Community Corner

Punishing Your Kid for Bad Grades?

What's a parent to do?

A Florida mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ... honk if I need education." [Click the video]

Is that an appropriate response?  The parents say they've tried everything to make their kid shape up.  His indifference at a school meeting last week was the final straw.

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