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Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grades

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Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

i don't know how keen i am on this.

perhaps the punishment should have been to spend spring break studying.
 
Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

i don't know how keen i am on this.

perhaps the punishment should have been to spend spring break studying.

You cant teach someone something who doesnt want to learn. The first step is motivating him.
 
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Well...thats another set of parents that will be turned in to CPS for daring to care enough to engage in their childs life.

yeah, public humiliation always works. kid might raise his grades, but most likely will never forgive his parents.
 
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yeah, public humiliation always works. kid might raise his grades, but most likely will never forgive his parents.
Or he might. Heck...we recently had a story of a mother arrested because she made her son still walk to school even though he missed the bus and funny thing...first words out of his mouth were...Its my fault...I need to apply myself more, not "Im sad because my mom punished me".

Different parenting styles. Who knows...maybe...just maybe the kids parents actually know him better than you or I and believe this might be the only thing that actually works.
 
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I suppose public humiliation is better than physical abuse. If this is the best that the parent can come up with, the state of his son is no wonder.
 
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yeah, public humiliation always works. kid might raise his grades, but most likely will never forgive his parents.

Did your parents keep you in a bubble when you were a kid?

Best way to teach your kids is to show them that there are consequences for your actions.
 
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yeah, public humiliation always works. kid might raise his grades, but most likely will never forgive his parents.

If his grades go up, and he quits acting like a class clown in class, mission accomplished. The parents job is not to be their kids friend and hope he always think that they are cool. Their job is to instill values into him, help him achieve an education, and become a responsible adult. The kid who does his work in school and acts responsbibly has a much higher success rate as an adult than the kid with the cool parents who can do whatever he wants and repeats the 8th grade 3 times, and the 9th grade 5 times ect.
 
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Both of Michael's parents were present to ensure he was safe, and to give him food and water.
"I don't know any other way, I'm trying to reach him," said Michael Bell Sr. "He doesn't want to be reached and this is my last resort."
Bell Sr. says he wants to make sure his son realizes the importance of getting good grades so he can have a successful future.
"If I don't do anything, he's going to be a statistic and I don't want him to be a statistic," he said.
Michael Jr. says the punishment is already sinking in.
"I'm sorry that it has to get to this point and that when I get back to school, I'm going to do better," he said.


Read more: Florida Parents Force Son To Stand On Corner With Sign As Punishment For Bad Grades | Fox News

Oh yes...terrible parents...I guess they lost the manual when the kid was issued to them. Of course...there is a better way...because everyone else knows the situation SO much better than the parents...
 
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Or he might. Heck...we recently had a story of a mother arrested because she made her son still walk to school even though he missed the bus and funny thing...first words out of his mouth were...Its my fault...I need to apply myself more, not "Im sad because my mom punished me".

Different parenting styles. Who knows...maybe...just maybe the kids parents actually know him better than you or I and believe this might be the only thing that actually works.

ok, i might not actually know everything. certainly not my style of parenting , though.
 
Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

Did your parents keep you in a bubble when you were a kid?

Best way to teach your kids is to show them that there are consequences for your actions.

yes, that's true. but the consequences don't have to be humiliation.
 
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ok, i might not actually know everything. certainly not my style of parenting , though.
Nor mine. Still...

My third child decided he wanted to drop out of high school. I 'let' him. What choice do you have? I told him I love him, I support him, will stand by him. I wont take away the consequences of his choices but will always love him. He re-registered on his own, graduated ahead of his peers, is married, has a career and is a great father. All you can do is what you can do.
 
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ok, i might not actually know everything. certainly not my style of parenting , though.
Sorry about the snippyness of my response. I re-read it...I come across like an ass (again). I apologize.
 
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Sorry about the snippyness of my response. I re-read it...I come across like an ass (again). I apologize.

no, i wasn't offended, no apologies necessary.
 
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yes, that's true. but the consequences don't have to be humiliation.

Sometimes it does, if nothing else has worked. I raised five kids, and learned early on that what worked with one kid... a harsh look and the words "I'm disappointed in you"... rolled off the back of another. The important thing is that the parents didn't just throw up their hands and say, "If he wants to screw up his life and not be able to get a job better than flipping burgers, it's on him."
 
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Nor mine. Still...

My third child decided he wanted to drop out of high school. I 'let' him. What choice do you have? I told him I love him, I support him, will stand by him. I wont take away the consequences of his choices but will always love him. He re-registered on his own, graduated ahead of his peers, is married, has a career and is a great father. All you can do is what you can do.

I would have responded to that with a swift kick to the rear.
 
Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

yes, that's true. but the consequences don't have to be humiliation.

Humiliation does not have to be the consequence, but you can see from the article it wasn't his first choice.

"I don't know any other way, I'm trying to reach him," said Michael Bell Sr. "He doesn't want to be reached and this is my last resort."

Last resort infers he had tried other things.

The most important part of this article is right here

Michael Jr. says the punishment is already sinking in.
"I'm sorry that it has to get to this point and that when I get back to school, I'm going to do better," he said.

Whatever the parents were doing was working, but the kid sounds like he is ready to try to shape up. This is a parenting success.
 
Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

Bravo to the parents! So many others would have just given up and everyone know's you can't beat your kids like the good ole days...
 
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I would have responded to that with a swift kick to the rear.
I know my kids...that wouldnt have worked.
 
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I know my kids...that wouldnt have worked.

:)

Mine respond well to "I'm disappointed in you".
 
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Spending his school break standing on the street corner with sandwich boards like looking like some clown and making people laugh...The boy will have some more material for his tomfoolery and antics in the classroom.

Florida is "God's waiting room", I think a week volunteering at a nursing home helping people may have a better chance of instilling self esteem and worth in this boy or doing something else worthwhile. His parents sound like a couple of winners.

Total nonsense.
 
Re: Florida parents force son to stand on corner with sign as punishment for bad grad

ok, i might not actually know everything.

I know everything, I just can't remember it all at once.
 
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