Wow!

A Quebec court ruled that a parents grounding of a 12 year old was too harsh & ordered it lifted!

AFP: Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

yes i know. I'm watching the case now in french here in Québec City (the capital). The funny thing is that since I have been here about a year I have interacted with the culture to know a couple of things and this doesn't suprise me. For the average le Québécois a parent is merely a vessel entrusted by the state to raise up autonomous future tax payers to either be contributers or receivers from the state. But given Quebec has a age of consent of 14, this should not suprise anyone.

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Joseph P. Grigoletti II
Lay-person
Église Réformée du Québec
Québec, Québec Canada

''Nothing is so sacred that Satan will not invade it. In fact, the more sacred something is, the more he desires to profane it.''
John MacArthur

I know someone whose daughter called Social Services claiming she had been abused (after her father disciplined her for disobedience). They came knocking at the door but when the girl realized that she would be taken away from her family she quickly changed her story. After conversing with the neighbours and other witnesses the lady from SS (!) said the girl could stay.

Now here is where it got interesting. The father said, no she won't be staying here tonight. If she wants to call SS then let her go with SS. Needless to say the social worker wasn't happy but took the girl overnight. As for the young lady? She never gave them any more problems after that (as far as I know).

Extreme yes but with such rulings above what should a parent do?

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA
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Belgic Confession, Article 26

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So the parents are divorced, dad is trying to set boundaries and the girl is playing the courts against him..probably so she can live with mom in order to whatever she pleases.

May God work in her heart to realize how blessed she is to have a dad who loves her..

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Bobbi Clark
Covenant Member
Pinewood Pres. (PCA) Middleburg

When I kept Silent, My bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3

Don't Americans see this and tremble? This is a huge wake-up call for those who are still napping. Parents as mere vessels to incubate future tax payers is not far off the mark.

Here's a scary thought that we've been struggling with as we prepare to move to Canada:

Our parental rights are better protected in Communist China than they are in Canada.

I read it and weep, because it is the bitter truth.

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Kevin
Far East
Deacon, Int'l Church

It is a sad day, when a child feels she has the right to sue her own father, and the court feels they have a place in the debate. Next thing, it will be a child taking his or her parents to court for not giving them an adequate allowance?

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Matthew
Free Grace
BC, CA

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. "
-Peter Drucker

There's a flip side to these kind of cases that makes things complicated. A few years ago a 16 year old girl sued her parents to prevent them from forcing her to have an abortion. I don't know how it turned out.

In The Courts | Mississippi 16-Year-Old Files Federal Lawsuit Against Parents Who Want Her To Have Abortion - Kaisernetwork.org

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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