Posted on 04/01/2018 5:09:20 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A Georgia mother gave her 13-year-old son a lesson in humility after she noticed he was belittling his classmates at school for shopping at stores like Walmart and Goodwill.
Cierra Brittany Forney, fed up with her son’s “entitled” attitude, decided to serve him a slice of humble pie by making him shop at the Goodwill store he mocked his classmates for shopping at—and posted about the experience on Facebook.
“I don’t tolerate that,” Forney wrote. “Today, he took his own ($20) to the goodwill to buy clothes to wear the entire week to school. Whatever he found is what he would have to wear. He isn’t happy and shed a few tears but I firmly believe in 15 years he will look back and laugh at the day his Mom made him shop at goodwill.”
children was partly to blame for her son’s attitude but that she is trying to curb that habit.
advertisement “I had my son when I was 15 and my husband was 17, and because we had our kids so young, we were adamant that they weren’t going to go without because of our decision. So we spoiled them,” she said.
Despite her son’s initial reluctance to embrace his mother’s wisdom, Forney says he is being a “good sport” about it and starting to let the message sink in.
“He’s getting what I’m saying,” she said. “He’s been a good sport.”
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Mr. b was retiring and didn’t have much in his closet since he had worn uniforms forever. He happened to see an estate sale where the man had died. Mr. b filled up his closet. I think the daughter gave him some of the cloths just happy someone could wear them.
I used to love antique auctions.
I agree with the parent
Every kid doesn’t get Burberry or those fancy urban sports threads
You have to keep nice things in perspective
I shop from Dollar General to Wallyworld where I’m going today to get ammo
Up to Burberry Neimans or Celine
Guess which member of the family wears that last gear....
I buy most expedient and frugal for what I need
Sams too
And Tractor Supply and CO-OP
I don’t buy much for me
One item I notice that’s gone crazy is kids tennis shoes and sweatshirt zip ups stuff
You think like I do.
>>actually the goodwill and other similar stores are usually filled with the used closed of rich people.
The “/s” at the end of a post indicates sarcasm.
>>I think she wanted him to learn that some people have to be very careful with a dollar so not to take for granted the good things that she and hubby provide for him.
So he had to wear those clothes for a week as a lesson in economics? Do you replace your clothes every week? I know I don’t even when I was a growing teen. Mom bought them large, I grew into them, and then I grew out of them. Then, they got replaced.
My GF and her brother have a booth at an antiques/knick-knack warehouse. Kind of place where they pay nominal rent and only have to be there to re-stock once or twice a week.
They do the estate sale/garage sale/thrift store thing on weekends and make between $800-1000 profit a month reselling in the booth.
One Christmas we made a rule that gifts we gave had to come from thrift stores or garage sales or be made by us. We found items and refurbished them as needed, etc. Gift-wise it was the best and most interesting Christmas. We will always remember it fondly.
And to give you an idea of the quality of clothes she preferred, she was an ex-Playboy bunny and model. None of them were cheap, by any description of appearance or price.
Humility is knowing one is not God.
YEARS ago in San Diego, I used to hit the Goodwill stores for old books, and got some interesting reading (US Army experience in 1900s Philippines).
My youngest was about that age and as we walked back to the car, he made some disparaging remarks about the people he saw there. I told him we were down there on a lark and could always go back to a nice home - these people were STUCK there and had little choice. It seemed to sink in as he never again mocked those who were less fortunate than us.
Good parenting, Oatka!
I just dropped off my entire work wardrobe (including leather handbags) at my local Catholic Church. It sort of pained me to do it, saying goodbye to those gorgeous clothes, but I comforted myself to think that some poor lady would get a job dressed up in my old duds. I had no need of them and it was nice to pass them on. Happy Easter!
I'm 70 years old and I still mend my own clothes, do my own laundry, fix my own meals and clean the house.
I am married for 43 years in no small part because I didn't assume my wife would do all these chores for me like my "housekeeper".
I had friends in college and the military that didn't know which end of the broom you swept with or how to cook a simple meal or even know what to do at the laundromat.
Dependent mama's boys, all of them.
I love goodwill...some of my favorite things have come from them and other such places.
Where did I say the lesson was in economics? It was a lesson in gratitude. That what he had was not because he was better than others. That clothes do not make the man.
Personally as a child I never truly knew that sleeves did not have to be rolled up except for Easter dresses. My mom sewed but still I wore plenty of hand-me-downs.
>>It was a lesson in gratitude.
He had to wear the clothes for a week. What do you think happened at the end of the week? This Virtue Signaling Mom accomplished nothing except to promote herself.
And as many have pointed out, Goodwill clothes are not beggars rags.
I don’t think she thought he would be wearing beggar rags. These days those are high fashion and vedddy expensive. I admire her intent and don’t look at it as virtue signaling.
I used to tell mine I have X dollars for your clothes. If you want to buy one fancy labeled, advertising for free shirt, that’s fine, but that is all you will get. They soon learned it made more sense to use the money to buy several shirts. For years they thought our family motto was “We don’t pay full retail.”.
When my daughter was a baby I went to a yard sale being held by a retired interior designer. She had fabric books of beautiful 100 percent cotton (light suitable for clothing) for less than $5.00 I bought several. I took them to my mom who was an excellent seamstress. She made my daughter several outfits from the fabric.
The mom wants credit for a punishment that is only a week long and not a punishment at all.
She wants to both eat and have her cake. Her son is a snob because she wants him to be a snob
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