I'm not too sure on why or how you can, as a parent, publicly humiliate your child, but it needs to stop. There have been several videos of parents recording their child/children on camera while beating them or speaking on their child's personal business for all the world to see. What some parents may fail to realize is that everything that you put on the Internet is there to stay...forever,regardless if you decide to delete it or not.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with disciplining your child in the privacy of your own home, but when it comes to broadcasting it as if you're trying to "teach" other parents or children how to behave then that's when it becomes an issue. You could end up mentally hurting your child or cause them to end up hurting themselves. The recent video of a mother, Shanavia Miller beating her daughter on Facebook went viral within minutes of posting.

Surprisingly, the daughter of Miller actually apologized on her Facebook page stating that she embarrassed her mother and that she deserved the beating. Which in my opinion makes me believe that the teen seen nothing wrong in her mother's actions and is taking full responsibility for it.

Although the teen may have been in the wrong, the world didn't need to know and her mother didn't have to make a video. There are plenty forms of discipline besides physical beatings and lately parents have gone overboard with trying to "teach a lesson" or "set an example" by showing these videos.

Publicly humiliating your child just to teach them a lesson could ruin them mentally and emotionally. It also makes me wonder what kind of sick satisfaction do some parents get out of doing so. Would it be maybe to brag about how good their "parenting" skills are to other parents? Or to show other teens around the world that your son/daughter deserves this treatment?

Whatever happened to letting your child learn from their mistakes and teaching them the lesson by letting them go through the consequences? Even sitting down and talking with them letting them know that in life we all make bad or poor decisions, but the key is being their guide and guiding them the right way.

Although I have no children yet, I do believe in properly disciplining your child if it's necessary. However, disciplining your child on camera just to boost your ego is corny. The situation then becomes your ego rather than teaching your child a "lesson".

Parents, end this "video broadcasting" phase and have some respect for your child.