When parental accountability goes WAY to far

Brian Gegner is in jail. Why? Let's play the multiple choice game. Did he:

A. Cheat on his taxes.

B. Fuck a whore.

C. Beat his children.

D. His daughter didn't pass her GED exam.

E. He got busted for a DUI.

If you guessed D, you'd be right!!! *Ding, ding, ding*

Here's the story. It seems clear this is not this man's fault, and to put a guy in jail because his daughter isn't passing all portions of her GED (she's passed all but one section) is beyond the pale.

I trumpet parental responsibility ad-nauseum on this blog, but this is NOT what I have in mind. His daughter, is currently 18, but it seems as if this started back when she was 16? Which, doesn't make any sense because I don't think you'd be taking ANY GED test before 17.

In any case, a good teacher with any background information on the adolescent brain can tell you one thing...adolescents frequently are irrational due to all the stuff going on in their bodies. Moreover, other than during infancy, this is the most active time for the brain and determining how it develops. It's such the case that you cannot argue with teens in a rational sense sometimes. Their brain isn't capable of thinking rationally, and this may be how Brittany got her dad into the jam he's now in. This guy may even lose his job over this...yeah, because a dead beat parent with No job will REALLY teach them to pass that math GED section.

*Yawn* What a maroon!