Bullying is an issue abhorred all over the world, but it\u2019s a problem that\u2019s unfortunately ingrained in society.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important to teach children from the earliest of ages that bullying is unacceptable in any form, and it\u2019s a lesson most parents and teachers strive to hammer home.<\/p>\n
However, it\u2019s virtually impossible to root it out entirely, so what to do when a child is found to be bullying another? Well, one Texan mom had a rather controversial method of punishing her son after hearing how he\u2019d called other kids in his class \u201cidiots\u201d and \u201cstupid\u201d. The woman, known only as Star, has sent shockwaves around the internet with her choice of admonishment.<\/p>\n
As per British newspaper The Daily Star, the mom wanted to stamp out her son\u2019s behavior and, having grown tired of his antics, conjured her own form of rebuke.<\/p>\n
She told ABC13 that she was an \u201cold-school parent\u201d who believes in strong morals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t coddle my children. I don\u2019t sugar-coat the world to them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Instead of simply telling him off, or even ordering him to deliver an apology to the affected kids, Star opted to dress her son in a t-shirt that read \u201cI AM A BULLY\u201d. She then took photos of him before school and uploaded it to Facebook so that everyone could see.<\/p>\n
Naturally, her decision has been met with a mixed response. Many people are backing her choice of strong punishment, though others believe she may have crossed the line.<\/p>\n
Assuring people that she didn\u2019t upload to Facebook in a bid to embarrass her son, Star told ABC13: \u201cI posted it to reach out to the parents of any of the kids my son may have bullied so that each one of them could get a personal apology.\u201d<\/p>\n
She later removed the post after receiving negative backlash, but she still stands by her decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to know what he learned from it and he said, \u2018I learned that I didn\u2019t like the way that that felt and I don\u2019t want anybody else to feel that way because of me. That\u2019s exactly what I wanted him to take from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Experts believe Star\u2019s actions could do more harm than good, but the mom herself claims that her son has already been behaving better.<\/p>\n