Dad Makes His Son Pay For Three F’s

Michael Bell Sr. had enough of his son's bad grades and behavior in school, so he took an extreme measure.

He made his son, Michael Bell Jr., stand on the corner of a busy South Florida intersection over the weekend wearing a sign. The front of the sign reads "Hey, I want to be a class clown. Is it wrong?" The back says "I'm in the 7th grade and got three F's. Blow your horn if there's something wrong with that."

Michael Jr. heard plenty of honking horns. His latest report card, which arrived just days before spring break, had him failing civics, language arts, and math. So now, Michael Jr. will be spending his entire spring break wearing the sign to try to get him to improve his grades and behavior at school. (WSVN)

Do you think shaming a child like this to try and force a change has any merit?