Tennessee dad forced son to drink alcohol until he passed out

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Police say an East Tennessee father forced his son to drink alcohol Saturday night until he passed out as a punishment after he caught the 15-year-old drinking.

WBIR-TV reports Sweetwater police have charged 35-year-old Mark Allen Hughes Tuesday with aggravated child abuse and neglect and with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

A witness told police that Hughes gave his son vodka shots and said, "Take it. Take it. Drink up. You?re going to learn," WATE.com reported.

The station reported police were called to the teen's home by witnesses who said Hughes forced his son to play a drinking game. Officers said when they arrived, the boy had no pulse and they performed CPR until an ambulance arrived.

The teen's grandmother told WATE.com that the boy was placed on a ventilator. She told the station he has been released from the hospital and is doing well.

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[LaP]

aggravated child abuse

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That's an attempted murder.

[Shadrack]

Drink up, Walter.

 

[Dick Montage]

I tough love you man!

[Active.]

He sure learned his lesson!

[morebaker]

who the dad

[Gerowen]

I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing, although I would have stopped at puking instead of pushing him all the way to blacking out.

[Active.]

I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing, although [...]

Is this a Southern thing?!  :s

[+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹]

hey, many kids have quit smoking by dad making them eat cigarretes.

 

drinking a lot of alcohol fast, probably was a RETARDED miscalculation...   probably because dad was drunk.   having a kid drink some vodka and feeling real  bad....

not the same as playing drinking games with kid (where you get drunk too)

 

terrible.     i am glad the kid is alive.    

[madd-hatter]

Is this a Southern thing?!  :s

It's a parent thing.

[spenser.d]

It's a parent thing.

No, that's an abuse thing. If you think that's how to properly punish a child, you should see a psych asap.

[madd-hatter]

No, that's an abuse thing. If you think that's how to properly punish a child, you should see a psych asap.

I'm 26 and without child, call it observational humor. 

[DocM]

Dad was a dumbass. Could have killed the kid.

[Chris123NT]

Took it way too far.  You want to teach the kid a lesson let him deal with a nasty hangover the next day, but don't make him drink till he blacks out.

[Active.]

How about:

 

 don't make him drink t?i?l?l? ?h?e? ?b?l?a?c?k?s? ?o?u?t?

 

:pinch:  

[Gerowen]

Is this a Southern thing?!  :s

Not sure.  I've heard of parents who caught their kids smoking forcing them to sit down and smoke an entire carton under observation until they were physically incapable of smoking any more.  The painful sore throat that follows supposedly scares them away from smoking any more.

[Active.]

 I've heard of parents who caught their kids smoking forcing them to sit down and smoke an entire carton under observation until they were physically incapable of smoking any more.  The painful sore throat that follows supposedly scares them away from smoking any more.

that is insane and abusive