James Jones is facing criminal charges for climbing on a school bus and throwing a big ol' hissy.
Is this the wrong time to mention I kind of heart him?
I mean, he was wrong, totally wrong. But also kind of right . . .
He climbed on his daughter's bus and started screaming at the kids, using "profane" language and basically just going batshit crazy.
But according to Orlando TV station WESH, the other kids put open condoms on his daughter's head and hurt her by smacking her on the back of her head and twisting her ear.
As a parent, that's like a declaration of war.
Just last week my daughter's best friend told his mom that a little boy had thrown sand in my daughter's face. I heard this via a Facebook message from said mom, and it was a hold the phone moment with a side order of steam from the ears and nose.
Here I thought I'd gotten the skinny on "what happened at school today?"
And now I had a kid to kill.
Or at least kick him in the shins and run away.
See, I get where Mr. Jones was coming from. You don't always get a full report from the school (mine came from the mouth of another 5-year-old for cripes' sakes), and all too often there's been no supervisory intervention at all.
It's tough on a bus in particular because a driver has her eyes on the road -- that's her job. I remember the stuff that went on on buses as a kid, it wasn't pretty. If Jones' school district is anything like mine, there's no funding for bus aides.
It's that driver driving, and a bunch of kids playing bully in the backseats, taking advantage of the extra-tall seats installed in buses around America to protect our kids in case of an accident.
Jones has said he's sorry for taking matters into his own hands, and he's taking his criminal charges in stride.
So before you judge him, how about a big round of applause?
You thought it. He did it.
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Maybe the "profanity" was much, but we also aren't getting what so called profane words were used...my kids think "crap" is a swear word so who knows right? I would have totally defended my kid and I would have had words for the parents of whoever supplied the condoms as well!
He's my newest hero, honestly. He did what most of us WISH we had done.
And for all the moms who said "if my kid was on the bus and they heard that I would do so and so to that dad", Im sure its probably your kids doing he bullying. Why not see why the parent had that reaction in the first place?
I feel so bad for these kids nowadaysi ts not like it used to be. More and more they are being bullied and tortured some even committing suicide. When will it end?
I totally support, understand and agree with what he did. My son was terribly tormented all year long at his new elementary school he went to after we moved to a new state. I was at that school every single week. The counselor asked the 4 boys who were hitting, punching, spitting on, stealing from, shoving and verbally abusing my son why they did it. The simply said they had no reason, they were just doing it. One boy even wrote in an assignment for New Year's resolutions that his resolution was to be even more mean. Nothing at all was done the entire year. At least nothing that made any difference to the kids and nothing that apparently made the parents of these little bullies care enough to do anything at home. At the end of the year my son finally snapped and when one of them pushed him, he pushed back. The principal put my son into In School Suspension for defending himself after the school had let him down. At the conference afterwards, both the principal and the counselor said that my son asked for what he got because he followed the rules and because he told on the bullies when they were assaulting him or calling him "Gay". I can totally empathis with this father. I fantasized over and over long conversations in my head with the parents of these nasty boys.
This wonderful father is my hero, too!!
Good for him!! If the bus driver and the school had been doing their job, his tirade wouldn't have been necessary. Enough is enough. He may have gone overboard, but he made his point. These bulllies need a taste of their own medicine. As a former target of bullies, I say "WAY TO GO!!!"
If the school can't take of these problems they really shouldn't blame parents for getting mad? I bet nothing even happen to the problem (the bad kids), but the one adult trying to stop it gets criminal charges? What a world! He should also go to the parents and tell them how that is sexual harassment and gross and could end up owning their house if they don't get their kids under control.
have to say i want to help pay the guy's legal fees because i have to agree with what he did.....and i hope they charge the kids who where harrasing the daughter because they need to be taught that this behavior was not ok .....
So true.... He did what we have all wanted to do!!!! I remember some kid flipping me off as I got in my mom's car at the bus stop at the end of the day. My Mom saw it and took it personally..... We followed the bus to the kids bus stop, and my Mom parked the car and got on the bus and chewed out the kid and the driver..... Talk about being embarrassed. I wanted to die, and as an adult, have heard this story from said kid on more than one occasion!!!! BUT, having kids of my own, I can now say, I would have done the same thing!
Amen, sister! Preach!
I would have done the same thing, my daughter came home the other day from school and told me about a lil' boy that took her practice notebook and threw it out the window of the bus, which we ended up having to replace. But I called the school and talked directly to the principal and told her what my daughter had said, and the next day my daughter and that lil' boy were called into the office and the boy was punished after my daughter confirmed who he was. She hasn't complained about him since.