Randy Smalls stunning response to daughter's bullying. Photo / Facebook
After hearing his daughter had been bullying a classmate, Randy Smalls decided to teach his 13-year-old daughter a cold-hard lesson.
Having been bullied himself as a teen, Smalls, 37, knew all too well the effect his daughter's actions would be having on her victim, Ryan, and after speaking with Ryan and her mother, Richauna, Smalls knew exactly what he was going to do.
"I wanted to help Ryan so she wouldn't have this issue anymore," he told Yahoo Lifestyle.
"I say, 'When you laugh along, you're co-signing the bullying'."
The father-of-three, who had originally planned to take his daughter shopping for new clothes, decided Ryan deserved the outing more.
After hearing of Small's generosity, local salons began donating their services to ensure Ryan remains looking and feeling her best.
Richauna, 44, shared Ryan's recent struggle with the death of her father, grandfather and aunt and how the stress had been causing non-epileptic seizures.
"This is the first time I have seen a parent take such a stance on bullying," Richauna said.
Smalls added: "I didn't expect for this to get big but I'm glad if other parents (can learn from it). My daughter learned her lesson."
This isn't the first time a parent has taken a hilarious stance against their misbehaving children.
A British mum shocked her son by turning up to his maths lesson and sitting with him so he would stop misbehaving during class.
Becky Crandley, 30, received phone calls and emails about her son's behaviour – so she took matters into her own hands and joined Harley's lesson at the Sittingbourne School in Kent, Southeast England.
The mum-of-five decided to sit next to her 12-year-old son after a teacher told her about his disrespectful attitude at school.
Completely unaware of his mum's plans, Harley was shocked to find Becky joining him for the final half of his maths lesson.
As suspected, her son's name was already written on the whiteboard for misbehaving during the class.
"When I got there his name was already on the board for calling out.
"When he saw me walk through the door his face went so red with embarrassment.
"He put his head down in shame like, 'Oh my god, my mum is here' – it did make me chuckle."
Despite the initial embarrassment, the 12-year-old got on with his work and Becky believes the ordeal has made her son think twice before disrespecting his teachers again.