One mother took action after she learned that her son had bullied a girl, and what she did is not to be missed. She ensured her son would learn his lesson and never treat someone that way again. Watch the short but powerful clip to see how the mother responded when she heard about her son bullying a young woman.

Everyone wants to be treated with kindness and consideration. Seriously, can you think of someone who would rather receive contempt and hatred than gentleness and sympathy? I’m guessing probably not. Even if you don’t get along with someone particularly well, treating them decently and respectfully is still relatively easy.

You’d have to go out of your way to treat someone negatively, making a special effort. Sadly, that’s what many children do to one another for one reason or another. They bully each other, treating one another horribly. Kids can be ruthless, too. Many seem to have a knack for finding someone’s weakness and continue hitting and pounding on it.

In a clip posted on social media, one mother marched her son, who had said something hurtful to a female classmate, into a store. She gave the young man specific instructions as they approached The Dollar Tree.

“So, when we get in the store, you will pick out something nice for her to take to school tomorrow for her, OK?” the mother said. “And you will write an apology letter, so she knows that you are not raised to say things like that to little girls or anybody, OK?”

Once in the store, the young man looks through the candy aisles until he comes across a candy heart. After returning home, the chocolate heart is placed in a gift bag, and he then writes his letter expressing his remorse.

Because this mother took swift and decisive action, this young man is not likely to bully anyone else. Good job, mom!

Proverbs 22:6 “If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.”