What’s the world coming to when you can’t ground your children for misbehaving? I was reading today about a 12 year old girl who was grounded from a school trip by her father. She was punished for posting inappropriate photos of herself on the internet. ( She should have been grounded. I would have done the exact same thing if it were my child.) Not happy with Daddy’s punishment she took her father to court and unbelievably won. The judge( A woman) overturn the punishment and the girl went on the trip that she was grounded from.
Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous? I realize that there is a behind the scenes custody battle between both parents taking place here, but I don’t think this case should of been taken to court and I don’t think the father’s punishment should have been overturned.
What we have here is a spoiled girl who has just learned that she does not have to obey her parents.
It won’t be long and more children will be taking their parents to court.
Why do so many of todays youth think they are invincible? I have noticed the majority have little respect for authority,especially their parents. Watch out mom and dad if you ground your child you may just end up in family court.
In other news my son was telling me that a bill is in the works to make it an offense for a parent to spank a child. (See Why the Senate wants to hit spanking parents with law change
Soon you won’t be able to give your child a pat on the butt or ground your unruly teen.
When did parents begin to loose all control over their children?
The article about the 12 year old can be read at “12-Year-Old Grounded for Too Much Internet Use Gets Punishment Overturned in Court“
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9 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I agree with you, Rose. Ridiculous. I think the judge should be ordered to raise this child.
Wrote: Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Joking.
Wrote: Jun 23, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Unbelievably ridiculous, a parent needs to be able to punish their child. The message this sends to children is that they don’t need to listen to their parents.
The article stated that the judge thought the punishment was too severe. Since when is grounding a severe punishment.
Wrote: Jun 24, 2008 at 12:00 am
I am cent percent sure that the judge doesn’t have kids of her own, else she would never have done that…The audacity of the girl to take her dad to court is terribly compelling…Absolutely Ridiculous…
Wrote: Jun 24, 2008 at 12:27 am
I don’t know what to say. The world is going to hell in a handbasket!
I wrote a comment a while back on a site that promoted this type of behavior (don’t spank), out of frustration at where all these little things are going that was not well received by the people that frequented the site. (I forget which site at this point)
The point here, is it should be obvious (as I feel you correctly stated in your post) where all this is heading. Yet, will things change direction? Hopefully, but I don’t have much hope for it changing.
I was invincible when I was younger, but I was taught to own up to my own actions. I don’t see that happening these days, and it scares me.
Wrote: Jun 24, 2008 at 11:26 am
I’m not sure which person is the most unstable:
- the mom who encouraged (and likely provided the funds to) the girl to go to court.
- the judge who took this case seriously.
- or the father who will invest time, money and energy in _appealing_ the decision. The result of which might even be heard after the field trip materializes.
The only people who came out winners are the lawyers.
Wrote: Jun 24, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What is the world coming to?
This is absolutely ridiculous. It goes to show that the youth of today have little or no respect for anyone in authority.
Just today our next door neighbour was telling us about how her daughter had been thrown out of class for being disruptive, and then laughed in the teachers face. And she’s only 6 years old!!!
Wrote: Jun 25, 2008 at 9:39 am
some say the whole problem with kids today is that they have been patted on the head and told how great they are all their lives. they actually believe they are superior—the problem is, they can’t make any decisions, unless there is a gold star to be won, and of course it has to be granted immediately—what was that old maxim, oooh yeah, “spare the rod, spoil the child”—-well there ya have it—-film at eleven.
Wrote: Aug 1, 2008 at 3:16 pm
As someone who is now an adult but was forced to spend many years under the thumbs of a couple of morons, I’d like to see more kids do this! I’ve considered suing my mom, but guilt got the best of me. She tried, and I love her. But at the same time I feel I have a responsibility to society to set an example against ageism, so I also feel guilty not suing her.