This is just down right wrong
Mother charged with using tools on son for not doing homework
07:48 AM CST on Wednesday, January 5, 2005
St. Louis (AP) -- A 34-year-old Ferguson woman was charged Tuesday with using a hammer and pliers to punish her son for not doing his homework.
Police say Nancy Boyd-Porter had her other sons hold down the victim while she hit him in the hand with a hammer. She then squeezed the boy's fingers with a pair of pliers and threatened to break them.
The boy said she then threw the hammer at him, hitting him in the ankle.
Police said the mother admitted to using the pliers to frighten the child. She told detectives that she was punishing her son for not starting his homework before she got home that night.
Boyd-Porter faces four felony charges, including abuse of a child, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree assault and armed criminal action.