Mother turns over sexting 13-year-old daughter to police for ‘harsh’ punishment

[Cleita]

41. No but what it did was this.

It poisoned the relationship between parents and child. My friend dropped out of high school in time and ran away with her boyfriend, got pregnant and married in that order, had two more kids, got divorced and became a single mother. In order to support her children she started working as a cocktail waitress and started running with a drinking crowd which led to a couple of more failed marriages, and dysfunctional kids. She always had to live hand to mouth because dropping out of school kept her at the bottom of the ladder.

The arrest was a tipping point IMHO. Yes, she started out as a bit of a wild child but her parents should have handled the original sin differently. Kids who shoplift need to be disciplined, by their parents not the police. I did my own transgressions too, one was stealing my parents car while they were sleeping, and going to another town to party with friends. It's something they might have called the police about but they didn't. My parents disciplined me, severely, but the only third person they would have called on, if they felt the need, would have been a psychologist.

There is a difference.