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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
Actually, many stories have pointed to the fact the parents wanted their daughter to have nothing to do with Steinke as being a possible motive. They certainly were not "allowing" her to be with him.
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If she was 12 years old and she was able to hang out with this cretin then they were "allowing" her to do it. She's 12 years old. She's in grade 7 ferchrissakes. They aren't forced to just throw up their hands and say "well, she insists on dating this guy so what can we do?".
It ain't illegal to ground a 12 year old or follow her around at all times. The last time I dated a girl who was 12 I was also 12 and I sure didn't like hanging out with her parents. I would imagine it would be a little more uncomfortable for a 23 year old "man" to hang out with those parents than it was for me then.
I don't mean to be too callous and say "bad parenting" is solely to blame but I don't think "good parenting" is part of the deal either.