A mom has taken to a popular advice forum to ask if the punishment she gave her teenage daughter for bullying a girl out of school was too severe. 

In addition to making her miss a “once in a lifetime event” (her school formal), the mom also confiscated her electronics and made her delete all of her social media accounts. She also won’t be buying her a car for her 18th birthday anymore. 

So does the punishment fit the crime?

Thousands of commenters weighed in with their thoughts. 

“Yesterday I was informed that my daughter Sam was part of a group of students who bullied another girl to the point that she had to switch schools,” the mom began her now-viral post that has over 18k upvotes and 4.8k comments.

“There was a racial aspect to the bullying, which came as a complete shock as I truly did my best to raise our three kids to be kind and honest individuals.”

She then admitted that she didn’t think a grounding and a confiscation of electronics were harsh enough for what Sam did, so she told her she won’t be allowed to attend her senior formal.

“I also told her that she won’t be getting a car for her 18th birthday either. Finally, I told her that she’ll have to delete all of her social media accounts with me watching.”

But naturally, her daughter begged her mom to allow her to go to her formal, saying it was a “once-in-a-lifetime-event.” The girl also argued that she had to keep her Instagram account as it “had pictures going back years that weren’t saved anywhere else.”

But the mom stayed firm and “told her that she shouldn’t have been a racist bully.”

“My parents are temporarily staying with us while their house is undergoing renovations. They agree that what Sam did was completely out of line and must be punished, but they think that making my daughter miss her formal and forcing her to delete her social media is far, far too harsh,” the OP concluded, before asking AITA?