Curfew-Breaking Teen Sentenced to Hard Time - Babysitting for Free

Do you really want some ticked off teenager, who doesn't want to be there, watching your children? I don't.

Yeah just what I want. A pissed teen who is forced to watch my kids. Just thinking of the abuse my little ones will have to endure. No thanks.

William & pasthecrablegs, get a camera you idiots. If the teen does anything inappropriate then charge them and they'll get jail time. I probably have to spell this out for you two, don't tell the teen you have cameras and don't let them see it.

I think community service is a great idea but I don't think public humiliation is something that a teenager needs to endure at the hands of the step-mother and father. They could have just as easily had her volunteer at the church, the hospital or elderly care center without raising her up for others to judge. You see what people are writing about her? Why would you ever do that? She is a good girl and an honor student and that part of who she is, is being lost here. Your parents are where you go for safety.

so stupid. how about being a parent and grounding her curfew breaking behind until forever? as a kid my parents made me babysit my neighbors 3 kids for free and i hated it. they were brats and i resented the fact i had to do this because my parents felt bad for her because she had no husband. these people sound like a bunch of morons.

I think it is a great idea too! I just wonder how many of us can actually afford to put an ad in the newspaper though since that is part of what made it a punishment.

I actually had a similar situation. My son was invited to a party & the parents stepped out(without our knowledge). The kids stared drinking and he and a friend left. He got picked up for a curfew violation. We refused to pay his fine b/c he and his friend decided to take the long way home, just to wander around town a bit. He knew that what he did was wrong. We did not ground him b/c he refused to drink (there was a breat-a-lizer done b/c the drinkers were caught too,so we're not naive parents) But, his community service was in the form of 40 hours working at VBS. It's kinda funny b/c he got the most pesty group with a little girl that had a voice like a hatchet! (devine retrobution) BTW, my son and his friend are also honor students. In short, we could have paid the fine to reward the good choice...but he needed to learn from his mistake. Bottom line: good kids make mistakes....great parents let them pick up after their own mistakes.

Oh please I live in California and the only parents that lose their kids to CPS are the parents that deserve to lose them. You must be one of them.

Lisa, Oh please, California doesn't have any money to protect their kids. Look how long Jaycee Dugard was right under their noses and they still couldn't find her. And octomom still has her 16 kids just to make my point.

Amen. I live in NY and its the same. a shame. parents cannot parent.

Junior, oh please yourself. I was born and raised in California and now reside in Texas. This state is no better. According to your ignorant claim that CA doesn't have enough money to take care of it's kids, explain to me why there have been multiple reports DAILY of mothers killing their children in horrific ways, right here in TX.

I understand this happens everywhere, which negates your silly little theory. Please do not post anymore until you educate yourself. People like you are the reason we are labeled "dumb Americans."

I agree with Connie's take on the subject. I would be a bit worried about the kids the 'bad girl' is sitting.

Hello??!! She is an Honor Student. She came home late, not drunk. I think your children are safe and I think the parents are brilliant.

I agree. Kids are bad enough when people are watching them, to people their own age, nowadays. I'm only in my mid 20's and I notice clearly how ill-behaved my friends younger siblings, cousins and kids period act around me. Its scary, and yes it is a parenting issue as well as, what environments and media they are frequently exposed too:

oversexed and violent.

@Katherine
I'm sorry but you're the idiot. A camera may solve the problem of evidence as to why your child is acting like a war veteran and is afraid of people, but it wont change the fact that they were daunted at a very precarious stage of the development of their minds and how they view other humans. As a victim of multiple types of abuse I can tell you, even if you think they shrug it off. Kids really don't know how to deal, they will be a bit maladaptive in some manner when they get older.

And if you think that gamble is worth it to have a free baby-sitter, I really hope you don't have kids. Cheapskate.

I agree. I would not want someone watching my kids, or now my grandchild, that was having to do it for punishment. I dont want my littlle one being taken care of by soneone who might take their anger out on her.