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In the 15-second video posted to YouTube, Izabel Laxamana appears to stand emotionless as a man behind the camera questions her recent transgressions which are not named.
"The consequences of getting messed up?" he asks before panning to the sight of long locks of black hair on the ground. "Man, you lost all that beautiful hair. Was it worth it?"
"No," the girl responds.
"How many times did I warn you?"
"Twice," she answers almost inaudibly.
On Friday the middle schooler exited a car and jumped off a bridge and onto an interstate. She was taken to a Seattle hospital where she died the next day, police said.
I would call that an ineffective method of discipline. Cutting hair off? But Im not at all sure from reading the article that the suicide was linked directly to that incident. She sounded troubled.
It may not have 'directly' led to her suicide, but sad situation all around. The dad claimed he didn't post it online, only filmed it to teach her a lesson for her own personal reference (idiotic reasoning). Someone else supposedly posted it online.
Obviously other things probably going on with her, but she wasn't being bullied at school or the like.
Anyways, unfortunately we won't see the end of these types of stupid things being filmed.
He wasn't her father. He was her stepfather and his reaction to her sending a topless pic to a boy was that of a crazed jealous boyfriend than a "father" figure.
Other articles say she dealt with daily verbal abuse and her mother never intervened. Who knows what else was going on in that home. The man sounds like a sick freak who got off on torturing this girl. I hope he pays for this somehow and the motber as well.
The local middle school in my area has had instances of sexting. Girl sends nude photo of herself to someone and it makes the rounds. Eventually a parent becomes aware of it and all hell breaks loose.
Parents show en mass, at the school demanding answers. ( faculty not involved in sexting) Then someone calls in the media and everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame.
Police charge kids with porn. Parents hire lawyers.
And not a single parent takes away their kid's phone.
The local middle school in my area has had instances of sexting. Girl sends nude photo of herself to someone and it makes the rounds. Eventually a parent becomes aware of it and all hell breaks loose.
Parents show en mass, at the school demanding answers. ( faculty not involved in sexting) Then someone calls in the media and everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame.
Police charge kids with porn. Parents hire lawyers.
And not a single parent takes away their kid's phone.
We had something similar happen at the middle school involving a photoshopped picture of the cheerleaders.
And, like in your case, the parents stormed the school demanding answers.
If I were in charge I'd open the meeting with a big mirror pointed at the parents.
And then say.."Who bought these kids the cellphones ?"
The local middle school in my area has had instances of sexting. Girl sends nude photo of herself to someone and it makes the rounds. Eventually a parent becomes aware of it and all hell breaks loose.
Parents show en mass, at the school demanding answers. ( faculty not involved in sexting) Then someone calls in the media and everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame.
Police charge kids with porn. Parents hire lawyers.
And not a single parent takes away their kid's phone.
JMO, but that would not have been the solution in this case. This girl needed help, IMO, not punishment. Her behavior wasn't IMO that of a typical teen sexting, but a very young girl who has no stable father figure who was most likely looking for male approval however she could get it. They also said she had had episodes of depression and anxiety, but nothing I read says it was being treated.
Public shaming is just bullying by another name. It really does need to stop. Any parent who thinks this is an effective method of discipline is seriously messed up. How would they like to be belittled and humiliated like that?
If you want to be a good parent, model the behavior you want to see.
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