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The UK celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday but one pre-teen was unlikely to be getting his mum flowers after she publicly rebuked him for bullying in a Facebook post that swiftly went viral and appears to have now been deleted. Terri Evans' February 22 post shaming her 12-year-old son Jacob stopped traffic on social media with over 54,000 likes and 11,000 shares - figures as per Metro.co.uk - and was received with both praise and criticism. Ms Evans appears to have also deactivated her Facebook account now.
In the strongly-worded post, the "absolutely disgusted" mother wanted to make sure he knew "#iwillnothaveabullyinmyhouse." Jacob had allegedly stepped on a new girl's shoe, causing its heel to snap.
"I'll tell you something Jacob ( JustPost Rng Photos) if you so much as breath in her or anyone's direction in a bullying manner I will personally hand you over to their parents for every demeaning chore they see fit for as long as they do... kiss goodbye to your birthday money as you will be buying the girl a new pair of shoes and a bunch of flowers!," the angry mother wrote on Facebook.
The post raked in thousands of reactions - some applauding Terri Evans' parenting and others denouncing it - before it was taken down from the social networking site.
"I understand that you wanted to embarrass your son a little for his actions but tbh outing him on FB is a bully move. He clearly got his behaviour from you. Shame that you aren't realising that," Facebook user Carol Cunningham commented on the post, according to Independent.co.uk.
"Why extend the humiliation? Your poor son. This will haunt him forever. A mistake at 12, online now for all to see," wrote Alison Kyle, according to Independent.co.uk.
After her post proved controversial, Ms Evans added updates explaining her reasons for shaming her son online.
"To answer a few questions, yes my son can see it, he was tagged in it before it went viral (which I didn't realise was going to happen) so his friends could see that his actions have consequences, he is not big, clever, hard or funny, he's a 12-year-old boy answerable to his mam," she wrote on Facebook. "Ps... of course I sat and spoke to him about his behaviour, I didn't just tag him in a post and he read it! I am wholly confident this was a single occurrence which won't be repeated," she added.
Do you think this is a good way to teach kids a lesson? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
In the strongly-worded post, the "absolutely disgusted" mother wanted to make sure he knew "#iwillnothaveabullyinmyhouse." Jacob had allegedly stepped on a new girl's shoe, causing its heel to snap.
"I'll tell you something Jacob ( JustPost Rng Photos) if you so much as breath in her or anyone's direction in a bullying manner I will personally hand you over to their parents for every demeaning chore they see fit for as long as they do... kiss goodbye to your birthday money as you will be buying the girl a new pair of shoes and a bunch of flowers!," the angry mother wrote on Facebook.
The post raked in thousands of reactions - some applauding Terri Evans' parenting and others denouncing it - before it was taken down from the social networking site.
"I understand that you wanted to embarrass your son a little for his actions but tbh outing him on FB is a bully move. He clearly got his behaviour from you. Shame that you aren't realising that," Facebook user Carol Cunningham commented on the post, according to Independent.co.uk.
"Why extend the humiliation? Your poor son. This will haunt him forever. A mistake at 12, online now for all to see," wrote Alison Kyle, according to Independent.co.uk.
After her post proved controversial, Ms Evans added updates explaining her reasons for shaming her son online.
"To answer a few questions, yes my son can see it, he was tagged in it before it went viral (which I didn't realise was going to happen) so his friends could see that his actions have consequences, he is not big, clever, hard or funny, he's a 12-year-old boy answerable to his mam," she wrote on Facebook. "Ps... of course I sat and spoke to him about his behaviour, I didn't just tag him in a post and he read it! I am wholly confident this was a single occurrence which won't be repeated," she added.
Do you think this is a good way to teach kids a lesson? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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