Social Services Director Warns Against Online Public Shaming of Children
A senior official is warning parents against filming and sharing videos of disciplining their children online, citing serious psychological risks.
Feona Richards, Director of the Family and Social Services Division, said the practice of public shaming may appear effective in the short term but can cause lasting damage to a child’s self-esteem and mental health.
She cautioned that posting such content on social media normalizes harmful parenting and may lead to depression, suicidal thoughts, and the perpetuation of abusive disciplinary cycles.
Richards urged parents to adopt private, supportive methods that correct behaviour without compromising a child’s dignity or emotional wellbeing.
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That you concern about? And you getting reports of children being physically and verbally abuse by their mother and a man who is not their father and you do NOTHING not even a HOME visit. NOTHING.
You don’t think children going to school in untidy uniform, body odor, hair undone will have a lasting effect on them as well?
Sometimes you need to embarrass their ass in public
I agree whole heartedly with this article’s points. Discipline should be conducted without malice and shame because public shaming causes long term psychological and emotional harm so we must be mindful of this. Our goal should be to eliminate bad behavior but still empower our children.
I think that as long as disciplining does not come from malice then we shld mind our business. Dilenquency is on the rise and so shld disciplining.
It’s true that parents are dedicated to setting their children on the right path, and their disciplinary actions often come from a place of deep concern. However, when discipline becomes public, especially online, it often draws the attention of those whose mandate includes safeguarding children’s rights and ensuring practices are in line with broader community standards for child protection and development. It’s a challenging balance for all involved
Was about time that someone spoke up against this. We are normalizing the wrong forms of discipline and highlighting it as “I did this because I love and care for you as a parent”. The internet has many important uses but aside from those there are the harm it causes psychologically.
which one you rather the public discipline to set them on the right path or a public shootout with police? Or perhaps she would prefer the public shaming when they’re caught on camera stealing something . Better yet the public display of them behaving in a awful manner on social media is much more desirable I guess.
Leave the parents alone! Let them discipline their children once they ain’t killing them because is you same one Miss that is going to have to deal with them when the parents can’t do so any more.
I didn’t even know we had social services here.
Lobby the government to make public shaming illegal.
Me Glad a nar me one , this woman ya lie nf personally, them can’t even run boys school