Woman forces stepdaughter to wear dowdy thrift store clothes as punishment for bullying

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225. Most punishment involves embarrassment

If you ground a child, his/her friends are aware of it. It's embarrassing.

If you withhold allowance, his/her friends know that the child can't afford to buy something that the other kids can during that time. It's embarrassing.

If you make a child apologize for something they've done, it's embarrassing.

If you prohibit a child/teen from attending a party, he/she will loudly let you know that it's the humiliation of a lifetime, not to go to said party with the cool kids.

I'm astounded by how many people here are siding in with the bully, using lame excuses for doing so.

The stepmother tried talking with the girl, and she was shocked by the girl's lack of compassion or remorse. She had to do something. With the biological father's approval (obviously), she came up with a punishment to make this child understand how it feels to be teased about something as superficial as clothing.

As for taking it to the press? The child's face is photoshopped out of the image. It's not like everyone in the world knows everyone in that town, and could identify the kid.

It's important to note the conclusion of the story, not included in the OP of this thread:

In the end, Kaylee admitted that she learned a lesson, has decided that teasing other kids is mean, and promises to be more kind to her peers.

The claims that this is abuse are insane. Physical abuse would be starving the child, keeping her in a closet, beating or molesting her. Emotional abuse would be verbally berating the child at home and telling her she's worthless. None of this is happening. This is an appropriate, creative, non-violent method of discipline. The child only wore these clothes for 2 days.

Anyone who would think this is damaging would have to be pampered and spoiled beyond belief. It's not like the kid was sent to school in her underwear, or a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, "I'm a bullying little brat." Out of economic necessity, thousands of kids go to school dressed in thrift-store finds every day. It's about time this spoiled brat sees how the other half lives. If more kids were taught this lesson, there would be far fewer Republicans around.