Discipline or Abuse? Mother whips 12 year old daughter for posting semi-nude pics on facebook
Photos of a mother from Trinidad and Tobago flogging her 12 year old daughter from posting semi-nude pictures of herself on Facebook has gone viral.
The Daily Mail UK reports that;
Last Sunday, a video was posted on Facebook showing Helen Bartlett, a mother of four from Point Fortin, beating her sobbing daughter while hurling profanities at her.
The six-minute clip, which depicts Ms Bartlett raining blows on the 12-year-old girl, who whimpers in pain and cowers from the belt, has been shared more than 43,000 online.
Public shaming: Helen Bartlett (right), a mother of four from Trinidad and Tobago, shared a video online showing her beating her 12-year-old daughter for inappropriate behavior
Unsettling: The six-minute clip shows the mother whipping the girl with a belt as she whimpers in pain
Discipline or abuse: The clip has gone viral on social media and sparked a public debate about corporal
Train up a child in the way he/she should go ……first and foremost, why is the child on fb? Secondly, who was recording this that failed to intervene? Thirdly, correcting and spanking the child is not bad BUT not this way, please!