Parents in New Mexico are punishing their 16-year-old son by making him sleep in a tent in the backyard.
Jacob and Angela Boggus reportedly told KRQE that they ran out of ways to stop their son from stealing from them, so he is now being forced to sleep outside in a tent.
“We’re not doing anything wrong here. We’re simply trying to teach our child a lesson,” Angela Boggus said. “If he doesn’t learn that now, it’s gonna be the whole world’s problem, not just ours, in a couple of years,” the father added.
The parents explained that when the boy sleeps in the tent during the day, he gets food and water and is allowed to come inside to use the bathroom. But at 9pm every night, he goes inside the home to sleep. The Boggus’ say that the teen’s punishment is one month long, and he is currently two weeks in.
Authorities first became alerted by the strange punishment when neighbors called the cops concerned for the boy’s safety. But deputies say they don’t see anything illegal about the punishment. According to the Valencia County Sheriff’s Department and the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, the boy is being given food and water and does not seem to be in any immediate danger.
In fact, the last we heard, kids love sleeping in tents, so maybe this punishment isn’t so bad after all.
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