He Took His Daughter’s Phone Away After He Found an Inappropriate Text. Then Mom Called the Cops...

He Took His Daughter’s Phone Away After He Found an Inappropriate Text. Then Mom Called the Cops...
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Dallas father Ronald Jackson was stunned when he discovered an inappropriate text on his 12-year-old daughter’s cell phone.

Jackson searched and found even more naughty messages, so he took the phone away as punishment.

A few hours later, officers from the Grand Prairie Police Department knocked on his front door---asking for the iPhone 4 back.

Turns out, the daughter’s mom Michelle Steppe had called the police. 

“As a mom, I’m upset because—number one—the property belongs to me,” she told WFAA.

“You can’t take someone’s property, regardless if you’re a parent or not.”

But when the cops arrived, Jackson became determined to see his punishment through---at the time, he had no idea of the ordeal he would face.

“At that point, I decided the police don’t interfere with my ability to parent my daughter,” the 36-year-old said. 

“I was being a parent. You know, a child does something wrong, you teach them what’s right,” he told CBS. “You tell them what they did wrong and you give them a punishment to show that they shouldn’t be doing that.”

I didn't want the police department telling me how to parent my child.
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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