Parents have different ways of disciplining their kids, and not everyone would agree with them. There are some punishments, however, that appear to be way too extreme for anyone to go through. An example of this is happening in Georgia where a mom shared how she planned to punish her son. One of the ways she planned to do this was to remove his bathroom door. This all started when her teenage son misbehaved toward a substitute teacher. He was being a “fool” to the point where the substitute teacher got his name and put it on a list of all those who were misbehaving. The list was then given to the primary teacher when she came back, and she wrote a referral for all of them. The woman’s son and all those involved ended up getting after-school detention.
The Georgia mom continued her explanation of why she would punish him. Apparently, her son refused to take any accountability for his actions. This made her order him to write an apology letter to the teacher for misbehaving and making her life harder. He then had to get this letter signed by his teacher so that his mom would know he actually did it. Two weeks passed, and he still didn’t write the letter. Of course, this angered his mom. She gave him two more days to do what she said, or she would take away his bedroom door. “You have no right to privacy if you can’t be respectful,” she said. Taking away his bedroom door seems like a reasonable punishment. It’s not extreme.
Unfortunately, the mom’s idea of punishment didn’t stop at just removing his bedroom door. The original deadline for him to finish the apology letter was set for Thursday, but she added a new twist. If Friday arrived and he still hadn’t written it, she warned that his bathroom door would be next. That part of the punishment didn’t sit well with many viewers. After all, he’s a teenager, and taking away a bathroom door felt like crossing a line. What made it worse was that she wasn’t joking, as she made it clear she fully intended to follow through.
The boy was in shock, especially since his mom had taken away his bedroom door. Her husband tried to intervene to make her change her mind about the second part of the punishment, but she still insisted on it. “Play stupid games, get stupid prizes,” she said. Thankfully, the mom posted another video saying that her son ended up writing the letter and getting it signed. So he didn’t lose his bathroom door in the end.
People Reacting to the Georgia Mom’s Punishment
Many people were shocked that the Georgia mom would even think of taking away her son’s bathroom door. This led to a lot of backlash against her in the comments under her original video. “Oh taking a bathroom door is really weird… thats crossing a major line,” one person wrote. Another person agreed and said, “With it til bathroom door- weirdly sexual punishment that’s so unacceptable.” Others pointed out how this would be humiliating and parents shouldn’t humiliate their kids. “I support bedroom door, not bathroom. There is a line to privacy at a certain age. I support removal of belongings, but not embarrassing our children more,” one woman wrote. This made another person defend the mom and say, “If he wanted privacy he would’ve taken his mom seriously. She didn’t force him to live without a bathroom door. It’s a consequence he chose to deal with because he didn’t think she was serious.”
Not all comments were criticizing the Georgia mom. Many people agreed with the punishment she chose. One person claimed that this was gentle parenting as they said, “For those who are confused….this is gentle parenting. She’s not yelling, hitting her child. She is giving him consequences. BTW mom…if this continues WiFi can go off, cell phone gets blocked except for your number, iPad goes away. So many more steps can happen.” A teacher also found the mom’s behavior to be great. “As a teacher you’re my favorite kind of parent thank you,” they wrote. There was even someone who compared the situation to being in prison as they said, “For anyone who disagrees, I want to remind you of the lack of privacy and doors in prison, which, if you don’t discipline your children, is where they will likely end up because they don’t respect rules.”
