“A mom says she was just being a good parent when she hacked her son’s Facebook page. Now he’s pressing charges.”
The following are some points I made in a related Facebook comment thread about my feelings on this:
I told my kid early on that if I was ever going to go to jail because he was going to “report me”, I’d make sure I went for a good reason and that if he ever called the cops on me, he better judge the time it takes for them to arrive. It’s sort of an empty threat since he’s my baby boy, and I could never really harm him, but he needn’t know that till later in life. It may sound kind of horrific, but first of all, I’m going to do my job as a damn parent and no court is going to get in the way of that. Second of all, I haven’t had to discipline my child in years because while everyone was getting pissed off at me for being hard on him from birth to about 7 years old, trying to tell me “He’s just a child, he doesn’t understand” – I was using animal kingdom common sense. You don’t see momma animals in the wild saying “I’ll teach him later, he’s just a baby now!” – Behavioral patterns are formed from the moment children are born. It’s the biological law of nature. It’s how we grow. And regardless of how elevated we feel we are on the food chain and scale of evolution, WE ARE STILL ANIMALS. At 13 years of age, all I have to do is give my son a particular look, and he knows he better get his shit together. Yes, he tests his boundaries. If he didn’t I would be more upset than when he does. But parenting requires strong… well, parenting. Not friendships. Not therapy. I don’t have to explain every decision I make to my child. Is his boss going to explain every decision made to him when he joins the work force? No. All this candy-ass shit is setting our children up for FAILURE. “Oh, golly gosh gee. You should really respect your children and handle them with love and kindness!” – Yes, I should love my child(ren). I should show them that I love them. AND PART OF THAT IS BY SHOWING THEM I CARE ENOUGH TO DO THE RIGHT THING. As far as I’m concerned? This 16 year old kid needs a good belt and an even better dose of reality. “Mommy spied on me” – Kid… WELCOME TO THE EFFING REAL WORLD.
HEY!!! I HAVE AN IDEA!!! In all fairness, let’s start taking winning and losing out of high school sports too! We wouldn’t want any children feeling inadequate or left out! Oh, shit. Wait… We’re already starting to do that too. *sigh*
Welcome to “Idiocracy” and a future full of fail. 
I for one, refuse to allow my child to have anything to do with the coming disaster. Go ahead and try to lock me away for being a parent. There’s plenty of other places to raise a child. Places in this world that get it.
*We categorically score poorly in EVERYTHING that’s important to the civilized world. Education (#18), health care (#37 – THIRTY SIX FREAKING COUNTRIES THAT FARE BETTER THAN THE ALMIGHTY US!), quality of life (#13), safety (global city rankings 2008 – The SAFEST US city scores in at #28), environment (#23). We come in at #13 on the Human Development Index in 2009. And yet, we’re so blinded by our own egos and inability to admit we f*cked up. We’re so quick to point fingers and blame everyone and everything else. It’s the republican’s fault. It’s the democrat’s fault. It’s the judicial system’s fault. It’s the lawyer’s fault. It’s the parent’s fault. WAKE UP! START ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND START STANDING TOGETHER ON THESE ISSUES INSTEAD OF POINTING FINGERS. FIX IT OR F*CK IT! WE ARE IN THE TOILET NOW. NOW IS THE TIME, IF EVER, TO GIVE A SHIT. (Bryan, Jill, this is not aimed at you)
(*Please note: these are short stats, and may deviate slightly based on year and source. These statistics are provided as a source of general reference ONLY. I did not cite sources. If you want to confirm these numbers, feel free to do your own research, and don’t scream at me because I listed us at #16, when we’re really only #13 or something like that. I don’t give a shit if I’m off unless we’re #1 in some aspect I missed!)
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