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Originally Posted by healer
Big up to the mom, I say. Very creative and judging from the article it seems to be working. Kids need tough-love every now and again. As long as she's got her child's best interest at heart.
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Yeah, she stood by her kid the whole time too. I'd say if she was as bad a parent as some think, she would have just left her kid there.
Similar story that hits close to home: Someone I know well when they were younger ran away from home (for reasons unknown to me, but I highly doubt abuse or anything like that). Anyway, after a few days on the street, he begged his parents to be allowed home. His parents said the only way he was allowed back was to pay rent (cheaper than say a motel, but rent nonetheless.) I'm sure they got TONS of flack from other people that knew of the story (even though they did let him stop paying after a while). But guess what, the kid is now a graduate from the University of Waterloo making a 6 figure salary.
You could look at this story in another way. If this parent only did minor things like scolding or grounding, and the child remained the same, she would've been viewed as a bad parent too. So what's a parent to do?