Teen Sues Parents for Cash, College Tuition. Does She Have a Case? (18 yrs old)

Yahoo ^

[Pollster1]

She would look much better wearing an apron at the local butcher shop and earning her keep. An 18 y/o child must follow family rules if she wants to live at home. An 18 y/o adult is responsible for her own support but can make her own decisions. The parents have permitted her to choose adult life (not that they could stop an adult), and I hope she learns from her choices.

[virgil283]

... Morris Catholic president Michael St. Pierre ... told the school called New Jersey Child Protection and Permanency last fall after abuse allegations from Rachel and what he called ‘difficult meetings between Rachel and her father, Sean Canning.’ To date Sean Canning admits a state worker visited the home just prior to Rachel’s alleged ‘abandonment,’ but that the official found the teen simply to be ‘spoiled’ and didn’t pursue the abuse allegations..."

some school to choose sides against the parents, Huh

[Bikkuri]

interestingly (I actually clicked the Yahoo link, to get the full story and comments), I read through about 300+ comments, and most are thinking the sa,e as we are (Yahoo is a well known LIB organization/site)..

Maybe they have pissed off enough of the people to wake their butts up to finally STOP being the ‘silent majority’...

It’s what we need... but about 2 decades late :/

[JimRed]

I read elsewhere that she is an honor student. If so she can probably get a full ride somewhere, and work part time for spending money and birth control.

[central_va]

I went to work in a factory and supported us.

Thanks to out insane "Free Trade" policies, most factories have beem outsourced to China and elsewhare. Today you wouldn't have that option.

[GailA]

Tell me about it, my youngest works in a steel cabinet maker factory, as spot welder, makes about $9 an hr. Good thing he is single. While I’d like to see him married he’s 32, and have a grand baby, no way a couple could make it on that kind of money. Lucky to have a job at all. We still don’t know what impact 0’care if going to have on his job. He pays rent, food, utilities, and cell phone, does not leave much left over.