It’s not about making your kids perfect; it’s about helping them get through the good and bad parts of life. As a child, you learn a lot and often feel bad about the things you did. But the most important thing is how our kids grow and learn from their mistakes.

That’s where follow-through comes in. We teach our kids important lessons by giving them punishments for bad behavior. But there are big differences in how punishment is done.

 

A father’s unusual approach recently caused a lot of discussion. He shaved his daughter’s head bald because she made fun of a friend who had lost her hair to chemotherapy. His goal? To help her understand how much she hurt people.

Many people didn’t like how he did things, but the father is strict. In an interview with CafeMom, he said that his daughter did what she did because she had a personal problem with the peer that involved a boyfriend and teen gossip.

Even though the dad’s approach is extreme, it shows how important understanding is as a parent. He tried to teach his daughter how her words can hurt by putting her in the other girl’s shoes.

How far should we go to teach our kids empathy? That’s an important question that this story brings up. Should we focus on learning and talking to each other instead of punishing people?

Finding balance is what parenting is all about in the end. We can help our kids grow up to be kind and responsible people by combining discipline with open communication and understanding.

What do you think? Was the father being too stern, or did he teach the child a very important lesson? Say what you think.