Parents have different ways of disciplining their children, and what works for some families may not work for others. After her son was suspended for three days, Louisiana mom Demetris Payne offered his free yard work services to anyone who needed them. In order to spread the word, she advertised the services on Facebook. In addition to a photo of her son, she wrote, “My son has been suspended for 3 days from school and for discipline, he will do your lawn service. He will rake your yard, mow if [you] supply [a] mower, pick up trash, or wash your car for free. Maximum 3hr. If anyone has a rake they would like to donate will be awesome. And he will do it all for free…”
… For the next three days, the mother posted updates on her Facebook account in the form of photos. From there, news of her unique disciplinary technique spread pretty quickly. Many people were eager to praise Demetris for taking the initiative to show her son that something as serious as school suspension comes with consequences. Other people disagreed completely, slamming the mother for publicly “shaming” her son and insisting that discipline should be done only in the home and not shown to others on social media. They argued that forcing the teenager to have his punishments so highly publicized was “demeaning” and “unacceptable.”