Mom Disciplines Daughter With Humiliating Facebook Timeline Cover Image

An Ohio mother was the source of the latest method for parents to use Facebook to discipline their kids, but at least this punishment didn’t involve gunfire.

An Ohio mother was the source of the latest method for parents to use Facebook to discipline their kids, but at least this punishment didn’t involve gunfire.

WKYC-TV, NBC’s Gannett-owned Cleveland affiliate, reported that Denise Abbott of Akron responded to a display of disrespect by her 13-year-old daughter, Ava, by using Facebook to mete out her punishment.

The elder Abbott created a timeline cover image featuring a picture of her daughter with a red X covering her mouth, accompanied by the following text:

I do not know how to keep my (mouth shut).

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