A father grounded his daughter after she used the Internet. But a Canadian court ruled that the grounding was too severe and lifted the punishment.
The 12-year-old girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip. He was upset that she had chatted on Web sites he tried to block. He also said she posted “inappropriate” pictures of herself online using a friend’s computer.
The father’s lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the punishment was for the girl’s “own protection.”
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“She’s a child,” Beaudoin told AFP. “At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries.”
Beaudoin said she worries that “parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on.”
According to court documents, the girl’s use of the Internet was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.
The father is appealing the ruling.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
一位父親因為女兒上網而罰她禁足，但加拿大一所法院認為這個處罰太過嚴厲而裁定撤銷。
被父親禁止參加校外教學後，這名十二歲的女孩一狀告上魁北克高等法院。因為女兒到他試圖封鎖的網站和網友聊天，還用朋友的電腦把自己的「不雅」照張貼上網，讓他感到相當不悅。
這位父親的律師金．柏杜安說，這項處罰是為了讓這個女孩學會「自我保護」。
柏杜安對法新社表示：「她只是個孩子，她這個年紀的孩子會想測試他們的極限，為人父母的必須為他們設下界線。」
柏杜安說，她擔心「從今以後父母在拿捏管教孩子的界線時會如履薄冰」。
法院判決書中表示，上網事件只是這個女孩一連串違反家規行為中的最新犯行；但即使如此，法官蘇珊．泰席爾認為這項處罰太過嚴厲。
這位父親將提出上訴。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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