Shame Campaign Level 439932

But before I start on that, I hope our Muslim readers had an Eid Mubarak. Now that that's out of the way, the genre of “kid shaming” on the Internet continues to evolve. First there was “laptop-shooting dad,” then “poop in the shower dad.” The latest is brought to us by two Wisconsin parents, who hijacked their daughter’s Facebook page. The twist: They posted goofy and embarrassing pictures of themselves on it. After their daughter “got fresh” with her parents, they confiscated her phone for a week and took over her Facebook account as well. Next, they posted a series of wacky pictures of themselves for all of her friends to see. Thanks to her brother, the story and one of the pictures found its way to Reddit for the whole world to see. “My parents took away my sisters phone for the week. They've uploaded about 10 of these to her facebook. Doing it right!” AustinMac posted on the popular site. Now, although this particular punishment seems more lighthearted than earlier shaming examples, not everyone agrees that it’s all in good fun. Most parents would be outraged if another child used social media to humiliate their kids, yet if parents do this, they are often hailed as heroes. During 'Bully Prevention Month,' it's interesting that some view parental cyber-bullying as OK, when in actual fact, publicly shaming your kid isn't cool, and it doesn't work to change the child's behaviour. In fact, it likely intensifies the power struggle between parent and child. Discipline should help the child make a better choice in the future rather than shame them for past mistakes. Parental cyber-bullying, on the other hand, is simply a parent's attempt to 'get back at' the child. They don't take seriously their duty to deliberately teach better behaviour in a way that is helpful to the child. So to sum it up, those bellends did the wrong thing and they themselves could use a little shame. In other news, Rod Stewart has packed a lot of life into his 67 years and he uncovers it all in his new book, “Rod: The Autobiography.” The memoir is filled with page after page of sex, drugs, and of course, rock ‘n’ roll!