Canadian Judge Overrules Daughter’s Grounding

Americans, this is awfully close to home:

Quebec Superior Court judge Suzanne Tessier has ruled invalid a father’s mundane punishment of a disobedient child. The father grounded his 12-year-old daughter after she repeatedly violated his instructions. Instead of throwing a temper tantrum, however, the girl sued—and won.

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June 18, 2008 – 11:41 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Post Comments (3) Recent Blog Comments For primary navigation click "Show Menu" above. For sidebar material (About, Links, Subscriptions, Blogroll, Copyright, ...) scroll down and click "Further Information."
  1. SteveK wrote:
    June 25, 2008 at 12:11 pm   Link

    STR reports on more absurdities coming out of Canada.

  2. Charlie wrote:
    June 25, 2008 at 4:52 pm   Link

    I have no comment on the ruling in the OP but w are living in very troubling times, my friends.

  3. SteveK wrote:
    June 25, 2008 at 5:38 pm   Link

    Very troubling times, indeed. I don’t think anyone should be fined for writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper, but since the law is on the books I’m wondering why the newspaper isn’t liable since they agreed to publish it.

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