Video posted to Facebook on June 1 shows a teenage girl, in the company of her mother, holding a sign saying 'I lied' at a busy intersection.
According to Ashley Atty, the woman who shared the footage, the sign said "I lied. I humiliated myself & my mother."
In the video, the mom can be seen ordering her daughter to continue to walk around with the sign.
Atty told a local tv station, "I'm sure she'll never lie again, because that was embarrassing."
At last check, the video had over 3,000 views on Facebook, as people debated whether this was effective parenting or not.