Should the courts step in and allow 12 yr old girls to place inappropiate

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pictures of herself on the internet? 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.

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.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/19/1213770765707.html
 
Pathetic!
How the hell are parents supposed to control these young, misguided, impressionable kids, with the legal system stepping in to undermine a parents authority.
I personally, don't believe taking away a school function was the way to go, as that is a learning experience.
I would have found a different "take away".
Perhaps that's where the courts had the legal standing, because it interfered with her education??? (sorry, I didn't read the article word for word).
 
WTF?

canada is just so weird. though i don't agree with sending these girls to jail, like other people do.
 
Punishing her is one thing, but it sounds like they wanted her to go to a school event. Which, admittedly, is probably a good thing if she feels like she needs to post naked pictures of herself online..
 
What the....?

The dad was right to do what he did, the courts have no business getting involved and 12 year olds shouldn't be allowed to take their parents to court because they're grounded!

THIS is why so many kids are so outta control, parents have no rights..
 
I think that is a waste of the taxpayer's money and tying up the courts for people who have real problems. What kind of judge hears this kind of crap?
 
what the hell?
this is like the new abortion bill in america... girls are allowed to get an abortion without a parents signature now.

WTF

i dont think the government in any country should have the right to overrule a parents judgment.
 
what the hell?
this is like the new abortion bill in america... girls are allowed to get an abortion without a parents signature now.

WTF

i dont think the government in any country should have the right to overrule a parents judgment.
 
It sounds like a one-off

"...maybe everyone should take a Valium. There are few signs that Canadian courts are likely to follow Judge Tessier's lead.

"Family court judges are sort of loath and reluctant to enter into the sphere of parental discipline," said Peter Dunning, executive director of the Child Welfare League of Canada.

Joan Durrant, a child clinical psychologist and professor of family social sciences at the University of Manitoba, said the courts usually take a hands-off approach to parental discipline, even when it involves physical maltreatment.

"Some pretty severe cases have been acquitted because it was determined that it was the parents' right to decide."

In the few cases in which children have taken their parents to court, there's often a history of family conflict, she said. "It's usually not an isolated incident in the family interaction."

Cheryl Milne, a lawyer at the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, said the scenario in the Gatineau case may be unique to Quebec because of its civil code. "I can't imagine a similar case being brought in Ontario."

Even in Quebec, the decision is virtually without precedent. Kim Beaudoin, who represented the girl's father -- he can't be named to protect the girl's identity -- said she's been unable to find any similar rulings."

*The Australian article got it wrong, the judged ruled that the father disallowing her from going on a school trip was "excessive punishment". This has nothing to do with her posting pictures of herself on an internet dating site (which is forbidden because she is underage anyway):

"The man had told his 12-year-old daughter that she could not go on a three-day trip with her classmates after she got into an argument with her stepmother. The father had also banned the girl from using the Internet after he found out she posted pictures of herself on a dating website.

The father has custody of the girl, but she went to live with her mother after the family fight.

The girl took her case to Quebec Superior Court, where Justice Suzanne Tessier ruled that the man had no right to ban his daughter from the trip.

After the court ruling, the girl did go on the trip, a short class jaunt through Quebec to celebrate graduation from the sixth grade.

The judge said that the father's punishment could not stand because the girl is now living with her mother. Tessier also said that banning the girl from the trip was excessive punishment."
 
Absolutely not. In fact, quite the contrary, if parents think it's acceptable for their 12 year-old children to post pictures of themselves on the internet (especially publically accessible sites), I think that's negligence on the part of the parent(s) and I think the court should step in and demand that the child be forbidden access to the internet, period.

I think the potential damages associated with minors posting pictures of themselves over the internet are far in excess of any benefits. I do NOT believe that the rights that adults have with respect to expression over the internet and so forth apply to minors, especially those of 12 years and under.
 
Absolutely not. In fact, quite the contrary, if parents think it's acceptable for their 12 year-old children to post pictures of themselves on the internet (especially publically accessible sites), I think that's negligence on the part of the parent(s) and I think the court should step in and demand that the child be forbidden access to the internet, period.

I think the potential damages associated with minors posting pictures of themselves over the internet are far in excess of any benefits. I do NOT believe that the rights that adults have with respect to expression over the internet and so forth apply to minors, especially those of 12 years and under.
 
If this isn't a prime example of men's diminished importance in our legal system then what is?

In family court, men are the new niqqer.
 
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