That's when he decided to act, and the boy agreed to the punishment.
After a short time, the school's principal soon came out and asked the father to call it off, which he did.
By then the boy said he'd learned his lesson. "This is embarrassing. I ain't going to be doing it again," the boy said. "Drugs are for losers. That's all I can say."
Those were the words his dad hoped to hear.
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=6390423&nav=menu7_2_1
Man. I thought that my dad was being harsh when he took my stash and grounded me for a week.
Tough Love
Sounds like an ace of a dad. Top shelf.
Yes! I believe he does.
95 percent is amazing.
By then the boy said he’d learned his lesson. “This is embarrassing. I ain’t going to be doing it again,” the boy said. “Drugs are for losers. That’s all I can say.”
***Sounds like it had its intended effect. Love must be tough.
It can work.
Nice to see.
Did it work ?
Norm MacDonald:
“My dad caught me smoking a cigarette. He took me to my room and made me smoke a huge cigar all the way down. That’s when I started smoking cigars heavily.”
“Then he caught me smoking a big old joint. He took me to my room . . . and injected me with heroin.”
Until college.
“Until college.”
I’m sorry to hear that.
I’ll pray for you.
Thank you, but I'm just fine.
You’re very welcome.
Shame is a marvelous teacher.
Shame is a healthy emotion, when felt for the right reason - and there is no one who never had a right reason. Shamelessness - that’s unhealthy.
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