Him having to resort to this just means he is not paying attention to his kids IMO. Kids are a huge responsibility and not a pet. When you feed your kids like pets and hope for the best... you get results like this.
All it took was one C, D or God forbid an F on a test or paper to get me into action. Plus all through school till the 9th grade homework was checked every night. I was afraid they would try and do tricks I did because I never did homework.
I stopped at the 9th grade... because when Ezra started the 9th grade she asks me.. "Dad, can I check my own homework for now on"? I said as long as you do good... sure.
She got tired of me correcting her homework and I ended up being the one wrong. lol
I will call and apologize AGAIN to her for that. lol She used to get frustrated. I couldn't help I was stupid.