THIS IS SO SAD

Canadian Court to Father: Grounding Daughter 'Too Severe' a Punishment

What started as a simple case of parent-child disagreement has turned into what some fear is a precedent-setting ruling.

In Quebec, a 12-year-old girl repeatedly ignored her father's rules and posted a profile of herself at an online dating site. Her father then grounded her from attending her sixth grade field trip.

The punishment lasted as long as it took the girl to notify her court-appointed lawyer, have the judge "fast-track" the case, and ultimately get her punishment overturned by a Quebec Superior Court.

We do not want to get to this point.