"Causing GREAT bodily harm" Bravo DA Adam for the shock and awe! The belt mark measured 6-8 inches according to the 12 yr old. Pardon me, I can remember belt marks lasting a few days yet the day after no mark on the kid who claims "pain." The next day events are odd, why the mother pulled the 14 year old out of the house and to a park for her intervening the day before is anyone's guess. My money is on the 14 year old spouting her mouth off and threatening the mother with abuse charges. Maybe the mother was driving the daughter to the police station herself. I'm just offering a possible reason.

Schools today teach children to call police if they feel threatened. Any call will usually activate CPS, then let the crazy begin. Some feel spankings or any physical contact as punishment is child abuse. When children are young the time out corner works well...sometimes. I t does not work with a 12 and 14 yd old. Kids that age are dealing with raging hormones and other pressures.

I think this is a waste of taxpayer money to take this to a trial. Did CPS investigate and push for charges? I t does not appear so. Guess the DA was bored and needs a notch in his belt. If it turns out the mother is crazy, I'll eat my words. Child abuse is very serious charge. I think they jumped too fast here. Just like the man who was reported because his kids had dirty clothes. Man has MS wasnt eating and weight loss. Drug test was clean. He left with stigma of bad dad now.

All I am saying is that this is Ozaukee County. I think my comments were enough when the story first ran.

Kathy, no where in that article does it say that the mother took the child up to the bluff the next day. It says the daughter turned 14 the next day.
I'm pretty sure you need to assume there were other circumstances that lead the police and DA to pursue charges in this matter.

Should we hang her from what we know? Absolutely not. Judging and convicting someone based on this story is irresponsible. However, the story gives us enough - i.e. allegations of taking the second child out and beating her for intervening - that this should be in front of a judge. Then let the facts get sorted out and any punishment (or non-punishment) applied.

Kathy- I don't think you understand what I was trying to say. It wasn't about whether we call it Upper Lake Park or the Bluff. And it wasn't the girl's exact age....down to the very last day. It was the fact that the mother didn't take the girl up to the Bluff/Upper Lake Park the NEXT day as you stated. She took her up there the SAME day. The only events that took place the NEXT day was that the daughter turned 14. See where I'm going here?
I agree with you Rik!

I never had children, nor do I plan on doing so, but this resurfaces an old question - If ANY physical punishment is legal, where is the line drawn? How do the courts define abuse? Is it only illegal when it leaves a mark? I doubt any parent who spanks thoroughly analyzes the amount of force they use, the surface area of contact, and the skin sensitivity when delivering physical punishment. The whole point of this type of punishment is to inflict SOME pain...otherwise it would have little effect. Not having children, I'm not sure if I would/could use physical punishment, but spanking does seem to have some merit - Explanation - We all hear stories of how our parents were punished in school or by their parents. Those of their generation seemed to turn out better (attitude) than kids today. At least one person I know has told me he's glad that his parent(s) physically punished him - that it straightened him out (again referring to attitude). Kids (not referring to all kids) today seem to think they can get away with anything... and perhaps they can. So at what point does punishment become abuse, and is that point something that can realistically be accurately measured and applied by a parent? I would rather see a parent spank an unruly child (who understands what they're doing) than allow the child to continue with that behavior. It also annoys me when a parent continually yells and screams, "stop it," without changing their tactic when the child's behavior persists.

This is obsurb this women should not deserve any fines nor should she have deserved any court appearances. Ok now 10 years from now if you even lay a hand on your kid because they got into trouble or they did a drug thats starting to become legal in all states they can get verbally yelled at but they will never learn. Our society is going to go down the drain, because a parent was trying to do a right action for her kids to learn. See 20 years ago we all use to get the belt about 99.99 percent because we messed up. Now with time going on kids will not learn and never make it to college thanks Ozaukee County for making this into a problem coming up into the future

Never hit your child, never. My parents never beat me or grounded me and I turned out great; a rich Liberal hating right winger.

The kids got a whoopin...so what...a lot of kids these days need it. Kids talkin back to parents and bein disrespectful then wanna call the police when their parents put hands on them. The mother shouldn't be charged wit sh*t....the kids need to be in court for being disrespectful

SHE'S faces more time then the guy who had sex with the 15yrs old girl. I don't understand

To all moms--go on strike until these kids give you respect. Tell them...if you are hungry cook...dirty cloths..do laundry..no money...work...need a ride...find one or walk. you have your rights, I have mine. you respect mine, I will respect yours...I told mine in the days of long hair for boys...If you think long hair is your right...It is also my right to go to your school in a bikini for teachers conferences and other things...soooo...let us show respect each other. it works!!! when my kid brother (20 years younger) told dad he would tell the teacher if he hit him....my dad just said...pack your clothes before you do that because you will no longer live here.

I agree to carrie carters comment well done

SUPREMEcourt did a big disservice to this country when it took away the kick in the rear at home and at school now they put a kid on drugs no wonder there is a drug abuse problem in this country