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Much ado 'bout nothing

The Associated Press reported about a mom disciplining her daughter, whose grades were slipping, had excessive latenesses and whose attitude needed reconstruction. Mom dukes' way of showing sista girl where she was headed with this behavior was to put her on the corner with a sign that read:

"I don't do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing me for my future. Will work for food."

Someone thought it was necessary to notify the department of human services of "psychological abuse." The police told them to leave the corner after an hour. As if DHS workers' caseloads weren't cumbersome enough with actual cases of abuse, someone thought adding this to the load would prove something.

Was it humiliating? Probably. But likely no more humiliating than mom coming up to the school to discipline her daughter in front of her friends. Actually, that's more humiliating, for a girl who as a teen, lives for acceptance. As far as I'm concerned, this is along the lines of my mom and dad telling me when my lateness was abhorrent (despite my honor roll performance), that I should practice saying "Do you want fries with that?"

Or a kid who keeps getting in fights and trouble with police being taken to a morgue. Sometimes that is enough to snap them in check. And if the mom shows she loves her daughter, which she obviously does, her self-esteem and her psyche won't be damaged.

But psychological abuse? Give me a break.

Sometimes people need to mind they damn bidness.

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