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Parents Behaving Badly

Archive for December 2005

December 26th, 2005

Britain Proposes Electronic Tags for Delinquent Parents

Big Brother is watching you - but only if you’re not paying child support. A new proposal put forward to reform the country’s crappy Child Support Agency would slap electronic monitoring devices on parents who are in arrears on the money they owe their kids. Supporters of the legislation say that tagging would be more […]

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December 26th, 2005

Bank Robbing Ex-Marine Turned In - by His Sons

Sigh. And here I was, ready to proclaim the day after Christmas a Parent Behaving Badly-Free Day. But alas, it was not to be. We can thank today’s news item on ex-Marine William Alfred Ginglen, who taught his kids the values of honesty and a hard day’s work. Those lessons may have saved Ginglen’s soul: […]

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December 24th, 2005

Dad Who Reported Fire-Damaged Christmas Arrested for Child Support Arrears

Was Jessie Marquez attempting to do the right thing by his daughter? Well…it’s hard to say. Firefighters can’t even say for sure whether Marquez’s home contained any presents when it burned down, as he later told the Red Cross. What is for certain is that Marquez is now sitting in jail for failure to pay […]

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December 24th, 2005

British Mom Abandons Naked Baby in Garage

As far as I can tell, Britain doesn’t have “safe haven” laws that allow a mom to drop off a baby at a safe spot without legal consequences. There’s been a roaring debate about such laws here in the states, with some arguing that they dissuade young women from getting pre-natal care. That debate might […]

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