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INDIANAPOLIS, June 5 (UPI) -- An Indiana woman said she made her children carry signs identifying them as thieves at a roadside as a punishment for stealing a gift card from her.
Natashia Scott of Indianapolis said she received a $50 gift card for being an outstanding employee at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital and she soon discovered her daughter, Unique Caruthers, 11, and step-son, Xacherey Scott, 14, had spent the card on ice cream, The Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday.
She said she "hoped the punishment would put the children on the right path"...the right path alright,....right outa there...kids probably thinking...soon as possible.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 5 (UPI) -- An Indiana woman said she made her children carry signs identifying them as thieves at a roadside as a punishment for stealing a gift card from her.
Natashia Scott of Indianapolis said she received a $50 gift card for being an outstanding employee at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital and she soon discovered her daughter, Unique Caruthers, 11, and step-son, Xacherey Scott, 14, had spent the card on ice cream, The Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday.
We have seen various things like this before. It's not a good punishment and it is unlikely to result in changing the behavior. These punishments usually make the kids resent their parents and feel disconnected from them. That means they no longer want to please their parents, so the behavior will continue, just in a way that keeps them from getting caught.
How do we expect our children to learn that embarrassing other kids on social media is wrong, if we are embarrassing them in public as punishment. It's all connected.
She should have taught them that stealing is wrong to begin with. Notice how the signs and her distress seem to be centered around the idea that they stole from HER.
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