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<p>Let&#39;s just say that sometimes teenagers can be difficult. So when Cierra Forney noticed that her 13-year-old son started acting &#39;entitled,&#39; she was sure to nip that bad behavior right in the bud.</p><p>In a Facebook post from March 25th, Forney explained why she had her son shop for new clothes at a Goodwill:</p><oembed>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2142500755776628&amp;set=a.209372489089474.62468.100000501728921&amp;type=3&amp;theater</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Awesome! Now he just has to learn not to drag the clothes on the floor.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Hey, you were thinking it too!" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="297" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-rnd6Nb.gif" width="532" /></div> <figcaption>Hey, you were thinking it too!</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The post quickly went viral, and at time of publication, was shared over 260,000 times.</p><h2>Most of the comments on Forney&#39;s post were positive:</h2><p>&quot;That was some truly inspired parenting! Good for you!&quot; one Facebook user commented.</p><p>&quot;That&#39;s an awesome idea. I hope more parents see this I make their kids do the same,&quot; said another.</p><p>&quot;For a child acting entitled and criticizing others for shopping there, this is the perfect way of humbling him,&quot; another added.</p><h2>But not everyone was a fan.</h2><p>Some commenter accused Forney of publicly shaming her son, which is a form of bullying in and of itself. Others argued that Forney spoiled her son too much to begin with. A few people even went so far as to warn Forney that her son would hate her for putting up the post.</p><h2>She addressed the negative comments in this follow-up post:</h2><blockquote> <p>I am making this post public, which I am almost certain I will regret. However, I feel like this is something I must say. When I made the post about taking my son to Goodwill, I made it to share with my family and friends on my own Facebook. A few people asked me if they could share it since they too agreed with the lesson I was trying to teach my son. People share my stuff all the time and it never ever goes beyond maybe 30 shares? I had NO idea this would happen. Before I agreed, I FIRST asked him if he would be okay with that. He was completely fine with it and still is.</p> <p>My son learned a valuable lesson from this and I believe it is just another story we can add to our lives memory to look back on. I didn&#39;t do this to punish him. It wasn&#39;t to show him that goodwill isn&#39;t a good place to shop. I did this to teach him that money and name brands don&#39;t change who we are as people. He can still be the amazing, adorable, loved kid that he is WITHOUT the expensive stores!</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She went on to add:</h2><blockquote> <p>I do realize that we are partly to blame for his expectancy of always having name brands. My husband and myself had our son when we were VERY young. We always strived to give him all the things we never had and because of that, he has grown to expect these things.</p> <p>I LOVE THE Goodwill. I got my first pair of amazing sunglasses there for 50 cents!! All the public shaming and saying my son will grow to hate me, sue me and later kill me are just awful. My son and I have an amazing relationship. He tells me everything and trusts me whole heartedly. I DO NOT care what anyone has to say about my post because I SOLEY did this to help my son become a better man. All the positive feedback and comments have brought me to tears and so have all the negative ones. All that matters is my son is completely 100 percent okay with what happened. My son has learned a valuable lesson from this AND my son is rockin&#39; his button up shirt he bought from the Goodwill with PRIDE today!!!</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The internet loves the way this mom taught her 'entitled' son a lesson at Goodwill.

Let&#39;s just say that sometimes teenagers can be difficult. So when Cierra Forney noticed that her 13-year-old son started acting &#39;entitled,&#39; she was sure to nip that bad behavior right in the bud.In a Facebook post from March 25th, Forney explained why she had her son shop for new clothes at a Goodwill:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2142500755776628&amp;set=a.209372489089474.62468.100000501728921&amp;type=3&amp;theaterAwesome! Now he just has to learn not to drag the clothes on the floor. Hey, you were thinking it too! giphyThe post quickly went viral, and at time of publication, was shared over 260,000 times.Most of the comments on Forney&#39;s post were positive:&quot;That was some truly inspired parenting! Good for you!&quot; one Facebook user commented.&quot;That&#39;s an awesome idea. I hope more parents see this I make their kids do the same,&quot; said another.&quot;For a child acting entitled and criticizing others for shopping there, this is the perfect way of humbling him,&quot; another added.But not everyone was a fan.Some commenter accused Forney of publicly shaming her son, which is a form of bullying in and of itself. Others argued that Forney spoiled her son too much to begin with. A few people even went so far as to warn Forney that her son would hate her for putting up the post.She addressed the negative comments in this follow-up post: I am making this post public, which I am almost certain I will regret. However, I feel like this is something I must say. When I made the post about taking my son to Goodwill, I made it to share with my family and friends on my own Facebook. A few people asked me if they could share it since they too agreed with the lesson I was trying to teach my son. People share my stuff all the time and it never ever goes beyond maybe 30 shares? I had NO idea this would happen. Before I agreed, I FIRST asked him if he would be okay with that. He was completely fine with it and still is. My son learned a valuable lesson from this and I believe it is just another story we can add to our lives memory to look back on. I didn&#39;t do this to punish him. It wasn&#39;t to show him that goodwill isn&#39;t a good place to shop. I did this to teach him that money and name brands don&#39;t change who we are as people. He can still be the amazing, adorable, loved kid that he is WITHOUT the expensive stores! She went on to add: I do realize that we are partly to blame for his expectancy of always having name brands. My husband and myself had our son when we were VERY young. We always strived to give him all the things we never had and because of that, he has grown to expect these things. I LOVE THE Goodwill. I got my first pair of amazing sunglasses there for 50 cents!! All the public shaming and saying my son will grow to hate me, sue me and later kill me are just awful. My son and I have an amazing relationship. He tells me everything and trusts me whole heartedly. I DO NOT care what anyone has to say about my post because I SOLEY did this to help my son become a better man. All the positive feedback and comments have brought me to tears and so have all the negative ones. All that matters is my son is completely 100 percent okay with what happened. My son has learned a valuable lesson from this AND my son is rockin&#39; his button up shirt he bought from the Goodwill with PRIDE today!!! 

Let&#39;s just say that sometimes teenagers can be difficult. So when Cierra Forney noticed that her 13-year-old son started acting &#39;entitled,&#39; she was sure to nip that bad behavior right in the bud.  In a Facebook post from March...