Faithwire
  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • SCOTUS
  • Life
  • Religious Liberty
  • News
  • Politics
  • Faith
  • Opinion

‘I’m a Bully. Honk if You Hate Bullies’: Dad Disciplines Son by Making Him Hold Anti-Bullying Sign on Street Corner

Image source: YouTube/News 1130
Image source: YouTube/News 1130
Share Tweet
By Will Maule
Author

May 1, 2018

A Florida dad decided to teach his son a tough life lesson after discovering that he had been bullying others at school.

Michael Yager got his 13-year-old son, Jacob, to stand on the side of a busy intersection in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, while holding up a sign that read: “I’m a bully. Honk if you hate bullies.”

While it might sound quite harsh, Yager decided it was  important to put his son in the shoes of those he had chosen to pick on.

Bad Dad or Good Dad? Video of Father Making His Bully Son Run to School Sparks Heated Debate

“I figured I would teach him a lesson that would embarrass him and make him feel the way that the kids feel,” the boy’s father told WESH-TV.

Almost immediately, motorists began honking, while at least one passerby actually pulled over to talk to Michael and Jacob.

“I had Edgewater Police stop by, I had Volusai County Sheriffs. I had a good response from the neighborhood,” Michael Yager recalled.

As for his son, Jacob said he was “embarrassed and kind of nervous” when he took to the street corner holding up the sign.

But while there were many supporters of this harsh parenting tactic, others weren’t so impressed.

“I had one woman come up and call me every name in the book,” Yager said. “In my mind, I thought I was doing the right thing, but I guess you just can’t please everybody.”

Criticism aside, it appears that Michael’s disciplinary tactics really worked — Jacob truly learned his lesson.

“You never know what someone can be going through. If you want to be the bully, like if you have something inside you need to tell someone go to a guidance counselor or someone,” the teenager said.

According to StopBullying.gov, some 28 percent of U.S. students in grades 6-12 have experienced bullying, and 70.6 percent say they’ve witnessed it at school.

According to nobullying.com, cyberbullying has become “one of the most common methods in which bullies target their victims.” The website adds, “Bullies hide behind their screens and strike whenever the urge hits them. They can create fictitious identities and can appear in their victims’ lives without any warning, where victims are unable to predict when the next attack will be.”

While many seek to play down bullying as simply something every kid “has to deal with,” the eye-opening statistics argue otherwise. Given the severity of the problem, perhaps more parents would do well to take Yager’s lead and nip bullying in the bud.

(H/T: WESH-TV)

Latest

  • Life

    List of Major Companies Pledging to Pay Employees’ Travel Costs for Abortions in Wake of Roe Ruling

  • News

    PRAY: Adorable 3-Month Baby Needs Heart Transplant and Her Parents Are Asking For Invocations, Donations

  • Life

    ‘Do Not Make the Same Mistake’: Heartbreaking Newspaper Op-Ed Laments Past Abortion

  • News

    ‘They Have Hijacked the Bible and Jesus’: Al Sharpton, Joe Scarborough Say Abortion Not in the Bible, ‘Real Christians’ Should Be ‘Incensed’

  • Entertainment

    Disney Reportedly Offering Johnny Depp Stunning Payday to Return to ‘Pirates’ Franchise


Navigation

  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Sign up to get our newsletter your inbox every day.

Newsletter Signup

Do you want to read
more articles like this?