Mother’s shock admission after viral classroom footage emerges

A mother who stormed into an Adelaide classroom to confront her child’s bully has made a devastating admission to Kyle and Jackie O.

A mother who made headlines after storming into an Adelaide classroom to confront her child’s bully has made a devastating admission.

It was Monday afternoon when the woman entered St Paul’s College in Gilles Plains in Adelaide’s northeast, threatening to “slit” a young girl’s throat.

“You ever f***ing mess with my daughter again I’ll slit your f***ing throat,” the woman yelled in the video of the tirade obtained by 7News.

“I’ll be waiting for you. And that smart little **** over there, yeah, you know what, you’re just jealous because you’re a **** ****. You’re a **** ****.”

The mother, who is 20 weeks pregnant, has since revealed to Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson on their breakfast program on Friday morning that her daughter was being impacted so severely by a situation at school that she had stopped eating.

“Our daughter was bullied immensely, probably for over 12 months,” she explained, detailing how alarm bells rang when she looked through her daughter’s bag.

“She stopped eating, I would find mouldy sandwiches in her bag.

“She had come home and she fell into my arms on the floor and said ‘mum, I cannot do this anymore, what is the point of living?’”

The confrontation was caught on camera. Picture: 7News

The mother also claimed that prior to her classroom tirade, she had gone through “the right channels” but hadn’t received any help.

Henderson was shocked by the mother’s admission.

“Oh my god, as a mum, I can only imagine what you thought,” she said.

“It is disgusting that they didn’t do anything for you.”

“She would go from a beautiful 13-year-old girl to nothing,” the devastated mum said.

She claimed to have not received any help.

She said her daughter wasn’t eating.

Meanwhile, Sandilands backed the mother: “You did what you’re supposed to do, you protected your child”.

Sandilands slammed the eSafety Commissioner who he claimed KIIS FM had invited on air to discuss bullying: “The e-commissioner will not come on and talk to us about it, that’s her only job.”

Speaking to 7News earlier in the week, the woman admitted her actions were wrong, but insisted she was standing up for her daughter.

“I don’t want my daughter to be another statistic. I don’t want to have to bury my child,” the mother told the outlet.

“She was crying, she was devastated that this child told her to go and hang herself.

“That is a breaking point for any parent … I went into survival mode, and protective mode. I did let loose, unfortunately was a side, I don’t show very often. But that was a tipping point for that day.”

The woman has since apologised for the incident. Picture: 7News

The woman also claimed her daughter’s mental health had severely declined and she had been driven to self-harm.

“I did everything in my power as a parent and so did my husband to make sure our daughter was safe, especially dropping her off at school,” she claimed.

“The school has been negligent on their behalf, they have not done, what they said (they’d) do. They have ignored all aspects about what we stated about the bullying with our daughter.”

“I have stated time and time again to the school that we are begging. We begged for help. We begged.”

The mother has since apologised for the incident.

“What everybody has seen of me is not who I am as a mother or as a person,” she said

The police are investigating. Picture: 7News

A police investigation is underway.

St John’s College principal Patrick Harmer told parents the matter is being dealt with, The Daily Mail reported: “The college remains committed to its duty of care for all students and staff.

“We provide an environment where the safety and wellbeing of all is our highest priority. We will continue to ensure the best possible support for our students and staff during this time.

“We are continuing to work closely with the South Australian Police, and as a result, we are unable to provide further details regarding the incident.”

It comes just weeks after the South Australian government introduced strict new laws targeting abusive parents, giving principals the power to ban parents from school grounds.

The government said at the time that the change followed a dramatic rise in the number of incidents involving parents, leading to a 200 per cent increase in parental bans in public schools over the past five years.

“Educators and the wider community expect schools and preschools to be safe and supportive learning environments where there is no place for violence or intimidating and threatening behaviour,” Premier Peter Malinauskas said in a statement announcing the legislation.

“Everyone has the right to feel safe at work and our educators are no exception.”

News.com.au has contacted St Paul’s College for further comment.

Originally published as Mother’s shock admission after viral classroom footage emerges