Mom Calls Cops On Misbehaving 10-Year-Old Son: Mother’s ‘Arrest’ Lesson Receives Praise

A mom called the cops on her 10-year-old son because he was misbehaving and being disrespectful. The cops did show up, and she asked them to help her teach the boy a lesson. There was no way she could scare him straight on her own.

According to ABC News, Chiquita Hill called the police after she learned from the boy’s teacher that he was being “rude and disrespectful, not listening, talking back, not doing his school work.” The teacher even visited the boy at his home to try to talk some sense into him, but his mother could see that the talk did not have the desired effect.

That is when she called the Columbus, Georgia, police to her home. She explained the situation to the police, and they agreed to come out and help her with her son.

Hill described the scene at her home that day after the police arrived.

“Everything happened so fast. He didn’t have time to react to anything…. He was scared. [Sean] gave me the biggest hug and said, ‘I’ll never do it again.’ I don’t know what they said to him. We all sat down and we talked about what happened…. And I told him his behavior and his actions affect those around him. I’m glad I did this. He will be 11 this month. He’s hitting that pre-teen age…. I understand that he will be going through changes…. But with all the things going on in Missouri and in Baltimore, I want to stop anything from happening while he’s young and impressionable.”

Hill even mentioned the mother in Baltimore that made national headlines after video of her handling her son on the streets went viral. That mother recognized her teenage son as one of the kids involved in the rioting on April 27, and she ran up and smacked him repeatedly while yelling at him.

Toya Graham was called the mother of the year after her video circulated on several news stations during the week. She spoke with CBS News about recognizing her son in the crowd and her actions.

“He gave me eye contact. And at that point, you know, not even thinking about cameras or anything like that. That’s my only son and at the end of the day I don’t want him to be a Freddie Gray. At that point, I just lost it. I was shocked, I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that. There’s some days that I’ll shield him in the house just so he won’t go outside and I know that I can’t do that for the rest of my life. I’m a no-tolerant mother. Everybody that knows me, know I don’t play that. He knew he was in trouble. He said when ‘I seen you,’ he said, ‘ma, my instinct was to run.’ Friends and everybody making comments and saying you know, you shouldn’t be mad at your mother, you should give her a hug. And by him seeing everything what’s going on I just hope, I’m not sure, but I hope that he understands the seriousness of what was going on.”

Chiquita Hill in her interview with ABC News revealed that she did not want to be like the “Baltimore mom.” She is hoping her actions now scared her son straight because she does not want her son to reach that point.

However, her actions have also earned her a lot of attention and scrutiny. Some parents are applauding her for her actions, but others think she went too far with her lesson. The boy was upset and in tears as the cops “arrested him.” The mother even shared photos of the incident on Facebook.

In the comments to a previous Inquisitr on this mother’s actions, several comments spoke up and praised Hill for teaching her son this lesson.

One man commented and praised Hill for her actions.

“Good choice, Mom. Show him what’s in store for those who think they are the absolute #1 in life, that nobody else matters. Years ago, there was a municipal program called “Scared Straight” where youths in trouble or in circumstances that could lead to choosing crime as a lifestyle would be taken down to the local jail for a tour and interaction (not a happy one) with inmates to show the youth where their future life might happen. It seemed to be quite effective. This is the same principle. I hope it works as well.”

A mom also spoke up and praised the Georgia mother. She also shared her own story.

“This mom did what she thought was best for her child. Like she said ‘being a parent does not come with a handbook!’ My son was 5 yrs. old and took a small die cast car from Stater Bros. When we got home I asked him where he got it and he said a ‘friend’ gave it to him. Still in the package? He finally admitted that he took it from Stater Bros. I sent him to his room, called Staters and set it up with the manager to ‘scare’ my son when I brought him in to return the toy he stole. They took my son upstairs (I stayed downstairs) and gave him a lecture about stealing (including the possibility of calling the police and having him arrested). They brought a crying 5 yr. old back downstairs, shook my son’s hand, and told me that my son said that he would never steal again. Did I go overboard? I don’t think so.”

However, not everyone agreed. One commenter said that you “suck as a parent” if you need to call in the cops. Another commenter gave a more detailed argument against this mom’s actions.

“No, I do not think she did a good thing. The child needs to be afraid of the Parent’s discipline, not terrorized by the police. What she taught her son was that the police work for powerful other people and cannot be trusted to do the right thing, but the thing the people in power want them to do. Is that the message Parents and Police want to give to their children? Children, especially teens, need to see the Police as helping protect citizens, not as terrorists. And that is exactly what this Moron mother used them — a terrorists to her children rather than take the time as a parent to get the message across to him.”

Chiquita Hill did see the mixed reaction on Facebook to her actions, and she spoke up to defend herself, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.

“What I say to people that say I’m emotionally hurting my child or giving him a fear of law enforcement: he respects law and knows they’re there to help people but he also knows they’re also there to show him the consequences of his action,” she said. “If I didn’t feel comfortable, I would have called them off at any time. I wanted to get him while he’s still young and impressionable. Stop it now before it could get worse.”

It is clear that this mother did what she thought was best for her son. She feels like it helped her son. What do you think? Do you agree with this mother’s actions?

[Photo: Chiquita Hill Facebook]