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17. Welcome to DU, Beach Rat!

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 12:11 PM

Mar 2014

Glad you're here! Gee… a close associate of chris christie. They're the "family values" people, too, correct? As far as national scorn and voyeurism, well, since she's 18 she's old enough to start facing consequences for her actions. Dragging her parents through public hell like this, with an outsider's interference in pushing her toward litigation - MAN as a parent I don't think I could just let that one go unpunished. What a sense of entitlement she has. SHAME on her!!!! I look into the crystal ball and see a great deal of "You're GROUNDED!" in her future. Of course, there is also the voice of my late mother-in-law ringing in my ear about things like this: "well, they sure don't suck it out of their thumbs".

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NJ teen Rachel Canning who sued parents goes home [View all] Laxman Mar 2014 OP

Gonna be a few frosty conversations around THAT family home. mac56 Mar 2014 #1

No, if it were your kid - Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #16

Not at my house growing up. mac56 Mar 2014 #25

not after she hinted her Dad was inappropriately with her... bettyellen Mar 2014 #34

Sanity indeed! This should have happened long ago. Beach Rat Mar 2014 #2

Welcome to DU, Beach Rat! calimary Mar 2014 #17

I wonder if Inglisino threw her out adigal Mar 2014 #81

this sends chills mopinko Mar 2014 #3

Authoritarian jerk? Marrah_G Mar 2014 #5

^this n/t Mojo Electro Mar 2014 #26

Caving? MynameisBlarney Mar 2014 #6

yes parents those authoritarian bastards - dont they know kids should be able to do what ever they leftyohiolib Mar 2014 #10

hey, i got 5 kids. mopinko Mar 2014 #11

It's New Jersey. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #39

Well, that's going to be an awkward couple weeks. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #4

Suing for peace in a literal sense perhaps? ck4829 Mar 2014 #7

some day soon they will be able to look back and laugh Enrique Mar 2014 #8

Hopefully davidpdx Mar 2014 #72

Good news DiverDave Mar 2014 #9

++++ mopinko Mar 2014 #13

That's what I thought, too. calimary Mar 2014 #20

Isn't it a wonder when they grow up good? DiverDave Mar 2014 #55

Sometimes it happens in spite of... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #61

Yep, anything can happen DiverDave Mar 2014 #65

Surprise! lol All I have to say is, what a spoiled monster her parents created. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #12

I wouldn't be suprised if the boyfriend was a major part of this ripcord Mar 2014 #40

I think youth is a time of madness and rebellion. That's why it's good to have Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #45

My daughter did the same thing. Took quite a bit more than just a "talking to" riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #51

I didn't have that much of a problem ripcord Mar 2014 #62

She is 18 oldandhappy Mar 2014 #14

DING DING DING! Oldandhappy, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Mar 2014 #15

She has a scholarship to a good college, according to an article I read Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #18

She has a $20k scholarship to the University of Vermont tammywammy Mar 2014 #32

Thanks for the link - I can't believe the cost of college these days Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #38

I'm a current grad student tammywammy Mar 2014 #41

Fellowship or grants? Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #44

In-state tuition and fees for U of Illinois, a state school, is $29k LAST year. riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #50

She could always join the military and go to college on the GI bill when she gets out.. olddad56 Mar 2014 #52

She's already gotten enough scholarship $$ (thank god) the military option isn't necessary riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #56

None, but I work full time and get tuition reimbursement. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #54

Which still has me wondering.... AnneD Mar 2014 #19

Perhaps that's what her college fund should now be redirected? calimary Mar 2014 #22

Her current school tuition was covered by a fundraiser & forgiven by the school. tammywammy Mar 2014 #42

I'm not so sure it was the daughter wanting them to pay the lawyer fee as it was the numbnut of Bodhi BloodWave Mar 2014 #69

Can a lawyer collect $$$ from an underage client? Walk away Mar 2014 #53

I'll bet her mask slipped, and the family that took her in saw what a handful she really was. MADem Mar 2014 #21

My Feeling Is That.... Laxman Mar 2014 #23

Well, he certainly sounds like an asswipe of a parent. MADem Mar 2014 #33

The payout they expected didn't materialize. NYC Liberal Mar 2014 #46

That, too. Might have been a bit of a perfect storm! nt MADem Mar 2014 #47

Back in the nest. Downwinder Mar 2014 #24

good of the parents to take her home, when whoever homed her before found there was no Sunlei Mar 2014 #27

well since she just limited her career prospects for life snooper2 Mar 2014 #28

This would have made a great After School Special! Dread Pirate Roberts Mar 2014 #29

awkward! RussBLib Mar 2014 #30

after she hinted that her Dad was inapproproiate by saying he loved her "more than a daughter" bettyellen Mar 2014 #31

Valid point, that. MADem Mar 2014 #35

I put up with crap from sociopathic assholes for years, so now it's a hard limit with me... bettyellen Mar 2014 #37

Some people have serious personality disorders. They just can't help it; can't stop doing it, MADem Mar 2014 #49

I agree, she wouldn't be allowed back.Go get your own place.There's the door. SummerSnow Mar 2014 #76

I would not have returned her to the prior posh surroundings eilen Mar 2014 #36

Here Is An Addendum To The Saga.... Laxman Mar 2014 #43

Why not a counter-suit? yankee dandee Mar 2014 #48

I'm gonna catch hell for this, I'm sure VA_Jill Mar 2014 #57

She was underage drinking and her parents made a rule against that. bravenak Mar 2014 #59

She was stealing from them, staying out ALL night (instead of abiding by a 1:30 am curfew) riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #60

After reading the mother's affidavit, I think she and the father are degenerate trash. So, I agree msanthrope Mar 2014 #63

Haven't seen any of that VA_Jill Mar 2014 #66

This thread had the links to the court case.... msanthrope Mar 2014 #67

wrong parents TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #71

You've made my point...the mother's certification is a long, nasty msanthrope Mar 2014 #73

Rachel is a LIAR TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #74

Why would parents put a drunken, anorexic liar in charge of her sisters while they jetted msanthrope Mar 2014 #75

Rachel's therapist, the parents and Rachel decided to try it as a "trust exercise" riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #77

Is that from the therapist? Or the parents explaining their decision? msanthrope Mar 2014 #78

Yes, there are two sides and her parents are not innocent here. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #68

I knew it. bravenak Mar 2014 #58

I hope the parents don't foot the $12K lawyer bill question everything Mar 2014 #64

And now the parents have to pay for guardian! question everything Mar 2014 #70

Did she run out of clean clothes? (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #79

hope she and her lawyer and her parents all grew up a bit Skittles Mar 2014 #80