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When a 15-year-old girl sneaked out of the house for the umpteenth time to meet her drug-dealing boyfriend at a party, her father went after her in his truck.
He spotted her at a pay phone near their home outside Picton, Ont., and told her to get in. She refused, and he grabbed her by the shirt and shoved her into the truck. They headed home, but the girl took off again and made it to the party. The parents managed to get their daughter home later, but only after calling police for help.
The shirt-grabbing incident didn't end there. The father, who can't be named to protect his daughter's identity, was charged with assault, setting off a two-year legal battle that tested the limits of how far a parent can go to discipline a teen under the Criminal Code.
Thank god he got cleared eventually but how freakin stupid is somthing like this?
If the dad forces his uncooperative daughter into the car, it's assault.
If the parents kick the daughter out of the house, it's neglect.
If the parents allow the daughter to do whatever the hell she pleases, it's enabling.
Win freakin win baby.
When a 15-year-old girl sneaked out of the house for the umpteenth time to meet her drug-dealing boyfriend at a party, her father went after her in his truck.
He spotted her at a pay phone near their home outside Picton, Ont., and told her to get in. She refused, and he grabbed her by the shirt and shoved her into the truck. They headed home, but the girl took off again and made it to the party. The parents managed to get their daughter home later, but only after calling police for help.
The shirt-grabbing incident didn't end there. The father, who can't be named to protect his daughter's identity, was charged with assault, setting off a two-year legal battle that tested the limits of how far a parent can go to discipline a teen under the Criminal Code.
Thank god he got cleared eventually but how freakin stupid is somthing like this?
If the dad forces his uncooperative daughter into the car, it's assault.
If the parents kick the daughter out of the house, it's neglect.
If the parents allow the daughter to do whatever the hell she pleases, it's enabling.
Win freakin win baby.
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