WTF Stories of the Week

[BarTopDancer]

Canadian Court Overturns Father's grounding of 12 y/o Girl

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OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Canadian Court Overturns Father's grounding of 12 y/o Girl

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Okay... no

I see in reading the story that there is an ongoing custody battle (people should NOT use the children as pawns in a divorce!), but even so, this case should not have gone to court. It is not up to the courts to subvert parental authority (I am talking about grounding or taking away privileges: obviously I am not about to condone child abuse).