Disciplining Children Using Public Humiliation
With the rise of social media there seems to be a sad trend emerging - public humiliation as a tactic for disciplining children. I was shocked and disturbed by how many of my own Facebook contacts were hitting "like" recently on a video of a father shooting his daughter's laptop as a form of discipline for being disrespectful on Facebook. As friends reposted the viral video their comments included such things as "finally someone got it right". My reaction was an equal mix of