Panting and sweating in the scorching heat, a little boy could hardly keep up with his mother, who seemed intent on teaching him a lesson. However, the internet didn’t approve of her actions and accused her even of traumatizing her son.
Taking to her TikTok account, Katarina Rodriguez was unafraid to share a clip that she has since made private of what many deemed controversial parenting. In the video, she and her 5-year-old son ran in 104-degree heat together.
While with him in the glaring sun, she explained that this was a repercussion for misbehaving in school. Rodriguez shared that the school told her that he was disruptive and noisy during learning hours.
“We’re not going to hit, we’re not going to spank. We’re going to discipline. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.”
This aggressive approach to parenting has gone completely viral, accumulating around 102,000 likes and 6000 comments. This clip is now more famous for its virality.
With a tiny exception of a few individuals defending the mother, the comment section blasted Rodriguez for what they mainly saw as an incredibly ineffective and cruel parenting technique. The mother was in tears and said she felt as though she had been discriminated against.
One claimed that this said “punishment” would traumatize the child, while another commenter claiming to be a pediatrician stated that this was not beneficial. Another expressed that they felt sorry for her 5-year-old.
The mom made a huge emphasis on how the way she raises her child is not anyone else’s business but hers. Rodriguez claimed that they had tried several approaches but this one worked for them.