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lunatica

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5. Unless an adult is soliciting or taking such photos I doubt any law has been broken her

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 01:00 PM

Aug 2014

Not by the girl or her peers.

And it's outrageous that the mother would turn her daughter over to the the police to be humiliated publicly. There are far better ways of dealing with this kind of behavior, which by the way, is based on very normal activity in teens.

What the hell does the mother want the police to do? Arrest her and conduct a body search and throw her in jail?! Post her arrest photo online for everyone to see? Register her as a sex offender?

I think the mother should be arrested for endangering a minor and for permanently saddling her daughter with a police record.

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Mother turns over sexting 13-year-old daughter to police for ‘harsh’ punishment [View all] Douglas Carpenter Aug 2014 OP

Harsh punishment ay damnedifIknow Aug 2014 #1

I would think that getting some counseling would be a better option. Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #2

Maybe labeled a sex offender...? Mom is FUBAR.... nt Bigmack Aug 2014 #4

apparently she'll likely be "diverted" into a 12 week counseling program, along with parents magical thyme Aug 2014 #24

Agreed. FarPoint Aug 2014 #34

Why does this mother have poor parenting skills? HipChick Aug 2014 #3

Yeah--mother obviously doesn't know what she's doing. Her daughter will end up with a police Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #26

Unless an adult is soliciting or taking such photos I doubt any law has been broken her lunatica Aug 2014 #5

Not sure about that. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #8

I sure hope you're wrong lunatica Aug 2014 #10

googling "sexting leads to child porn charges" gives a crap-ton of links RedRocco Aug 2014 #12

You are wrong. LisaL Aug 2014 #15

Well that means the girl's life has been pretty much ruined lunatica Aug 2014 #16

That's right. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #27

idiotic drray23 Aug 2014 #6

Yeah, she could get 'taken'...by police or child services. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #7

There recently was a state senator that got cut by his own mentally ill kid. LisaL Aug 2014 #13

It was a Virginia state senator LibertyLover Aug 2014 #19

The kid killed himself after cutting his father numerous times. LisaL Aug 2014 #21

The usual procedure is to call the police to take the dangerous mentally ill person Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #29

Really? LisaL Aug 2014 #32

Not in any of the instances I was personally aware of or a party to. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #38

she will probably charged with producing and possession of child porn n/t RedRocco Aug 2014 #9

No doubt much to the mother's delight lunatica Aug 2014 #11

Why not just take her phone and tablet away if she's misusing them? LeftyMom Aug 2014 #14

Good idea. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #28

They just use their friends' equipment. riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #35

I wondered that also all american girl Aug 2014 #45

Ugh. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2014 #17

Wow. I guess that mom is not very close to her daughter if she thinks logosoco Aug 2014 #18

What is wrong with parents who turn their kids over to police Cleita Aug 2014 #20

I actually had an argument with someone here on DU who insisted that if you found out your Douglas Carpenter Aug 2014 #23

That's pretty ignorant and I don't think that Cleita Aug 2014 #30

Shoplifting lipstick doesn't carry a lifetime registration as a sex offender NuclearDem Aug 2014 #39

No but what it did was this. Cleita Aug 2014 #41

Oh, apologies. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #42

The girl will be screwed up now LittleBlue Aug 2014 #22

Exactly. Mom and daughter should have had "the talk." Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #31

per aritcle, they have a 12 week counseling program for teens and parents magical thyme Aug 2014 #25

I hope she is--that's much better than getting a police record. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #33

My mother called police on me many times when I was a teen Holly_Hobby Aug 2014 #36

Was this mother ever 13 Politicalboi Aug 2014 #37

What the fuck? NuclearDem Aug 2014 #40

the mother is an asshole , this is the type of controlling behavior which leads some teens to JI7 Aug 2014 #43

This woman is an idiot. NaturalHigh Aug 2014 #44

a lady across the street from where I grew up adopted 2 boys KurtNYC Aug 2014 #46

Sexting May be normal behaviour burkett.stjacques Feb 2015 #47