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Son Sues Mother Over Facebook Posts

Most kids hate having their parents join in on a discussion on Facebook, but one 16-year-old in Arkansas hates it so much he has filed suit against his mother, charging her with harassment. From the article: "An Arkadelphia mother is charged with harassment for making entries on her son's Facebook page. Denise New's 16-year-old son filed charges against her last month and requested a no-contact order after he claims she posted slanderous entries about him on the social networking site. New says she was just trying to monitor what he was posting." Seems like he could just unfriend her.

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  1. from the article; she cracked his pw by random+coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    According to the article; she isn't his costodian, and she didn't just post on his wall; she stole his password and posted to his wall as him. So identity theft much? Computer crime much?

    The fact that a Judge granted the restraining order against a women on behalf of a 16yo male(son) also should be a good indication of the situation.

  2. Re:No contact. by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or do you think that all the less worthwhile people should just die already to make more room for the rest of us?

    Yes. And I work for a human services agency. Come work here and see what some people are capable of and then get back to me about how "very few people are truly worthless". I can find nothing redeeming in the individual that would put her drug habit and boyfriend ahead of her kids. I can find nothing redeeming in the individual that prostituted her 11 year old out to repay a drug debt. I can find nothing redeeming in the individual that uses lame ass excuses like "I can't afford gas" (particularly when my agency GIVES THEM GAS MONEY) to avoid having to see their kids.

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  3. Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well if ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, et cetera are censoring the news by ignoring these stories, then you have to turn to alternate sources.

    Do you have any proof that the story you referred to is being censored by those news outlets? Do you have any citation to any public records to show that this incident actually happened? I've read the story both on infowars and prisonplanet and neither of them have any details. They make vague claims about a "couple in texas" that had their kid taken away. Considering these websites long track record of posting bullshit and phoney stories, you'd have to be a nutjob to believe it.

  4. Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Umm, left out the part about the illegal drugs being found in their residence and the fact that their anti-government views were but ONE of the claims levied against them.

    Mind you, I don't think marijuana should be illegal but it rather changes your story when you discover that the parents were arrested on drug charges before CPS got involved. You shouldn't have left that detail out.

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  5. Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. by uberjack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If a child's willing to go that far, it's probably a safe bet that their family's already pretty fucked up.

  6. Re:No contact. by BobMcD · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't blame "Society" for his mistakes... "We" didn't let him down. He did it all by himself.

    Nature versus nurture, my friend.

    It is easy to blame them when they're despicable people. But your emotional satisfaction doesn't obviate the observation that different situations can lead to different results under otherwise similar circumstances.

  7. Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It takes a hell of a lot to get your child taken away from you if you are female. If the situation were reversed, the father would have lost custody in an instant.

  8. Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. by WCguru42 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It takes a hell of a lot to get your child taken away from you if you are female. If the situation were reversed, the father would have lost custody in an instant.

    plus alimony, plus child support, plus jail time, plus...

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