Some Parents Just Have to Be Stopped

I'm all for parents finding creative ways to inspire, educate, and raise their children, but some clearly take the idea too far.

In today's news, a judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, after an obvious lack of judgment on her parents' part:

"Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said."

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