[SamAdams76]

The girl is only 13. Not to minimize her shoplifting but making her wear that degrading shirt and then pushing her out of the house to face a news crew borders on child abuse. I get the impression the mother was looking for her "15 minutes" of fame and was willing to exploit her own daughter to get it. Mark my words, this girl is going to grow up hating her mother for what she did. The parent/child relationship has been damaged beyond repair.

If it were my child, I'd do as you suggested. Take the child back to the store to apologize and pay for what was taken. No cameras, no publicity. Then that would be the end of it.

[Morgana]

Sam in the old days that is what parents did. They did not do this! Am I so old that taking a kid back to the store to apologize has gone by the wayside? I never figured the Creepy girl mom was looking for fame out of this. Now that you bring it up I believe she is just trying to make herself “look good”. Well it does not make her look good, she looks like trash. I also don’t think this will teach the kid a good lesson.

[cherry]

the girl and her friends are having a big laugh about the shirt.....

why do people jump on parents who at least TRY to discipline their kids?....the mothers shirt or her obesity is NOT the issue....she's got 4 kids to raise by herself....