Florida girl, 16, charged with battery on dad
Published: November 28, 2008
Updated: November 28, 2008
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A 16-year-old Florida girl who hit her father when he tried to spank her has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office report says the father told a deputy that he was attempting to spank the girl when she turned around and struck him in the face with her fist.
The report said she tried to hit him several more times before leaving with friends.
Both father and daughter said the argument started over an item that had been broken. The girl he slapped her face when she cursed at him. She acknowledged that when he went to spank her, she punched him.
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Information from: Northwest Florida Daily News, http://www.nwfdailynews.com
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cudos to dad. When ever you give you whole being for a child (and i speak from experience) the child should respect her parents for what ever rule or reason. I dont like child abuse and think that there should be a heavier punishment on that than we have now BUT…. if my child ever raises thier hand to me, one of two things are going to happen. One im going to jail for correcting her/him by the same token they have issued out to me, or the state can see if they can take better care of them than me. See that is the problem with our society. The laws are so strict with our disiplining of our own children that we cannot correct them, or we go to jail. when i was comming up you better not even grunt at your punishment. now a days the child has all the rights and we have none. Disiplining your chil is not CHILD ABUSE. if it were why do we have police to control the public. I think sometimes the law needs to but out or take the problem child into their own home and see how it feels to be disrespected. In my house it is my rules or you have to go. Any time my child thinks they can override me they have to go. I provide them with safety and guidence and love and along with that comes rules and respect. I have 5 graduates and 3 colledge degrees in my children and all are a success. Think about it parents. You have the duty to bring them up right. It is not thier duty to bring you up.
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