Sometimes parents do not tolerate unwanted behavior of their children, so they resolve it by ample disciplining in order to teach their children a valuable lesson. But this parent has gone way too overboard in teaching his child to behave.
It came to a point where this dad's 13-year old daughter couldn't handle the embarassment, the shame, and the degree of punishment her dad has lashed out on her. And certainly it took a toll on the daughter's mind and behaviour, which resulted in a very unfortunate incident her father could never imagine.

Izabel Laxamana, a native of Tacoma, Washington, comitted suicide last May 29 after allegedly jumping off a highway overpass. It was sad news for everyone including the family, which was very surprised on how and why their beautiful daughter took away her precious life.

Little did they know the reason behind this was because of her parents. She walked to the top of the Interstate 5 bridge then jumped off after her father posted a truly demoralizing and embarassing video of her being punished by her dad. Her father Jeff, was not too keen on being kind and gentle when disciplining, which resulted in Izabel ending her life because of her father's actions.

As it can be seen on the video, she was being scolded by her father, while there was a bundle of hair seen on the floor, which looked like Izabel's hair that her dad decided to cut off as her punishment. Her dad said "The consequences of getting messed up? Man, you lost all that beautiful hair. Was it worth it?" She just stares at her fallen hair on the floor, while quietly answering "No." "How many times did I warn you?" Her dad said. With a low voice, she spoke "Twice." Her father then says "Okay." Seemingly proving a point as the video concludes.
It's still uncertain whether the video urged Izabel's decision to take her life away, as Tacoma Public Information Officer Loretta Cool said that Izabel was also being bullied at school.

Tacoma Stories, a blog website stated this after knowing of Izabel's incident:

"Public shaming is a form of abuse. There are those who will say that it teaches a lesson. So does punching someone in the face. That doesn't make it okay to do to your children. My thoughts are with this young girl. I hope that she gets the help she needs. I also hope her father gets the help he so clearly needs and that her family can heal from these traumatic events brought on by public shaming."

A Facebook page was created named Justice for Izabel, where netizens gather to rally for charging her father with criminally and abusively shaming Izabel in public. Giaudrone Middle School offered Izabel a tribute with stuffed animals, flowers, and messages left by the students of the school. It truly is a sad story to hear. Hopefully this will open the eyes of parents in tolerating their children's behaviour and possibly avoid these kind of incidents in the future. Our thought and prayers go to Izabel and her family.

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