Dad who posted viral video making ‘bully’ son run to school claps back at critics saying HE’s a bully
A parenting lesson has gone viral and has someone people asking if this is the right way to teach kids not to bully.
Bryan Thornhill, of Roanoke, Virginia, claims he was frustrated when he came up with a new plan to punish his child for bullying.
After being notified that his 10-year-old son had been banned from his school bus for three days due to bullying and picking on other children, Bryan Thornhill devised a creative way to teach his son a lesson.
“[H]e was being a little bully, which I do not tolerate, I cannot stand,” Thornhill said on Facebook, “and therefore, he has to run to school.”
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In the Facebook video, Bryan Thornhill follows behind his son in his car, noting that they are about a mile away at the start of the punishment.
Thornhill said that it’s a week-long punishment.
“Ironically, since he’s been running to school this week, his behavior has been better,” Bryan Thornhill adds in the viral video. “His teachers have approved of his behavior this week. He hasn’t gotten in trouble at school this week, where last week he was just absolutely out of his mind. This right here is just old-school, simple parenting. This is a healthy way for a child to be punished because it’s exercise, something that a lot of people don’t think children should do anymore.”
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“Sometimes it sucks for them and that’s what teaches them,” he later continued in the viral video. “He’s going to be a very fast runner later on because we’ve always joked he’s either going to be fast or obedient. So far, we’re working on fast.”
The video currently has over 26 million views, 550,000 shares, and 40,000 comments.
“I get creative with stuff. I’ve done all kinds of different things. But we’re going to make sure that one way or another, his teachers are able to enjoy his company at school, he’s not disrupting his classmates and everything else.”
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Bryan Thornhill reportedly mostly posts about guns and parenting on Facebook, and his material has sparked a pretty loud debate.
“If you say we need gun control, people… we need parenting!” he continued. “Proud gun supporter, I love guns and everything else. But I love my children more than anything in this world, so I’m going to take initiative to raise them.”
“I can’t lock them in my safe life I can guns; I can control guns easily forever. This, I’ve got to make sure I control now because when I’m not around, he has free will,” Thornhill said in the video trailing his son. “Teach them how to be responsible for their own lessons and accountable for everything they’ve done. And make sure you’re there.”
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Unsurprisingly Bryan Thornhill’s video generated a lot of comments about his unique approach to punishment.
“I bet you this kid grows up to understand actions and consequences, but more importantly, respect for others,” one commented.
“Wow, it’s all fun and games till you run over your own kid because your paying attention to your phone while grandstanding what a great parent you are,” another commented. “If you were a great parent he wouldn’t be a bully getting thrown off the bus .. His teachers wouldn’t say he’s been good since you did this.”
“Thank you for raising a young man and not a future thug, wrote a third. “Parenting doesn’t come with a “handbook” or “instructions” and we all could use a helpful hand and guidance from time to time.”
And for those that think that Bryan Thornhill is the one that’s a bully for punishing his son so publicly he has another message.
“If you’ve got your panties in a wad over watching a kid jog, well I feel sorry for you,” Thornhill said in the video. “If a kid jogging offends you, then get … off the couch — you probably need a lap or two.”
What are your thoughts?
