Canada’s courts are seriously screwed up : 12 y/o has father’s punishment overturned
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by bile Tags: Canada, disciplinary problems, inappropriate photos, internet, internet usage, Kim Beaudoin, parenting, property rights, Quebec Superior Court, school trip, Suzanne Tessier, UncategorizedA 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.
I’m almost speechless. How exactly are they going to enforce this? What happened to “my house, my electric bill, my internet bill, my rules?” That girl would be out on her ass. If the State is so concerned with her life they can raise her… totally.
