Assignment 14- What's Trending On Social Media

A young mother was recorded “disciplining” her child at his place of education on November 7^th, 2019. The video surfaced on Facebook, and Twitter all day where the mother received consistent criticism and backlash from a huge social media audience. Opinions were typed and updated hourly by faithful social media users. Internet users expressed how the mother “dragged” and “snatched” her 6 to 7-year-old little boy while he was his feet, and brutally whipped him with a belt in front of his teachers, as well as getting in her child’s face and calling him inappropriate names.

“If there wasn’t a video you would have thought she was talking to a grown man…disgusting” –Social Media User (Facebook).

“YUCK!!! How are some of y’all parents??? IMAGINE treating your child like this?” –Social Media User (Twitter).

“Yall remember the other day I said majority of the Emasculation of the Black Male comes from Toxic Mothering…BOOM it has manifest in simple fashion fr the ones in the back..So yall wanna debate me again?” –Social Media User (Facebook).

The way the mother treated her young child in the video was processed as abuse. From my perspective, I do believe disciplining children is necessary, but in the proper manner, speaking as a parent. Many parents and guardians are disturbed by the women’s actions that were caught on camera. I mean did she really have to call him out of his name? Were her physical actions really necessary?

“Y’all baby these boys too much, that’s the problem!” –Social Media user (Twitter).