Mom Follows Daughter Around School with Video Camera to Prove a Point

It seems that parental humiliation of kids is a common theme on social media these days. Remember Tommy Jordan, who released a video in which he shot holes in his daughter's laptop after she posted a few status updates about how unfair her life was? That video has had more than 39 million views on YouTube. The latest parent to inflict social media punishment is Jeannie Crutchfield, from Casper, Wyo. When she found out that her 14-year-old daughter, Ricki Durant, had been skipping class, she decided to take matters into her own hands, and those hands were carrying a video camera. Crutchfield followed her daughter to school, through the hallways, making sure that she went to class, all while the camera was rolling. She posted the video to Facebook, where it has been viewed more than 100,000 times. In the video, Ricki is seen trying to walk away from her mom while Crutchfield asks her, "Why am I here, Ricki?" and a stream of other questions.

There's probably nothing more embarrassing to a high school student than her mom being at her school with a video camera, saying things like "We're gonna hold hands and we're gonna go to class and sit together — isn't that great?" However, the public humiliation might have gotten the message through to Ricki: She told WPTV-TV, "It just goes to show that my mom cares."
 
If you think Crutchfield went too far, you're in the company of YouTube, which removed the video from its site with the explanation that it was "in violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully, or threaten." Crutchfield told Yahoo News, "I had tried everything with her, and this was my last resort, and it worked." Would you ever use a tactic like this to teach your child a lesson?