Mother Forces Daughter To Carry 'Will Work For Food' Sign

[The Straight Story]

Mother Forces Daughter To Carry 'Will Work For Food' Sign

POSTED: 2:17 pm EST November 16, 2005
UPDATED: 2:21 pm EST November 16, 2005

EDMOND, Okla. -- Tasha Henderson got tired of her 14-year-old daughter's poor grades, her chronic lateness to class and her talking back to her teachers, so she decided to teach the girl a lesson.

She made Coretha stand at a busy Oklahoma City intersection Nov. 4 with a cardboard sign that read: "I don't do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing me for my future. Will work for food."

"This may not work. I'm not a professional," said Henderson, a 34-year-old mother of three. "But I felt I owed it to my child to at least try."

In fact, Henderson has seen a turnaround in her daughter's behavior in the past week and a half. But the punishment prompted letters and calls to talk radio from people either praising the woman or blasting her for publicly humiliating her daughter.

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Now let's make * twins carry a sign that says "Will kill for oil"