This Black Dad Taught His Son the Ultimate Lesson About Bullying, and Parents Everywhere Approve!

It’s not every day you see a good example of parenting that makes the masses agree, but that’s exactly what happened to one Black dad on TikTok and the disciplinary method he recently employed on his preteen son. And believe us when we say his unorthodox way of teaching his kid a lesson has garnered praise across several corners of the internet!

Let’s get into it.

In a now-viral video, user Boosted Speed Demon recently told his TikTok fans and followers that his son recently decided to bully a couple of kids at his school. Well, as you can imagine, that didn’t go over all that too well, and so, in an effort to teach his son a lesson, the dad decided to take him out back so they could fight—literally.

“I raised my son not to deal with bullies, to stand up to bullies and be good to women. And instead, he decided that he was going to not only bully a kid half his size, but also bully a girl who is half his size. And tell her vile a** things like, ‘She should kill herself,’” he explained.

He later added: “In my day, my dad would have just beat the sh*t out of me with his bare fists. But because I’m not him, I’m gonna give you the opportunity to learn a real lesson without getting hurt.”

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To be specific, the father, who is 6’4 and weighs 220 pounds, decked his son out in appropriate boxing headgear and gloves so he wouldn’t hurt himself too bad. But rest assured, the camera soon cut to footage of the two in the backyard in their respective fighting stances and preparing to duke it out.

What followed was the scared child who was too nervous and refused to hit his father, even though his dad kept telling him to throw a punch as hard as he could.

“So you think you’re big and bad, huh? Oh, so now you suddenly don’t think you’re big and bad when you have somebody bigger and badder standing in front of you?” the dad said while his son cried and tried to get out of the ordeal.

After the son threw a pitiful punch and tried to answer his dad’s questions, his father lobbed a jab to his head—but not with his full power. That didn’t stop the child from crying even more and apologizing for being a bully.

And while these types of correctional actions are rare to see nowadays, by the time the video made the rounds on social media, parents and people who saw it were quick to give the dad his props for handling the situation properly!

“I actually AGREE with posting stuff like this online because we live in an era where kids (& a lot of adults) are only tough online. Bullying & Red pill activity starts online for a lot of young men. When something happens irl, they hide it, & then run online to shape the narrative in their favor,” said one user on X/Twitter.

“W Dad. I guarantee his son changes his ways and doesn’t bully anymore, looking back on this as the moment he changes his life. And I bet after son is calm and collected, he appreciated his Dad for it, and they become closer,” said another.

Over on TikTok, others appreciated his methods, too.

“You are the parent us teachers truly appreciate. Thank you for your services; good luck, young man,” said one user on TikTok.

Added another: “The fact that there is nobody saying this is abuse; the world is healing.”

One other user noted: “This is gentle parenting BTW.”

One person gave the dad his flowers, calling him a “good father” and calling the ordeal a “formative moment for his development into manhood.”