The Court's Infinite Wisdom. *blink*

[Isabelle Warwicke]

After finding "inappropriate" pictures of his daughter on the web, an exasperated father grounded his 12-year-old daughter and refused to allow her to go on a three-day school trip. Her response was to sue him, and guess what? She won.

Full story HERE (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256315).

What the story doesn't tell you is that the Father foud the pictures on a "dating" website. Yikes. He has full custody, the girl ran to her Mother's house. So what this courts have taught this girl is that she doesn't ever have to be responsible for her behavior and she can always play her parents off against each other. What a horrible precedent to set.

*edit* Just pulled this from the Milwaukee Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-369-DC-Politics-Examiner~y2008m6d23-Girl-Sues-Dad-over-Grounding--and-Wins).
"To say that I support a father's right to ground his daughter for disobeying an order is redundant given my aforementioned thoughts, but I think it behooves us to examine why the Canadian court got its decision wrong. " Thank you.

[Pansy Faye]

I speechless. :pweeease:

Makes me so glad that my kids are all grown.

[SHpepperKat]

This is extremely disturbing to me. Does the court now plan to be responsible for this girl if she gets into more trouble in the future?

[WenchLadyKate]

Great. I keep telling on my little cousin, she's 12, and I keep finding photos of her in her underwear on her myspace page with vulger comments. She hates me right now but I don't care. So, now I should worry tht she's going to sue me? As if. I'll beat her ass and she knows it.

This just makes me sick to my stomach. Seriously.

[Torra]

I have yet to figure out why we're pandering to the sensibilities of children who have (thanks to the sheltering influence of schools and in some cases, parents) no experience applicable to real life. As my father said, "Life ain't fair, kiddo."

Who do we think we're protecting with rulings like this? Certainly not the children, who will have a very rude awakening come adulthood. The parents? Nope, they're terrified of being taken to court for disciplining their own children thanks to the "village" it takes to raise a child.

Stories like this depress me, and it seems as if we haven't yet hit the darkest part of the tunnel.

[Isabelle Warwicke]

Stories like this depress me, and it seems as if we haven't yet hit the darkest part of the tunnel.

That part of the tunnel comes when this generation of children reaches adulthood and they they get to run things. ::tinfoil:

[Jayde]

:stunned::stunned::stunned:


uh, I need to reread that.......


still...:stunned::stunned::stunned:


wow....just...wow

it's amazing what they're letting kids get away with nowadays. Although I was reading, this was in Canada wasn't it? (not that I think our own judicial system would have done any better sometimes):roll:

[Lady Anisette]

Great. I keep telling on my little cousin, she's 12, and I keep finding photos of her in her underwear on her myspace page with vulger comments. She hates me right now but I don't care.

This is why I am no longer speaking to my best friend or goddaughter. She was 14 and I found really inappropriate photos on her Myspace, including boobie shots. Told her mom (my best friend) who was like, "Oh well. I trust her." WTF?

[Pansy Faye]

This is why I am no longer speaking to my best friend or goddaughter. She was 14 and I found really inappropriate photos on her Myspace, including boobie shots. Told her mom (my best friend) who was like, "Oh well. I trust her." WTF?

Well she may trust HER, but it's pervs out there that can't be trusted. Like I said, I'm so glad my kids are all grown up. I would hate to be raising a kid today. It's scary out there.

[SHpepperKat]

I check all my kids websites and computers. We have a deal. If I feel the need to spy I will. I will even do it right in front of them. I better make sure that they don't read this article. It would givethem really bad ideas.

I found that by telling them that I have the right to spy, They behave themselves and if I do find things that I don't feel are acceptable, they remove them or get rid of them.

[Artemisia]

I'm with you Pansy. I'm SO glad my kids are already grown.

So the courts are going to decide what is a suitible grounding? I can understand when a child is being abused (in the old fashioned sense of the word) - that child deserves a voice. But that is where it should stop.

What kind of stupidity the courts are going to deal with in the future? They are going to be bombarded with unhappy teenagers who think their parents "are SO not fair!". WTFF?

This just makes a parent job more difficult for those who are already in a difficult situation. This child must have some serious issues with her parents either in divorce while the child was a pre-teen, being raised by a mother who didn't give a hoot (otherwise, why would the father have sole custody?) or some other issue that weighs heavily on this child's mind. Obviously, it hasn't been addressed in a way that child will understand. I'm not excusing her behavior, I'm just trying to justify why some parents may have this problem yet others don't.

I like Judge Judy's opinion on teenagers: "I like teenagers - with ketchup!" :-D

[Pansy Faye]

...I like Judge Judy's opinion on teenagers: "I like teenagers - with ketchup!" :-D


Actually I prefer mine with honey or BBQ sause. Yeah BBQ sause makes everything better!