Jun 19, 2008 09:55PM GMT
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Politics - United States
12 Year Old Sues Dad for Grounding: Should kids have the right to sue for discipline?
After finding "inappropriate" pictures of his daughter on the web, a startled 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 she won! The Quebec Superior Court ruled that the father's punishment was too severe. The youngster had by-passed the security settings her father had set to block her computer access, then used one of her friend's computers to access those same sites, and posted pictures of herself that her are being described as "inappropriate for a child her age."
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Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
Unless the punishment is abusive (ie tying your kid to a tree) or neglectful (ie withholding food). No a child should not be able to sue. What is crazy about this is that if you read the whole article the lawyer was one of her parents lawyers (I believe) from their 10 year custody battle for the children. I think they deserve some punishment for teaching the child to sue in the first place! -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
If a parent isn't hurting a child by the punishment, then no. How do you expect a child to learn there are punishments for things we do. I told my son when he was little any time he thinks I'm being unfair he was welcome to go. He is now almost 21, engaged and says he'll raise his kids the same way. I never hurt him, but did deny him things as punishment. If I were this girls parents I'd say fine. However from now on, you don't need $100 shoes, $40 shoes work fine. You don't need to go to the movies every week, 1 time a month is fine. When we stop being parents, we are nothing more than older roommates paying for everything. -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
Seriously, if this was allowed when I was in high school, the state would have probably awarded me my own home and vehicle, due to all of the unnecessary punishment I received.
This is ridiculous!!!
Kids need to learn to keep their whiny yaps shut, and just deal with the consequences of their actions. -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
Shouldn't even have been questioned. He's trying to protect his daughter from pervs on the net and the judge overruled him?? Let the daughter go live with the judge them so he can see what she's like. -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
she is 12 years old... a parents job is to decide what is right and what isnt for their child until they are of age...thats why their are laws like bieng 18 to do those kind of things and what the hell kind of world is this where a kid can sue their parent ... her father was very responsible and its her fault for bieng a little skanky girl...she should be more than just not allowed on a school trip -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
LOL!!!
Wowwwwww
is this 4realll!?
tht is too funny to me...lol im sorry...
but thts jus crazy!
wtf man?
dude can you imagine if he woulda like spanked her or sumthin?
he prolly woulda been locked up for child abuse!
the wuts even worst is not tht the kid took her parent to court for not gettin her way, but SHE WON!!.....
LOL *whew* my goodness....
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Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
No they should not. Until they reach the age of majority or otherwise become emancipated they are the responsibility of the parent. If a parent can be sued because of the actions of their child then the parents have every right to discipline their child to ensure the child acts properly in society. Only in cases of actual abuse should the state step in. Punishment and discipline are not abuse. So suck it up it kid. -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
If kids are allowed to sue their parents from discipline, then there will be absolutely nothing stopping them! The reason we have discipline is to teach children lessens so they don't do the wrong thing and don't turn in crazy, disrespectful people! -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
what has this world come to, it sounds to me like her punishment wasnt severe enough
my problem with this is that too many parents wait til its too late to start disciplining their children. you let them run around like heathens until they hit their teen years to start enforcing discipline.
if she had been disciplined earlier in life she wouldnt feel so utterly abused when she was grounded for three days -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
all i can say is the guy from Quebec wasnt really a judge but some guy in the streets that was drunk and a couple other guys that were on crack to do the court. this is the most stupidest thing i ever heard that came from canada.
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Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
IIt is absolutely absurd that this child was allowed to sue her father. It is even more absurd that the judge ruled in her favor. Do they not realize that the father was just trying to keep the child safe? There is no wonder the world is in the shape it is in. -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
It she "knows" better then her father maybe she needs to either start paying rent for room & board or move out. After all she was smart enough to sue him. I wonder if the judge has any children? -
Answered No way: This is crazy! Kids have no right to sue for discipline.
Seriously, you have to love how kids negotiate with their parents these days. I wish it was like that when I was younger! Though it makes things so much harder!!! Gosh, my father would throw me out on the street if I ever did something like that! He would probably sell the computer, not block access. The nerve of these kids. -
When you were growing up it was to learn. When at 12 if your opinion is equal to your parents, what did you learn? Children are children for a short time in their lives. It is to learn how to grow and be adults. If they act like adults at 12, what do they learn? We go to school for the same reason, to learn. If you say a "smart comment" in the 5th grade should you be promoted to the 12th? You are ready for life when you have climbed the steps, not by skipping.
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Exactly. I like to believe I'm still growing up.
I saw a friend's kids freak about something. The parents spent a half hour negotiating with the kids about what to do. Later, the kid actually gave a review and told the mother what he would be doing later! My parents would have told me where to go, and how fast I needed to get there. Or else, buh-bye! Horsie! for two weeks.
Scary.
Answered Yes: Kids have the right to sue for discipline.
Well it's official.. The inmates are running the Asylum.