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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/parents-forced-teen-to-live-in-woods-for-eating-pop-tart/ar-AAcF3Us?ocid=ansnydailynews11A South Carolina couple forced their teenage daughter to live in the woods because she snacked on a Pop-Tart without their permission, deputies said.
James and Crystal Driggers were arrested on child neglect charges after Sumter County deputies found the 14-year-old camping alone Friday, two days into her week-long punishment.
The girl was sent to a tent about a quarter-mile from her home, and her parents gave her just a flashlight, a single roll of toilet paper, a whistle and a watch for the seven-day campout, officials said.
The forest is known for its wild hog population.
The girl was told to meet someone at a fence at a specific time each day to get food. If she didn't show up at the right time, she wouldn't eat, her parents allegedly told her.
Thunderstorms battered Sumter County Thursday night, the first night of the camping sentence, the Sumter Item reported. The girl slept in the tent during the downpour.
The reason for the bizarre campout: Because the girl ate a Pop-Tart without their permission, the couple told investigators.
This isnt the first time James, 33, and Crystal, 36, Driggers have banished their daughter from their home. Last month, she was forbidden from entering the house between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. as another form of punishment, deputies said.
James and Crystal Driggers were arrested on child neglect charges after Sumter County deputies found the 14-year-old camping alone Friday, two days into her week-long punishment.
The girl was sent to a tent about a quarter-mile from her home, and her parents gave her just a flashlight, a single roll of toilet paper, a whistle and a watch for the seven-day campout, officials said.
The forest is known for its wild hog population.
The girl was told to meet someone at a fence at a specific time each day to get food. If she didn't show up at the right time, she wouldn't eat, her parents allegedly told her.
Thunderstorms battered Sumter County Thursday night, the first night of the camping sentence, the Sumter Item reported. The girl slept in the tent during the downpour.
The reason for the bizarre campout: Because the girl ate a Pop-Tart without their permission, the couple told investigators.
This isnt the first time James, 33, and Crystal, 36, Driggers have banished their daughter from their home. Last month, she was forbidden from entering the house between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. as another form of punishment, deputies said.
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Parents forced teen to live in woods for eating Pop-Tart (Original Post)
Ken Burch
Jul 2015
OP
Our society does not have great solutions. Some kids get abused by foster parents, too.
merrily
Jul 2015
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merrily
(45,251 posts)1. Control freaks gone wild. No tolerance for disobedience.
Plus, a heavy dose of lack of humanity.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)3. Scary thing is, the kids are in the custody of their grandparents.
And the grandparents are the ones who taught these people how to raise kids(by their own example)in the first place.
merrily
(45,251 posts)4. Our society does not have great solutions. Some kids get abused by foster parents, too.
We claim kids are a priority, but....
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)5. ...but only if it isn't a hassle and doesn't raise our taxes...
...or inconvenience the 1% in any way whatsoever...
(I wish we had a "Jesus wept" smilie).
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)9. This article says it was a grandparent who reported the parents
https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/cops-say-family-banished-teen-for-eating-pop-tart-123462772057.html
Apparently, this girl was also punished for eating a protein bar!
Apparently, this girl was also punished for eating a protein bar!
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)10. So they can't handle seeing their kids eat anything?
What is wrong with these people? Did they EVER have souls?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)2. cute couple
.
Both have one charge each of discharging firearms into a dwelling from 2013 pending in Sumter County courts.
merrily
(45,251 posts)6. I'm guessing the one with the dead eyes, showing no fear or remorse, is the alpha in that couple.
trusty elf
(7,403 posts)7. Well, it was the Pop-Tart with Jesus on it
that they were planning to sell on ebay, so it's understandable.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)8. Sad
One can only hope that the court makes every effort to protect the child.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)11. That's horrible.
Eating a poptart is its own punishment.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)13. I'd say the parents should have to sleep out in the hog-filled woods...
...but the hogs have done nothing to deserve the gastric distress that would cause.
romanic
(2,841 posts)12. Some people
just shouldn't be parents.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)14. "I Pop Tart therefore pup tent" said no great philosopher ever.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)15. Authoritative sociopaths! n/t