Police say Georgia mom forced son to kill hamster
AP
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. – A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.
The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.
Sheriff Steve Whitlock said 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter of Warm Springs faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.
The sheriff's office said she remained in the Meriwether County jail early Friday. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer.
It's tough being a parents these days. Nothing seems to work with this new generation, whether it be violent methods like spanking or non violent results like time outs. So sometimes you have to get creative and force your kid to kill his hamster with a hammer. It might seem "cruel" or "unusual" now but when this kid is walking in the Quad at Harvard he'll be glad his mom made him take the roofing hammer to Fluffy.
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