Quote From: bugaboomdc
I'd like to know why after the first time she left she was still allowed contact with this guy? Yes, the parents ALLOWED her to continue to have contact, they took no steps other than her word she wouldn't do it and they bought her a cell phone for easy access.
I would have immediately changed my phone number, gotten rid of the internet and NOT given her a cell phone. They say they would answer the phone when he called and he was rude or would just grunt, HANG UP. Why hand the phone over to her in the first place? Put a calling block on any number outside the U.S. for incoming calls and outgoing calls. I don't have long distance on my home phone since I pay for it on the cell phone. Sure, she could have found others ways to contact him but it would have been harder and he wouldn't have been able to call her 50 times a day. It's the parents responsibility to keep their children safe from themselves and if taking extreme steps to do so means a little inconvenience to the adults, so be it. This is a girl, who at 16 was going to fly half way across the world because she was in love and they trusted that she would stop all contact with him?
I do hope this time around there are house rules put in place, she is made to follow these rules and this guy is blocked completely from having any contact with her. Otherwise she will be right back over there, married and living a life of hell.
JMO
You are very correct.
Yes, hind sight is always 20/20, but there is something to be said for not letting children do whatever they want.
Shawn just figured her kid was a good kid and would make the right choice.
I guess this is a lesson that we should all be aware of. I have a brand new niece and d*mn skippy she won't be allowed unsupervised access to any kind of internet or phone calls. It's a different world we live in now so we just have to be more nosey about what our kids are doing...even if they are basically good kids, they are still just that...kids. So, they don't always think things through.
I am praying for Katherine's family. I saw on that trailer that she made it home. I wonder if they could get her committed somewhere so she doesn't run back over there.
