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NaturalHigh

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44. This woman is an idiot.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 07:36 PM

Aug 2014

Her daughter doesn't need a police record; she needs a better mother.

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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