Apparently, in Knoxville, TN, a web savvy dad figured out his kid was on drugs from reading his son’s MySpace page (parents are you taking notes?). As a punishment, the father had his son (his son agreed to it) stand in public wearing a large sandwich-board sign that said, “I abused and sold drugs.”

Read the story here.

I think this is a great reminder that the Hand of Justice and the Hand of Mercy must be dealt equally. This dad went heavy on the justice (which is my tendency), but he also showed (some) mercy by stopping the punishment when asked to stop, and by not having his son outright arrested. I don’t think I would use this parenting approach, but I imagine it has been an effect method.

What do you think?