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I love this part...."Lucie Fortin, the Legal Aid lawyer who helped the girl take her pops to court, said that "The trip was very important" to the daughter." Isn't that the point of punishment? To deny a child something that he/she wants to do?
This dad needs to appeal the judge's ruling and fight like hell to have it overturned.
It's funny that the judge would discourage any further lawsuits by kids taking parents to court because they've been grounded. If the judge doesn't want to encourage this from happening on a regular basis, perhaps HE sould have taken the responsibility and ruled for the father.
The mother had no right granting permission for the trip since the girl lives with her father, and the father has EVERY right to deny the child the trip because of her internet activity. The girl knew what she was doing when accessed sites her father had blocked. She knew what she was doing when she posted inappropriate pictures of herself on those sites. She deserved that trip being taken away from her.
If the courts want to be the ones to parent children of divorced parents, I would suggest to the Canadian courts that they set up a number of facilities to house these children and then the courts can set the rules. Until then, they should leave the parenting to the custodial parent.
If the courts want to be the ones to parent children of divorced parents, I would suggest to the Canadian courts that they set up a number of facilities to house these children and then the courts can set the rules. Until then, they should leave the parenting to the custodial parent.
Let's just hope that no American judge is stupid enough to allow one of these cases in his or her court.
This type of thing undermines parenting and gives kids another excuse for not abiding by their parents' rules. If this became common, we'd all be in HUGE trouble when these kids grow up.
Maybe the govt can set up a bunch of houses (you know, kind of like foster homes) for kids whose parents punish them "too harshly" where the kids can be given $100 checks every Friday, gifts every Saturday, freedom to go anywhere and do anything they want, etc. There'd need to be computers for every kid with software that makes it even easier to post inappropriate pictures online, of course.
Visiting Internet sites the "father had blocked"...per the article...how does a child get around set parental controls? That's location specific. Needs a password...interesting. Was she then accessing from home or a friend's house?
Posting "inappropriate pictures" of herself...that's the biggie. The suggestion of a 12 year old online and that description...ick.
Even if we could debate what is acceptable or not, he was trying to do the right thing. And the Courts did the WRONG thing.
Visiting Internet sites the "father had blocked"...per the article...how does a child get around set parental controls? That's location specific. Needs a password...interesting. Was she then accessing from home or a friend's house?
Many kids are far more computer-savvy than their parents. It's something that is definitely a big concern.
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Posting "inappropriate pictures" of herself...that's the biggie. The suggestion of a 12 year old online and that description...ick.
Even if we could debate what is acceptable or not, he was trying to do the right thing. And the Courts did the WRONG thing.
It's not our place to debate whether the punishment was acceptable or not, unless he was beating her with a 2x4 or denied her food or water as punishment. It's not the court's place either.
No - I meant the description of the images...whether Daddy was uptight or if it was truly raunch...some people will split hairs about that.
She would have had to 'steal' (or borrow, as some like to suggest) his Master password...to alter the preferences. Add that to the list of offenses.
His computer, his house...his rules. I have no problem with that.
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