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Old 04-10-2009, 01:49 PM   #1
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So trying to ground her and having the courts say no means he failed as a parent?

Talk about seeing what you want to see..
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Old 04-10-2009, 01:57 PM   #2
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So trying to ground her and having the courts say no means he failed as a parent?

Talk about seeing what you want to see..
IMO it means the courts failed at letting the parent BE a parent...

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Old 04-10-2009, 02:17 PM   #3
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IMO it means the courts failed at letting the parent BE a parent...

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Old 04-10-2009, 02:57 PM   #4
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So trying to ground her and having the courts say no means he failed as a parent?

Talk about seeing what you want to see..
to let your kid get the chance to sue you at that age means you fail
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Old 04-10-2009, 03:04 PM   #5
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to let your kid get the chance to sue you at that age means you fail
Pretty much.

I think most people are focused on themselves these days, and haven't put much thought into the right ways to raise children.
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Old 04-10-2009, 03:10 PM   #6
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Pretty much.

I think most people are focused on themselves these days, and haven't put much thought into the right ways to raise children.
You mean perhaps like taking away priviledges for bad behaviour?
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Old 04-10-2009, 05:28 PM   #7
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You mean perhaps like taking away priviledges for bad behaviour?
I wasn't objecting to that, I'm saying if they had a successful, "normal" parent-child relationship, the kid would never even think of suing his parents. That's just fucking stupid IMO.
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