Source:
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/11/08/father-labeled-‘unfit’-refusing-take-his-son-mcdonald’s
Lol, Fox 'News', I know but I saw it on FaceBook and thought it was ridiculous.
Story:
A father is suing his child’s psychologist after she labeled him an unfit parent for not taking his son to McDonald’s! David Schorr wouldn’t take his son to the chain because he felt the boy was eating too much junk food. The boy threw a tantrum but Schorr stood firm.
The boy then told his mother that he was sent to bed without dinner and she reported the incident to the child’s psychologist, who then told the judge that Schorr was incapable of taking care of his son and should be denied weekend visitation rights.
Schorr has filed a defamation suit.
Here's the full AP story:
NEW YORK — Saying no to a toddler's demands for a McDonald's meal got a father branded an inept parent, he says in a lawsuit claiming a psychologist urged a judge to curtail his parental visits over the dinner debacle.
David E. Schorr says psychologist Marilyn Schiller pronounced him incapable of caring for his nearly 5-year-old son after he offered a choice — dinner anywhere but McDonald's, or no dinner at all — and let the boy choose the latter. He then took his irate son home to the boy's mother's house early from their Oct 30 dinner date, according to a defamation suit Schorr filed Tuesday.
Schiller didn't immediately return a call Friday.
Schorr, an attorney and employee-benefits consultant, is in the midst of a contentious divorce with estranged wife Bari Yunis Schorr. Schiller was court-assigned to evaluate the couple and their child, according to the lawsuit.
Schiller's reports and other filings in the divorce case aren't public; court records indicate only that there have been a flurry of filings over two years. Bari Schorr's lawyer, Louis I. Newman, declined to comment.
While the case plays out, David Schorr has alternate weekends and dinner every Tuesday with his son, according to the defamation suit.
"Normally not a very strict father who rarely refuses his child McDonald's," Schorr put his foot down Oct. 30 "because his son had been eating too much junk food," the suit said. Schorr himself didn't immediately return a call Friday.
He quickly regretted his stance when his son threw a tantrum, but he felt that giving in would reward bad behavior, so he offered the elsewhere-or-nowhere "final offer," as his court papers put it.
"The child, stubborn as a mule, chose the 'no dinner' option," the suit says. And the father promptly carted the boy back to Bari Schorr's building, still trying to entice the child into changing his mind as they waited in the lobby for her to get home from work, according to the suit.
Schiller told a judge the fast food flap "raises concerns about the viability" of the father's weekend visits with his son and asked a judge to eliminate or limit them, his lawsuit says.
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/11/08/father-labeled-‘unfit’-refusing-take-his-son-mcdonald’s
Lol, Fox 'News', I know but I saw it on FaceBook and thought it was ridiculous.
Story:
A father is suing his child’s psychologist after she labeled him an unfit parent for not taking his son to McDonald’s! David Schorr wouldn’t take his son to the chain because he felt the boy was eating too much junk food. The boy threw a tantrum but Schorr stood firm.
The boy then told his mother that he was sent to bed without dinner and she reported the incident to the child’s psychologist, who then told the judge that Schorr was incapable of taking care of his son and should be denied weekend visitation rights.
Schorr has filed a defamation suit.
Here's the full AP story:
NEW YORK — Saying no to a toddler's demands for a McDonald's meal got a father branded an inept parent, he says in a lawsuit claiming a psychologist urged a judge to curtail his parental visits over the dinner debacle.
David E. Schorr says psychologist Marilyn Schiller pronounced him incapable of caring for his nearly 5-year-old son after he offered a choice — dinner anywhere but McDonald's, or no dinner at all — and let the boy choose the latter. He then took his irate son home to the boy's mother's house early from their Oct 30 dinner date, according to a defamation suit Schorr filed Tuesday.
Schiller didn't immediately return a call Friday.
Schorr, an attorney and employee-benefits consultant, is in the midst of a contentious divorce with estranged wife Bari Yunis Schorr. Schiller was court-assigned to evaluate the couple and their child, according to the lawsuit.
Schiller's reports and other filings in the divorce case aren't public; court records indicate only that there have been a flurry of filings over two years. Bari Schorr's lawyer, Louis I. Newman, declined to comment.
While the case plays out, David Schorr has alternate weekends and dinner every Tuesday with his son, according to the defamation suit.
"Normally not a very strict father who rarely refuses his child McDonald's," Schorr put his foot down Oct. 30 "because his son had been eating too much junk food," the suit said. Schorr himself didn't immediately return a call Friday.
He quickly regretted his stance when his son threw a tantrum, but he felt that giving in would reward bad behavior, so he offered the elsewhere-or-nowhere "final offer," as his court papers put it.
"The child, stubborn as a mule, chose the 'no dinner' option," the suit says. And the father promptly carted the boy back to Bari Schorr's building, still trying to entice the child into changing his mind as they waited in the lobby for her to get home from work, according to the suit.
Schiller told a judge the fast food flap "raises concerns about the viability" of the father's weekend visits with his son and asked a judge to eliminate or limit them, his lawsuit says.
