The effects of bullying on a child can have awful, lifelong effects. As a parent, dealing with your kid being bullied can be terribly, terribly difficult, and as well enraging because typically there’s only so much you can really do. But, on the other side of the coin, what do you do when you find out that it is actually your kid who’s being the bully?

When Bryan Thornhill found out his 10-year-old son was kicked off of the school bus for bullying, he decided to nip it in the bud right then and there and took matters into his own hands.

“He was being a little bully which I do not tolerate, can’t stand,” said the father to a reporter. “Therefore, he has to now run to school. We’re right about one mile from the school so all week he’s got the experience of running.

“Teach your kids, don’t be a friend, be a parent. That’s what children need these days.

The internet is somewhat divided in its reaction, with most people applauding the man for teaching his son a lesson. However, others say he went too far.

Thornhill’s 10-year-old son in the above video, had this to say about being forced to run to school in the rain: “It was a well-deserved punishment… I’m going to behave now.”

What do YOU think?