Man forces son to eat school report, mad?

India
May 30, 2010 11:10pm CST
Furious at his son's poor school report, a father in France forced the boy to chew and swallow the sheets of paper and later admitted that he had "lost his temper" and had "over-reacted". The boy found it difficult to eat the three sheets of paper. His father then attempted to force it down his throat with his finger, a court in Poitiers, western France, was told. The man was handed a two months suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay his son a symbolic one euro in damages. I hope other fathers will read this and not copy the act. Why are we always running behind scores. Every child may not be scorign 80-90% but every child is special.
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16 responses
• Panama
1 Jun 10
I do understand the Father's frustration. He certainly overacted.Some children may not yet be ready to be in the 85% - 95% range.It was then time to find out why this low score by arranging a meeting with the teachers involved how to solve this problem . His son should also be in this meeting.I am sure there will be a change towards improvement in all directions, when his Dad's high temper diminishes to a low , and he gives his son a loving approach to his studies.
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• India
1 Jun 10
This is a good idea but father should have thought of this. He already got angry and that resulted in this situation. Thanks for the response.
@Cliff94 (49)
31 May 10
My goodness, I have heard of parents being pushy about results but thats just rediculas. I mean, like most people I have had my fair share of bad results, and well most people can feel bad for themselves about them, without their parents getting mad. Its better if they would be supportive but still be able to back off when they see that they are pushing the child too far. Parents should also be trying to encourage the child in other aspects of life apart from school in my opinion. If you get a bad result in an exam, or even just a result thats slightly lower that your target, you just have to try harder next time. You can only do your best, and others can't accept that then they should go get their head checked.
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• India
1 Jun 10
Correctly said, parents should encourage child to score better in the next exam, this would boost their confidence and no wonder if they do much better next time. Thanks for the response.
• United States
31 May 10
That is crazy. It seems psycho parents are found all around the world. My mom wants yelled at me so bad after seeing my grade in one of the classes that I ended up fever. I was in bed four days. My dad looked after me. At least this man confessed that he got mad and over-reacted on the matter. My mom never really showed any guilt. She didn't even look after me when I had the fever. She did not even talk to me. My age that time was only 8. God save us all from psycho parents!
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• India
31 May 10
I am sorry to hear that.. Parents really need to learn parenting lessions. Thanks for teh response.
@pabreen (237)
• Philippines
31 May 10
He does not deserve to be a father if that's how he treat his son. I believe that parents play a very important role in the achievement of their children. That's why if we want our children to excel in class, we should keep on motivating them to do their best. Explain to our children the benefits of having good grades, and tell them the bad effects of having poor grades in their future. I think if we try to do this, our children will listen and strive to give their best.
• India
1 Jun 10
Parents are the first teacher in everyone life and they should be responsible what the do with the childrens. Thanks for the response.
@oldchem1 (8132)
31 May 10
What a horrible man! He doesn't deserve to be a father!
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• India
31 May 10
he is a fatehr who just care about his reputation. Thanks for the response.
• Philippines
31 May 10
"lost his temper"? He should be the one eating those sheets of paper. People should never expect that much to other people because every person has their own limitations.
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• India
31 May 10
Expectations are ok but prepare for the results as well. Its not everytime one is going to score 100% and you should accept that. Thanks for the response.
• United States
31 May 10
Sadly if a person wants to abuse their child , no ruling will stop them, The police Can!
• India
1 Jun 10
Police can if they come to know but its father and son , so a logical thinking and understanind is required and not the police. Thanks for the response.
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@VotreAmie (3028)
• United States
1 Jun 10
Wow! These things make me angry and sad for these little kids that can not defend themselves. The father is not just mad, he had problems and should see a psychiatrist. The prison is not enough, I think they should remove this kid from living with his father. If I was the mom and I had the means to leave, I would do that because this is just what we see, I wonder what else he does to this kid. Also, they should make him eat and swallow a bench of papers so he can see what it does to you when you are forced to do something like that. Take care.
