Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Good for Her

My parents were never ones to coddle.  If I did something wrong, or harmed someone needlessly, I had to own up to it.  I think this is an excellent parenting technique.

While this type of parenting seems to have fallen into disfavor in this day and age, there are still those who raise their children with some degree of accountability for their actions.  Veronica Griffin, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, appears to be one of those type of parents.

Veronica Griffin’s son Travis, 15, was suspended from school for 10 days for some horseplay with a teacher. She wanted her son to have a more memorable punishment than being out of school, so she sent him out to pick up trash on a busy city street wearing an embarrassing sign on his back.

What did the sign say?  "I made a bad choice in school and now I’m living with it."

Good for you, Veronica Griffin.

Mom’s creative punishment for son praised

Posted by John Venlet on 05/22 at 04:50 AM
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