A MUM has been praised for great parenting after getting her teenage daughter to pick up litter on the streets as punishment for walking along tram tracks.
Samantha Coughlan, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, was furious when she saw the snap of her 14-year-old daughter walking along a set of tram tracks on Monday and decided to dish out her own type of “community service” to punish her.
After seeing the picture, mum-of-four Samantha, 31, immediately grounded her daughter, took her away mobile phone and explained the dangers of what she had done.
As a punishment, she decided her daughter would spend the afternoon picking up litter in a filthy alleyway in the pouring rain.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, she said:
“Unfortunately we can’t keep tabs on our children all the time.
“I was so disappointed when I saw the (Facebook) post, I was really embarrassed by it.
“I told her she had put tram drivers and passengers at risk as well as herself
“It’s not even worth thinking about what could have happened.”
Samantha said that the punishment was a way of “giving back to the community.”
She said: “I just took her down a little alleyway which is always filthy – I have to walk that way every day to pick my kids up from school.
“When we finished she was actually quite proud of her work. We filled three bin bags in total.
“It was pouring with rain as well so it felt like double punishment.”
Samantha posted the results on Facebook and received hundreds of comments congratulating her for doing some “proper parenting.”
Samantha is certain her daughter won’t be walking on any more tram tracks.
She said: “She has promised me she will never do anything stupid like that again.
“I think she’s learnt her lesson.”
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