Florida mom uses 'public embarrassment' to punish teen daughter

The actions of a Florida mother have sparked a parenting debate after the woman and her teenage daughter stood near a busy intersection as the girl held a large sign that read: “I lied. I humiliated myself & my mother."

Witnesses spotted the mother and daughter standing on the median of Veterans Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard in Cape Coral on Saturday afternoon as cars whizzed by.

After the passerby posted the video to her Facebook page, it triggered a nationwide debate on parenting, with equal parts of comments both supporting and blasting the mom.

“On our way home we witnessed parenting at its finest,” Ashley Atty posted on Facebook with a video of the mother and daughter walking along the median with the sign.

There are reports that the mom gave her daughter a choice between the public shaming or being grounded all summer.

The daughter chose public shaming.

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