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     T9r |
What a father, good to hear this type of news. Knoxville father makes boy wear sign as punishment for using drugs The boy was forced to wear a large sandwich board sign that said "I abused & sold drugs," while standing in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School. April 18, 2007 By JOHN HANEY 6 News Anchor/Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- A father took extreme measures Wednesday to discipline his 14-year-old son, who he claims was abusing drugs. Because the boy is a minor, 6 News won't reveal his or his father's identity. The boy was forced to wear a large sandwich board sign that said "I abused & sold drugs," while standing in front of Cedar Bluff Middle School. "I would like to say that I'm not out here doing this to humiliate my son,' the dad said. "I'm doing this because I love him. We do have an extreme drug problem in America, and maybe it's time for extreme measures that parents need to take to monitor this problem that we have." The man says he recently learned after reading the boy's MySpace page his son was involved with marijuana and OxyContin. That's when he decided to take immediate action. "Basically he said, 'Well, I did do the crime and I'm willing to serve the punishment for it,' and he's taking it all in stride," the boy's father said. The school's principal soon came out and asked the father to call it off, which he did. By that time the boy said he had already learned his lesson. "This is embarrassing. I ain't going to be doing it again." And the boy added, "Drugs are for losers. That's all I can say." Those were the words his dad hoped to hear. http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=6390423&ClientType=Printable  | ||
| Macbuell |
A friend of mine in college used to say ... only users lose drugs. It always cracked my up but it's probably not very pc. | ||
| Djkaplan |
His customer base just expanded 10 fold. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Being an undercover drug cop for almost 3 years, I used to see many many instances of parents not being involved in their children's lives. Out of sight, out of mind. When kids would get busted, parents were shocked. I'm glad to see a parent do something to show his child that what their doing is wrong. | ||
| Buellerandy |
I'm definitely adding this tactic to my "Future Parenting Guide" | ||
| Diablobrian |
Interesting, ideally of course the father should have been involved enough for drugs to have never been a problem. Having said that, the father had to have noticed something amiss if he took the time to check out the boy's myspace account. I hope my kids (3) and I are close enough, and they trust me enough, to come to me with their questions and problems, I know everyone says that, but I feel I am closer to my kids than most parents are. Two of the three have already come to me about alcohol, and one with drug questions so far..... I hope I never get so out of touch that I need to take that kind of corrective action! FWIW the word extreme is WAY over-used. | ||
| Midknyte |
so let me get this straight, we've arrived in a day & age where this is considered "extreme" punishment? sad | ||
| Ryker77 |
The news can spin anything. "extreme" is just a catchy sound bite that they'll repeat 10 times until they finally show the "news" clip that is all of 30 seconds long. I think what the father did was great. He cares enough to get envolved. | ||
| Iamike |
I drug my son down to the police station one night about 1:30 when he came home obviously high (he was 18 at the time). The cop really laid into him about his condition and showed him where he could end up if he kept it up. He may not have completely quit but at least he realizes that I won't put up with his BS. We were fed up with his attitude anyway and it was a good way to straighten him out. | ||
| Ryker77 |
Now that wasn't smart at all. A ••••••• "I am a big bad Cop" could have arrested your son on the spot. | ||
| Iamike |
Ryker- It doesn't surprise me at all that you'd say that. Most of us don't have the issues with cops that you seem to. I think this cop understood what my motive was and let my son know what his future would be like if he kept it up. Seeing how he changed after that night proved I was right. Even if he had been arrested that night it was bound to happen sooner or later. | ||
| Tom_b |
"Extreme Punishment", what a country we live in these days. I think the dad did a very good thing. The father cared enough to try and stop the problem whether he was involved or not at least he didn't turn a blind eye or blame someone else for it. It is too bad more parents aren't like this | ||
| Roadrunr |
Iamike, keep up the good work! yes your son could have been arrested but on the other hand you could have slapped his hand and punished him multiple ways. One being I don't know by maybe when you found out his drug use keeping him busy working around the house doing the worst unnesesary tasks you could think of like (scrubbing the brick on the house with a very small scrub brush?) But a sympathetic neighbor may call the police on you and you (as I was) would be bound to explain your actions! The cop did give me the biggest s*** eatin grin when I told him my story and also said he was sorry but he had to follow up on complaints made,bid me a good day and left. Sorry to say it didn't help in my situation. My boy still ended up in prison. I tried so many things to change his views (some cruel and some loving) no luck with my situation, I just didn't understand him (in his words)I told him loosing a few freinds was well worth the alternative 10 years of his life in prison. No luck! I give the guy that put the sign on his son the utmost respect because at least he is trying (unlike most parents today)GOOD LUCK TO YOU FELLOW BUELLER!! | ||
| Ratyson |
Interesting, ideally of course the father should have been involved enough for drugs to have never been a problem. Being involved with your kids is not a garantee that they will not get involved with drugs/alcohol. Some kids are going to try it, no matter what their parents do or say to keep them from it. A buddy of mine in High school had one of the best relationships with his parents that I had ever seen. He knew he could go to them with any problem he had... and he did that quite often. He also smoked a lot of dope, and kept that completely from his parents.} | ||
| Buellshyter |
Your kids doing drugs is akin to a spouse cheating - you're the last one to know | ||
| Ryker77 |
Ryker- It doesn't surprise me at all that you'd say that. Most of us don't have the issues with cops that you seem to. I think this cop understood what my motive was and let my son know what his future would be like if he kept it up. Seeing how he changed after that night proved I was right. Even if he had been arrested that night it was bound to happen sooner or later. Umm my last two weight training partners were awesome cops who would have been cool in your dealing with your son. But even they know that some cops would arrest there mother if she broke the law. Which was why I put the phrase on "cop". In fact it was a gamble that you got a cop with common sense because a by-the-book cop should/could have arrested your son. Which would have placed a mark on his record that could have effected him for the rest of his life. | ||
| Roadrunr |
Any cop that couldn't see that his father/ mother/ guardian weren't doing all that they thought they could to stop their kid from making the wrong choices aren't worth the latex they should have been deposited in. Just my opinion. | ||
| Iamike |
Which would have placed a mark on his record that could have effected him for the rest of his life That was his choice, not mine. I had been warning him for a couple of years about the choices he makes in life and continued on with his bad choices. I decided it was time for me to put my money where my mouth was. Someday I'll ask him what he thought of the experiece. | ||
| Brineusaf |
I love how people on here critique others about their lives. Props to anyone who has the balls to accept they have a child, and do the best they can. |
