Mom Makes Misbehaving Son Apologize with Sign on Street Corner -

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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A teary-eyed second grader says he learned his lesson about responsibility.

His mother made him stand on a street corner across from his school Wednesday with a sign that read, "I was rude to my teacher. I can't come to school. I'm sorry."

Marcia Harvey said her son just made the honor roll at Brentwood Elementary. But she said he he had a lapse in judgement and acted up in class.

Harvey says she loves her son very much but she wanted to teach him a lesson about making good choices, and the consequences of making bad ones.

"I want him to be successful in life," said Harvey. "This is something I thought of that would maybe get his attention."

It did.

"I got to be good in school," the boy said as tears rolled down his face.

Others noticed and offered encouragement.

A crew picking up garbage drove by and shouted, "Be good, stay in school!"

 

[nyyyyce]

that's whats up!

 

[LeroyDibiase]

Black mothers, and Black fathers, take heed. That is discipline, that is raising your children. Not PS3 or HBO or AOL. Parenting.

 

[Chicutie]

Much respect to that. This is how my mother used to do things.

And it definitely worked.

 

[followup]

Hell yeah. That mother deserves an award. And she didn't have to spank him or anything. That's some psychological shit right there

 

[TriniDiva]

kudos to that mom...I also like the one witht he 13 yr old...thats better than a beating...i remember when i was young and got my beatings i use to say i dont care cause i done did my do and everyone gets beatings, so was nuttin....but that punishment up there is way better....

 

[followup]

kudos to that mom...I also like the one witht he 13 yr old...thats better than a beating...i remember when i was young and got my beatings i use to say i dont care cause i done did my do and everyone gets beatings, so was nuttin....but that punishment up there is way better....

What 13 year old? Could you post it?

 

[MegaDell]

Yea, this happened before.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18729564/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111601926.html

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=29017

 

[LSN]

I have reservations about this form of public embarrassment but at the end of it all I can respect the mother's effort...it's better that he stand there holding that sign than years down the road he's standing there in an orange county jumpsuit cleaning the side of the road with the other inmates...

 

[thismybgolname]

I can't say that I like what she did but I do respect it.

My mother made me talk to a bum on a bench because I got a D on a progress report!

She left me at the park and told me that I had better be talking to him whenever she came back.

I didn't fuck around no more after that.