A mother gains online attention for the shirt she compelled her son to wear to school.
A Texas mother known only as Star gained notoriety for making her son wear a T-shirt that said, “I am a BULLY,” in response to her son’s bullying at Greenleaf Elementary. Administrators had received complaints about him calling his classmates “idiots” and “stupid.” Despite backlash, Star—a self-described “old-school parent”—defended her choice. Her goal in sharing the picture on Facebook was to get her son to personally apologize to the children who were impacted.
youngster development experts, however, disapproved of the strategy and advised against making a youngster feel uncomfortable. Star defended parental rights and kept the district’s approval. The incident sparked a discussion on the morality and efficacy of child punishment procedures in public. The difficulties in dealing with bullying while balancing the limits of parental power and child development theories are highlighted by this example.
