After learning his teenager had allegedly been tormenting younger classmates, a Washington father made accountability a family project.
A Spokane, Washington, dad is getting attention online after he refused to let his son’s alleged bullying slide.
The father posts on TikTok as Boosted Speed Demon and usually makes car videos. He took a break from them after learning that his 13-year-old son had allegedly been picking on smaller kids at school. One of them was a girl, and the father says his son told her she should kill herself.
The dad said he’d raised his son to stand up to bullies and to treat women with respect. So the news hit hard, especially since his son is already 5’10” and 160 pounds, bigger than nearly everyone his age.
“Everybody is smaller than you,” he reminded him.
In the first video, father and son put on boxing gloves and headgear for a tense backyard sparring session, which the dad meant to show his son what it feels like to face someone bigger. The clip drew more than three million likes, along with a lot of debate.
The follow-up video is where the story really turns.
The dad says his son is now handwriting apology letters to both children he allegedly targeted. He’s also putting his own phone number on the back of each letter so the kids’ parents can contact him directly if anything happens again outside school.
He called the letters the “final phase” of his son’s punishment. He wants his son to face the people he hurt and to understand that their families now have a direct line to his dad.
“Bullying does not exist in this house,” he said.
For the two kids on the receiving end, that may be the most meaningful part: an adult took what happened to them seriously, and a written apology is on its way.
