Interesting case, especially as it relates to children's rights. Doubly so since the mother stands accused of basically abducting her daughter.
I'm also a big fan of how the Daily Mail went out of its way in the pictures to portray the girl's father as a drunk and mother as an upstanding woman. Though that is also a significant part of the girl's argument for wanting to stay in England.
Wow, they make Canada sound like some sort of North American Siberia. This has to be one of the most biased articles I've read in a while. I think the funniest part was when they described Canada as a 'barren snow-covered wilderness'. Thank you for fact checking Daily Mail!
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Wow, they make Canada sound like some sort of North American Siberia. This has to be one of the most biased articles I've read in a while. I think the funniest part was when they described Canada as a 'barren snow-covered wilderness'. Thank you for fact checking Daily Mail!
Yeah, the bias from the Daily Mail is pretty entertaining. That said, they are getting their info from a family that spent a year and a half in Northern Alberta. Not exactly the best reference point of what Canada has to offer.
i really don't see an issue here. the girl is old enough to make up her own mind on which parent she wants to live with, so why force the issue? Canadian winters aren't for everyone, especially up north, and if she already has a life in England with friends and family why force her to give that up?
They lived in remote Northern Alberta on the flat prairies, apparently, and lived close enough to the mountains to go trekking there whenever the mood would strike. Anyone figure out where this could be?
She'll never get over it? Really? It's going to bother her for the rest of her life? Drama Queen.
She's 13, it's an immature response from an immature girl. Ultimately, she likely will. The mother should have gone through divorce court in canada. She likely would have had custody, but (i would think) remained in canada (as far as i know, maybe locke can help here?). Anyway, she will probably change her opinion. Shes just bitter and immature.
"Forget Canada. I want to live in Middlesbrough.' A sentence I thought I would never, ever, EVER, read."
I've been to Middlesbrough so couldn't believe that statement either. It's not a nice place at all.
I'm proud to be British, love the country, love to visit. However, I love living in Canada more, much more. The people are better here, the standard of living is better, everything is better, even the weather. We actually get sunny days here, even if they are minus 30! I'm proud of Canada. This is my home and a fantastic one at that.
If she wants to live in Middlesbrough, let her. It's her loss.
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"Forget Canada. I want to live in Middlesbrough.' A sentence I thought I would never, ever, EVER, read."
I've been to Middlesbrough so couldn't believe that statement either. It's not a nice place at all.
I'm proud to be British, love the country, love to visit. However, I love living in Canada more, much more. The people are better here, the standard of living is better, everything is better, even the weather. We actually get sunny days here, even if they are minus 30! I'm proud of Canada. This is my home and a fantastic one at that.
If she wants to live in Middlesbrough, let her. It's her loss.
If you were a 13 year old girl, would you rather work in a small working class, always rainy but mild weathered British town where your friends and family are?
Or would you rather live with your single dad in a house in the middle of snow-bound wilderness?
I know I'd choose to live in small shabby town with my friends than being forced to live in a remote location with my dad, far from anybody.
When you are 13 is a crucial moment in your intellectual and social development. If you get stuck in what's basically a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere and forced to goto school 30 minutes away in a tiny school with few children or even homeschooled, I think it's going to effect your development badly.
I wouldn't wish that on any of my children. I'm not saying small town, isolated and remote farm life is bad - I know plenty of farm raised kids who are doing great - but I have to say, I know plenty more who are more withdrawn or a little odd because of growing up with isolation with the same friends in a school of the same 20 people from grade 1-12 and don't adjust to big cities and modern pace or being social at all. For someone who grew up in a decent sized town/city and who is a bright precocious young adolescent to be moved to a remote location with little to do and little human contact, that's going to stifle your mind big time and it will affect you the rest of your life.
It's fine for the dad who is a fully grown, nearly middle age adult who wants to get away from the urban life in the UK to live in the wilderness (like a man!) but her daughter should have a right to not be dragged into that. What if you were born and raised in Calgary and had all your friends and family here and your dad suddenly dragged you off to live in the smallest town in Nunavut when you were 12/13?
If her dad dreams of basically living like this, good for him, but he shouldn't drag her daughter into it.
Remember, just because a 13 year old girl doesn't like it there, why take offense when the article clearly shows that the dad finds Alberta to be the best place on earth?
Yup, exactly. I remember when I was 11 my parents moved me from Abbeydale to Malborough Park which was an unfathomable idea! I had to go to a different school than all my friends and now had a 15 minute bike ride just to see them after school! I couldn't imagine being moved to the other side of the planet at that age when friends are the most important thing.
British court agrees that Northern Alberta sucks, allows girl to stay in England
