26 November 2023 , 13:00
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A mum who spotted her son's behaviour being publicly shamed online was shocked - but had the perfect response to the situation.
When Stacey Robinson saw her son Louie's photo on a local community Facebook group called 'Crimewatch Wirral' in 2019, it made her "cringe". The post which was shared on the group, which at the time had more than 65,000 members, showed her son, and his friends, who were accused of "throwing food and rubbish all over the floor" outside a café in West Kirby, reported.
It also directly addressed the parents of the children pictured, saying: "If these kids are yours then I hope you're proud of them."
Stacey was ashamed to find out about her son's actions (Liverpool Echo WS)Angry residents often turn to post in so-called crimewatch groups about the behaviour of teenagers on the streets - but it's very rare that a parent actually directly responds to identify themselves or their children. Rather than jumping to the defensive, Stacey decided to show everyone that she did not raise her 14-year-old son to behave this way.
Posting on Facebook, Stacey, from Leasowe, said: "The one in pink is my son Louie - he is 14 and was not brought up like this. He is off school tomorrow and will be doing a day's litter picking come rain or shine.
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"I will upload pictures of him and he will be apologising to anyone he has upset and if there is a member of staff from the café who wants to message me and arrange a Saturday or Sunday were we can come in."Louie can do a day cleaning washing dishes brushing the floor whatever is needed - I will stay and fully supervise him. Every time I look at this picture I cringe because this is not the lad I brought up."
True to her word, Stacey took her teenage son out for a day of litter picking today around their local community centre in Leasowe. Louie collected two black bin bags full of plastic drinks bottles and dog waste bags as well as glass, to try and make amends for his alleged behaviour.
Louie said she wanted to make clear that he felt the bad behaviour he was accused of was taken out of context - and that it wasn't exactly how it looked. Louie said he and his friends had two cones of chips and he was dared to drink the vinegar from the bottom.
Stacey Robertson made her 14 year old son Louie go out litter picking (Liverpool Echo WS)Mum Stacey, then 39, said: "Him being a div (sic) he did and his reaction was to throw the cone and the chips on the floor- he then told his friends he was going to the Post Office to buy a drink because all he could taste for vinegar, which is why he wasn't in the second picture."
Louie claimed the lady who shared the pictures and post in Crimewatch Wirral only spoke to another boy while he was in the chip shop and that he was not rude to her. Regardless of whether he felt the post shaming him was legitimate or not, Louie still spent his day off school picking up rubbish on his mum's orders.