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Father Turns Teen Son in to Police After Finding Child Pornography on Phone
KSBW ^ | Jan 11, 2018 | Chelsea Robinson

Posted on 01/14/2018 9:21:56 AM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/14/2018 9:21:56 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Isn’t this just an alternate form of sexuality? This kid could go to San Fransicko and open a business...


2 posted on 01/14/2018 9:27:27 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Any dependent child under 18 needs their phone examined on a regular basis by a parent. Period.


3 posted on 01/14/2018 9:28:16 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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But then a lecture or the police and sex offender status?


4 posted on 01/14/2018 9:31:53 AM PST by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: nickcarraway

My opinion is the father should have straightened him out on his own.

Maybe he lost control years ago, I don’t know.

Seems to me his son is not a pedophile, but trying to profit from it. Therefore some tough love over a long period of time is in order from DAD. Maybe it’s Dad who should man up and correct his son’s ways.

The pedophile friend should go to jail.


5 posted on 01/14/2018 9:32:22 AM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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A 2-year-old relative of the dad’s GIRLFRIEND was left in the boy’s bedroom??? It sounds like the problems in this family started a while back.


6 posted on 01/14/2018 9:32:44 AM PST by madprof98
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Boys do stupid things, but as reported nothing had yet been done with the pics. Ruining your son's life over something like this seems disproportionate. A serious "trip to the woodshed" would seem more appropriate parenting here. There's likely more to the story than reported here. Was Dad playing CYA? The original Daily Mail report doesn't shed much more light on the topic.

Very sad.

7 posted on 01/14/2018 9:34:39 AM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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IMO it depends on the age of the kid.The younger he is the stronger the argument to send him to a shrink rather than to the cops.Actually,that applies to all forms of illegal/antisocial/destructive behavior in kids....IMO.
8 posted on 01/14/2018 9:37:26 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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I’m glad the father did the right thing, and turned his son into the police. I’m troubled that the father allowed this event to be publicized. Did he have any other choice? Now, the son, and even the family are forever tainted with that pedophile association. Of course it’s not fair or logical to automatically blame the whole family , but many people do privately think this way.

Was there no other way to turn this info over and make the son pay for his moral crimes? I honestly don’t know the answer to that question.


9 posted on 01/14/2018 9:39:41 AM PST by lee martell
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Every night before bed. The privacy argument is bunk. I had zero privacy as a kid. If you spoke on the phone it was before 8pm and in the kitchen.


10 posted on 01/14/2018 9:39:51 AM PST by phs3 (FUBO)
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Paul Spensberger told DailyMail.com that he was “disgusted” by the images and felt he had no choice but to contact the police.


No choice. BS.


11 posted on 01/14/2018 9:42:19 AM PST by conservative98
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“Here’s the deal, son. This stuff is sick. You have two choices: you go to therapy right now and get this straightened out, or you go to jail. Which will it be?”


12 posted on 01/14/2018 9:42:38 AM PST by IronJack (A)
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Remember when you were tethered to the wall by a phone cord? A party line was the closest you had to the Internet.


13 posted on 01/14/2018 9:48:46 AM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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YEP. With the whole family there. I thought we were in heaven when we got a long cord so at least could sit in the floor on the other side of the Fridge instead of standing next to my fathers recliner!!!


14 posted on 01/14/2018 9:50:23 AM PST by therut
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Bingo!

Instead, dad essentially contracted out the solution; and perhaps created a father-son fracture that could last this lifetime.


15 posted on 01/14/2018 9:51:15 AM PST by frog in a pot (Islam advocates killing Christians but many of its followers pretend to ignore that. Should we?)
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In the house I & my 3 brothers were raised in, that phone was on the wall of the kitchen & was a CRANK PHONE with a 20 party line !!!


16 posted on 01/14/2018 9:56:10 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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But that is probably not how it would play out.

A minor handed over to the police for such an offense would probably receive court-ordered, taxpayer funded therapy.

Depending on the judge, and whether the boy had any previous contact with law enforcement, he might receive those services while on probation or in juvenile detention.


17 posted on 01/14/2018 9:58:15 AM PST by independentmind (Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.)
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To: lee martell
Was there no other way to turn this info over and make the son pay for his moral crimes?

Nope, this was the only way......and kudos to the father for doing what was necessary.

The kid was 17 years old.........

18 posted on 01/14/2018 10:07:11 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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“He feels like s-—. He feels remorse and he is scared, he’s facing time in prison. I could go and get him but he needs to learn,”.........

“Tough Love” from a caring parent. Some day (maybe) the kid will realize what/why the father did what he did. Hard to fathom at a young age but maybe in the future.


19 posted on 01/14/2018 10:07:53 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: nickcarraway

The father may have come to the place where he couldn’t deal with the kid any longer. He had just taken his cell phone away. It must have been for cause.

He searched the phone due to concerns and came up with these photos.

If the kid is young, the punishment will not be that severe. He will probably have to register. If he’s older, he should have known better.

I’m not convinced the kid isn’t a pedophile himself. He sees the naked child on the floor and thinks, wow, now here’s a chance to make some money. Why? Because the child looked sexy? Is he telling the whole truth?

I don’t know what the kid had been involved in. Perhaps some of those things are what led the dad to finally turn him in.

I’ll bet the kid has one less girl-friend right now.

I can see both sides of this discussion. I think we’d have had to walk in the dad’s shoes to know why he did what he did.

As for those who lament no use of therapy, what has led you to believe this kid hadn’t been in therapy?


20 posted on 01/14/2018 10:08:33 AM PST by DoughtyOne (A/O 01/12/18 DJIA business close 25,803.19, a 44.25% increase over the morning of 11/07/16.)
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