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Tex · 06-19-2008, 09:13 PM

In Canada:

Quote:

A Canadian court has overturned a father's punishment for his daughter after she refused to stay off the Internet, his attorney said Wednesday.

The girl, 12, took her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on Web sites and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer, AFP reported.

The punishment was for the girl's "own protection," according to the father's attorney, Kim Beaudoin, who is appealing the ruling.

"She's a child," Beaudoin told AFP. "At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parent to set boundaries. I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental
authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent."

Otherwise, she continued, "Parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on."

According to court documents, the girl's Internet usage was the latest in a rash of disciplinary problems. But Justice Suzanne Tessier, who was presiding over the case, found the punishment too severe.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369044,00.html

il Padrino Ute · 06-19-2008, 09:19 PM

Courts deciding how parents should rear their kids.

Frighteningly unbelievable.

Jeff Lebowski · 06-19-2008, 09:20 PM

tooblue, is this legit?

06-19-2008, 09:19 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Courts deciding how parents should rear their kids. Frighteningly unbelievable. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

06-19-2008, 09:20 PM	#3
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	tooblue, is this legit? __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.