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At 10 years old walking a mile shouldn't "exhaust" her. She looks to be appropriately dressed for the weather as well.
Make that five miles. It is reported that the child walked five miles, not one mile. If it were only one mile, I would not have a problem with making her walk to school. Five miles is excessive.
It would take far more than one hour for an average ten-year-old to walk five miles. I walked one mile home from high school, and it typically took me half an hour, walking at an average pace. So figure I was walking at a speed of two miles per hour - but I was fourteen and a half to seventeen years old during those three years. If I had run, of course I would have made better time - but what ten year old can run five miles during frigid conditions, while laden with school books and other supplies?
I am glad the father walked with his daughter. I hope they had some good conversations - not all about bullying - during that time. Perhaps by the end of the suspension, dad could reminisce about his own youthful errors and/or how it feels to be on the other end of bullying, and the daughter would be able to hear him and benefit by it. And I hope the father truly listened to his daughter and gained insight into what led her to bullying: are her parents pushing her too hard? Does she have low self-esteem? Does she take pleasure in tormenting others? Is her target always the same child or children? What is behind her bad behavior?
If the daughter had walked alone, it would have been potentially dangerous and she would have seethed with resentment, most likely.
Not sure posting this on YouTube was a constructive decision - seems that would lead to further embarrassment for the daughter and more resentment.
I also wonder how exhausted and cold she was when she got to school, and how much learning could take place for an exhausted, shivering child?
So I have mixed feelings about this response. But the daughter will never forget it - for better or worse.
Okay, Just read some responses posting while I was writing this - did the father walk, or did he drive his car along beside his daughter while she walked alone, lecturing her constantly? If the latter, that's very destructive and demeaning behavior.
Then posting it for all the world to see - does this man truly love his daughter, or does he view her solely as a reflection of himself? Again, if it's the latter, it implies narcissism on the part of the father, and it's no wonder the child acted out. She did to others just what her father is likely to have done to her.
Obviously you didn't read the article or watch the video. He didn't walk with her. He didn't talk with her. He drove behind her, filming her. He'd occasionally pull up next to her in his warm car and talked AT her, reminding her why she was walking and freezing for five miles. That's abusive!
It reminds me of that loon a while back who grandstandingly filmed himself using his gun to shoot his daughter's laptop, and then patting himself on the back by posting it on social media. Of course people ate it up, praising him for his 'courage' and 'discipline.'
Same same.
All a bunch of narcissist bullies who want their 15 minutes of fame. Where do you think these kids learned their behavior from, the apple truly does not fall far from the tree.
It's going to **** her off... And the dad posting it with hopes of it going "viral" to make himself feel good... Eh... I can go on about the list of things wrong here.
Did you read the last post up? He used the walk to discuss it with her. I came on prepared to lambast him but the details in the last post changed my mind I think he did a good thing.
I don’t automatically blame parents. I know many families with one bad apple kid raised exactly same as the others. My brother bullied me, I was over empathetic. Neither was taught to us but simply our personalities.
Did you read the last post up? He used the walk to discuss it with her. I came on prepared to lambast him but the details in the last post changed my mind I think he did a good thing.
Did you watch the video? He drove in his car behind her. He didnt walk to school with her, nor did they have a heart to heart chat about bullying.
He wanted to embarrass his daughter by making this video and putting it out there for the world to see.
I have no problem with making her walk to school, maybe next time she would think twice about bullying someone on the school bus, however I do have a problem with filming her and posting it on social media. That is just to humiliate her and hurt her. She may be a bully but she is still a child. Punishment such as consequences for their actions should be used as a teaching tool, not a way to humiliate her.
Did you read the last post up? He used the walk to discuss it with her. I came on prepared to lambast him but the details in the last post changed my mind I think he did a good thing.
I don’t automatically blame parents. I know many families with one bad apple kid raised exactly same as the others. My brother bullied me, I was over empathetic. Neither was taught to us but simply our personalities.
He didn't walk with her. You know nothing about what happened because you didn't read the article or watch the video... yet you've determined that the child is "a bad apple kid"?
He didn't walk with her. You know nothing about what happened because you didn't read the article or watch the video... yet you've determined that the child is "a bad apple kid"?
I’m not saying she’s a bad Apple. I’m saying kids who are, were not necessarily raised poorly. People have this idea that only bad parents get badly behaved kids, I disagree. I got the walk with her part from another post.
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