MOM ARRESTED FOR LOCKING CURFEW-BREAKING TEEN OUT OF HOUSE

Antonia Folsom, a 34-year-old mother of four from Augusta, Georgia, locked her 13-year-old son out of their house after he came home 15 minutes past his 9 p.m. curfew. He had come home too late many times before, and had had some run-ins with the law. On this night last week, the teen knocked on the door to be allowed in, but Folsom told him she was tired of his breaking curfew and made him sleep outside on a concrete patio. His 15-year-old brother gave him a blanket and pillow. The next morning, she reportedly told her 15-year-old not to let the younger son in the house after she left for work. The 13-year-old later called the police, who approached Folsom about where her son was. She told them that she last saw him outside at 11 p.m. and told him to come in, but he left instead. Police took Folsom to the county jail, where she was booked on a charge of deprivation of a minor, a misdemeanor. She’s now out on bail, and her kids are in the custody of their grandmother.
* Ouch. This is not going to help with the 13-year-old’s attitude.
* I’m picturing a T-shirt that says, “Nice Job, Mom.”
* He also told the grandmother, “Boy, did you ever raise a loser!”
* So, summing up here … let’s see … she’s out of jail now and the kid is back indoors but at his grandmother’s.
* The 13-year-old called the police on her? Well, there goes the street cred.
* He had run-ins with the law, and then saw a perfect opportunity to switch sides.
* Way to work the system!
* Aren’t we supposed to say something about how it was different when we were kids?
* When I was 13 I was always home on time. Then I’d just sneak out later.
* Is this the first kid who can’t sneak back into his own house without knocking first?
* PHONE TOPIC: Did this mom go too far in disciplining her son?