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The Case Of Jerri And Her Parents

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This paper will detail a number of aspects regarding the case provided of Jerri and her parents specifically with his stepfather Jimmie. Jerri is 13 years old and lives with her mother and stepfather. Since the school calendar year started she has been caught severally, in this case three times sneaking from her room at nigh so that she can be with her friends. According to her, nothing illegal happens and they only hangout in the neighborhood. However, this concerns her parents who are afraid of her engaging in sexual or drugs activities at her age. The first time she was caught, her parents cancelled a trip that they had allowed her to take with a friend. In the second instance, they grounded her for a week. When she was caught the third time, she was grounded for a week and her parents withheld her allowances. A week after she was released from the long month grounding, during a school nigh she was by Jimmie her stepfather crawling through a window into a hallway that would lead to her bedroom. She threatened to crawl back out of the window and threatened to escape and never to return. When this was happening, her mother and the rest of the children were watching. Jimmie was exasperated that the previous punishments that they had subjected her to were not working and Jerri had only become more belligerent and defiant. This resulted into him grabbing her pulling her back into the window and slapped her into the face. According to Jimmie, when he was slapping her she

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