Story highlights Facebook video of mom beating daughter prompts debate about discipline and public shaming

Mother says daughter posted sexy photos of herself on Facebook and had sex in their home

(CNN) "You wanna try me, right?"

So begins the live Facebook broadcast of a mother beating and berating her 16-year-old daughter in their Savannah, Georgia, home.

The teen sobs as her mother slaps her all over her body and hits her with what appears to be a plastic object.

The mother accuses her daughter of embarrassing her by posting sexy photos of herself on Facebook and having sex in their home.

"That s--- cute? You're 16 right? You're only f------g 16! And you wanna be a THOT!" she said. The acronym THOT stands for "that hoe over there."

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