• India
1 Jun 10
The most importatent thing is to make father understand that getting angry is not the solution and he should try to boost the child to gain confidence in next exam. Thanks for the response.
• Philippines
31 May 10
Poor child. Probably his father had this same experience with his father before and so he was doing the same with his kid. It was really terrible and there was no way that such a father can treat their kid like that. Nobody is perfect,we cannot get a perfect grade. Parents should not force their kids to get a certain level of grade. They should just help their kids by teaching them extra special.
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• India
31 May 10
I think earlier parents were not that much concerned about marks and all. Its today where it has become matter of pride if your child score less. thanks for the response.
@laurahen (596)
• Canada
31 May 10
That's rediciulous! I hope that this story you just told was fictional because no one should have to go through such a horrible thing like that. I think that they father must have been really upset about the marks on the report card to do that. I think that he should learn to calm down and be proud of his son for the work that he did.
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• India
31 May 10
Unfortunately this is not a fiction and a true story as per news web site. thanks for the response.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Jun 10
Wow, that's was too bad and a father deserves more than that kind of punishment. Because of the negative emotional effect he did give to his child will always be there with his son. Every father or parents should accept their child's capacity and limits and give realistic expectations. Every child is a gift and they should always take care and treasure that gift given by God.
• India
1 Jun 10
Correct, every child is a gift and should be taken care with lot of love and affection instead of such act. Thanks for the response.
• India
31 May 10
Hello friend!! Its really bad that parents puts pressure on their child to score more marks. It was really bad thing which his father did.. after all that was a human being not animal...Even animals care for their kids well... I am against such incidents and I will never force my kids when I will have that after marriage... It really does not make any sense.. I have always been among toppers in my school as well as university while I have had friends who were not good in studies... I can clearly see, there are not same interests of all human beings... It is not necessary that if I was brilliant then my kids will also be forced for that.. It is better to understand your kid and their interest and help them to explore that field instead of forcing just for study. How many successful people were scholars during their school days... rare... very few... but now world know them because of their work... whether those are businessman or politicians... Have nice time friend!! Take care!! Happy myLotting!!
• India
31 May 10
Well said man, its better to understand the child's interest and work towards that instead of punishment. Encourage your child to do better next time and do not punish. Thanks for the response.
@kedralynn (980)
• United States
31 May 10
Ok I could see being angry if my child was doing poorly in school when I know they could do better. Shoot I was one those kids who could've gotten perfect grades if I tried but I didn't, lol. But rather than punish me for bad grades my parents rewarded me for the good ones quarterly. And on a different note... um what good does it to make your kid eat their report card? What does that accomplish? I could see him overreacting and say spanking the kid as that's more normal, even if it's pointless... But making him eat it? Why? That's nuts. I'm glad the dad had to pay.
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• India
31 May 10
Perhaps his expectations were too high and the child could not fulfill that and all the anger resulted into this situation. thanks for the response.
@paigeee (29)
• United States
31 May 10
That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard! The father was obviously not in his right mind because no good father would do such a thing. And the punishment was too light I feel.
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• India
31 May 10
this is really ridiculous but parents are so concerened about marks and not about the child. Thanks for the response.
@nixxi76 (3191)
• Canada
31 May 10
I don't think any money will replace the damage and hurt that his son is feeling now. That's rediculous how this so called father over reacted. Sure we want our children to do well in school but setting that type of behavior is unacceptable. No child should have to go through that. I think the punishment for the father is not enough. He doesn't deserve to be a dad. Take care
• India
1 Jun 10
Every father want good for his child but this is not the way to get best from child. Motivate him to do better next time instead of punishing him. Thanks for the response.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
31 May 10
Hi, Ajay. This is so terrible! My son makes bad grade very often and I never have gotten angry with him. You are right, every child is special. But he is not to his father, which is very sad. I do hope that this child's throat was not severely damaged. His father really needs some mental help and jail time too.
• India
1 Jun 10
Not all details available but he did realize the mistake and most probably now should be fine for the future. Thanks for the response.