Florida mother sends badly bruised child to school wearing T-shirt proclaiming ‘good woopin’

http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | 02/24/2015 | By Elahe Izadi

[redreno]

The child arrived at a Florida school Friday with bruises all over. But it was the T-shirt the child was wearing that gave it away.

“I currently have all F’s in all of my classes. I am not aloud to have a boyfriend no time soon,” the shirt read. “So back off before I get another good woopin like I got last night.”

That attempt at public shaming led to the arrest Friday of Melany Joyce Alexander, 31, who was charged with child abuse. She posted a $2,500 bond a day later.

“She beat the child with a belt, and the belt had some sort of metal on it,” said Hernando County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Denise Moloney.

[freedumb2003]

aloud?

My mom used to hit me with the belt but she was grammatically correct when doing so

(do we all remember FIRSTNAME whack MIDDLENAME whack LASTNAME whack ONE whack SYLLABLE whack AT whack A whack TIME whack DESCRIBING whack THE whack OFFENSE!!!! whack whack whack!)

Made me a better man, the heck with these millennial pablum feeders.

[day10]

I know - I shouldn't make jokes..........

[petercooper]

Sounds like she’s right on track to be a grandmother at 32.

[TheZMan]

Hahaha, yes. They don’t raise ‘em like they used to.

[PAR35]

She beat the child with a belt, and the belt had some sort of metal on it,

Hey, Denise. It's called a 'buckle'.

[WayneS]

Did she hit you with the buckle?

[GeronL]

Mama be proud of her whoopins!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

“Uncle Idris used to beat us when we were bad. He used to beat us when we were good too. He was harsh, but fair.”

Uncle Fester - “The Addams Family”

[GeronL]

who is currently in the care of a stepfather, an agency spokesperson said

How many step-fathers are there??

[BigEdLB]

There is a point where corporal punishment turns to abuse.

[WayneS]

Probably no more than two or three...

[Tax-chick]

... child, who is currently in the care of a stepfather ...

"A" stepfather? There are more than one in the family?

[Blood of Tyrants]

I would say that the girl’s grades might come up if her mother spent less time hitting her and more time studying with her, but I have a feeling that the girl’s education has already surpassed her mother’s.

[GeronL]

changing her name to [redacted] was the most hurtful thing

[winner3000]

What kind of T-shirt should the mother be wearing?

[Tax-chick]

Heh, you posted while I was correcting my html tags!

[GeronL]

That was my reaction too

[WayneS]

Yes. And hitting a kid with the buckle end of a belt is beyond that point, in my opinion.

[Responsibility2nd]

Pics are not necessary.

And yeah, it is.