Some are calling an Iowa mother the “meanest Mom in the world” for her creative discipline techniques.
After finding alcohol in her son’s car, Jane Hambleton chose a unique form of discipline. She not only decided to sell the car, but also advertised her son’s mistake in the advertisement.
Here’s what the advertisement reads:
Since placing the expensive ad in the a Des Moines paper, Hambleton has received calls from all sorts of people – some of which are interested in the car, and many of which are interested in the story behind the sale.
“It’s overwhelming the number of calls I’ve gotten from people saying ‘Thank you, it’s nice to see a responsible parent.’ So far there are no calls from anyone saying, ‘You’re really strict. You’re real overboard, lady.”‘
Her son, however, feels differently. He claims that alcohol was “left by a friend” and he’s very upset with the decision.
Though she believes her son Hambleton feels that even if the booze was a friends, it violated one of two rules she set when she bought the car for her son, and that going lenient on the punishment would not ultimately help her son.
Apparently, the advertisement is as much a part of the punishment as selling the car is – Even though the car has been sold, Hambleton is continuing to run the ad for an additional week.
Questions for Discussion:
Where do you think the responsibility for educating, monitoring, and protecting teens on social networking sites lies? What might you suggest target as the underlying issue lending to such venerability amongst teenagers?
Source: CNN.com
Youth Culture Update online is an article summary compiled by Damien O’Farrell
