Father doesn't know best

Father doesn't know best, court rules in girl's fight to get grounding overruled


TU THANH HA

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

June 19, 2008 at 4:05 AM EDT




First, the father banned his 12-year-old daughter from going online after she posted photos of herself on a dating site. Then she allegedly had a row with her stepmother, so the father said his girl couldn't go on a school trip.

The girl took the matter to the court - and won what lawyers say was an unprecedented judgment.

Madam Justice Suzanne Tessier of the Quebec Superior Court ruled on Friday that the father couldn't discipline his daughter by barring her from the school trip.

The judge's decision, made from the bench, applies only to the girl's unusual circumstances, lawyers for both sides said, trying to dispel visions of grounded teenagers rushing to the nearest courthouse to overturn their parents' punishments. Nevertheless, the case triggered an uproar in the Gatineau region of Quebec, near Ottawa, where the girl, her divorced parents and her stepmother live.



The rest of this fucked up story is here

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080619.wcurfew19/BNStory/lifeFamily/home/

This story is just wrong on so many levels. What I'd really like to know though, is who gave this 12 year old the bright idea of taking her father to court.

This kid is screwed up and getting the government involved will only make things worse. What she needs is what her father was trying to give her, discipline and love.

This happened in Canada. Quebec at that. Which is probably a window into the future of the US under Chairman MaObama

If I am not abusing my children, the government has no right butting it's nose into my parenting decisions. Tell the f***ing lawyers/judge to drop dead, spank the kid, and move on with life.

The state wants our kids, plain and simple. Its easier to indoctrinate them that way!

NonConformist wrote:The state wants our kids, plain and simple. Its easier to indoctrinate them that way!

It's getting about time for the next revolution.

Canada is like Europe too pussified

Jasmine Grace wrote:This story is just wrong on so many levels. What I'd really like to know though, is who gave this 12 year old the bright idea of taking her father to court.

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