Teen girl forced to wear armor, fight father with wooden sword

hatetoregister said on October 20, 2011 at 6:57 PM

First of all, I wish some of you would read. It was her FATHER and STEP-MOTHER. Second, where is the child's mother? This guy obviously has issues. Third, why are you people condoning parents for whipping, punching and forcing her to fight a 300lb guy? That isn't sane! Something is wrong with you when you think that putting bruises all over your child's body is OK. Something is seriously wrong. How do you think we end up with serial killers? They aren't hatched! They are made! Child abuse results in adults with anger issues who can and do become threats to society. There needs to be some sort of test to have a child. You can't board a plane without a license or some government issued Id, but any nut can have a child! You can't drive, become an accountant, be a doctor or lawyer or even do hair without a license, yet any

bloodsurf69 said on October 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM

He's NOT the first father to do this BTW.

jeremywize said on October 19, 2011 at 12:12 PM

this should say "She WAS employed at a daycare in Yelm" I'm sure she doesn't work there anymore after this... I wonder if Braveheart is this guy's favorite movie...

stonetrails said on October 19, 2011 at 4:58 AM

nut jobs

siusir said on October 18, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Not only am I amazed at the ways people find to abuse their children, but more so about how others can't see the difference between discipline and abuse. Sometimes there's only a fine line, but you know in your heart where that line is. When you do it out of love is discipline, and when you do it out of rage and frustration is abuse. Hey King5, what does "....the teen was forced her to dress in armor and fight ..."? Does it mean, no proof-reader?

jibardell11 said on October 18, 2011 at 5:49 PM

Temporary should be made permanent. And the daughter should file charges of assault against the step-dad.

runway12 said on October 18, 2011 at 5:44 PM

After reading an update on this story in the Tacoma News paper I am amazed how many are still rushing to defend the parents right away. I am sorry but a 300 pound man just doesn't sit on a child, beat them with willow branches collected from a sibling, then beat them again outside from 2 to 4 a.m. until they collapse then say sorry for hurting you. Glad to hear she may have another set of parents out there that could be better role models.

nguminh said on October 18, 2011 at 3:22 PM

DSHS can take away my child. if they send my kid to foster hell, I will sue everyone of them. I don't totally agree what the parent did but just think of the word DSHS and how mess up they are.

jgcimino said on October 18, 2011 at 1:52 PM

That's right horicesheets, the interbutts are serious bizness. And nothing is more serious than the comments section on some whack local news piece. By the way, that little kid? A known lewd tart and a smart-mouth. She got what she had coming, which was some medieval biker justice.

horicesheets said on October 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM

"layindownthelaw3" you are ignorant. 1.You don't know that the girl (young adult) is a brat. 2. You don't know that she is or was running away. 3.You don't know that she ever used drugs. 4. You don't know that she is having a sexual relationship. 5. Your comments make me wonder about your daughter, family or perveted attitude. You need to be identified and investigated.

mmullvain said on October 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM

You know who wins if these two had fought to the death?.....Society!

kboard306 said on October 18, 2011 at 12:39 PM

I have no problem with a child being spanked, within reason. However, to beat a kid with a stick and punch her is disgusting. Combine that with two hours of sword fighing with her father, while step mom watched is appalling. First of all, a man should never hit a woman. Dad should be ashamed of himself beating on the child for two hours with wooden swords and leaving bruises on her. At this girls age, she is almost too old to be spanked, so it sounds to me like the parents failed to do their job when she was little. I know some kids can be a pain, but is it any wonder why this girl acts up with parents like this? Dad needs to have someone his own size meet up with him. I am sure dad is quite a bit bigger than the daughter, so as far as I am concerned he is nothing more than any other woman abuser, and that is a coward. He would not do that to someone who could put him in his place.

aria_ said on October 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Barbarians, plain and simple.

kehbird said on October 18, 2011 at 11:54 AM

And! If my parents treated me like that as a teen, I would probably be on drugs myself. The parenting comes first, the child is a product of their parents.

kehbird said on October 18, 2011 at 11:52 AM

For the people defending the parents, re-read the part where the girl was punched. NO PARENT should EVER use physical discipline! People need to learn how to discipline their children in a non-threatening way. There are other ways of keeping your child in control with out having to harm them physically or psychologically. If you cant control your child at their teen years, you most likely didnt control them when they were a toddler. It is disgusting that people produce children, but cant put the time and effort into RAISING them.

layindownthelaw3 said on October 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM

So if the parents do nothing to dicipline the girl, shes just going to continue being a brat, running away, doing drugs and get herself knocked up at the expensie of the state (you and me) and then the parents will STILL be bad parents. I think what they did was 'different' but its their way of handling a wayward daughter and everyone else needs to mind their own business.

genagee said on October 18, 2011 at 10:58 AM

Remember there are two sides to every story. I would wait to pass judgement on Mom & Dad just yet. I don't believe for a SECOND that a 16 year old girl "passed out from exhaustion". I am sure she told someone that, but it is probably a teeny bit exaggerated. We were all 16 once and could do lots of stuff for longer than a couple of hours and still not pass out from exhaustion. Hell I am 42 and to this day I have never seen anyone pass out from exhaustion. Sounds like this girl is deflecting so that mom and dad get all the blame and she comes out like an angel... sounds like typical teenage behavior to me. This story doesn't sound right, it seems like the punches and beatings were thrown in to make it more juicy. Maybe a few days in the Foster care system will open her eyes to how things at home might not be so bad after all.

tandnreddy said on October 18, 2011 at 10:57 AM

Mr. and Mrs. Seay - you two are IDIOTS!

freemonttroll said on October 18, 2011 at 10:28 AM

I think a simple timeout would suffice.

sagek said on October 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!

whatta said on October 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Thank you 'gio1284'. Finally some people with common sense.

gio1284 said on October 18, 2011 at 9:36 AM

I agree with whatta.

whatta said on October 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM

to "SMHATYOU" Have you read other news articles? Her father picked her up at the Puyallup Police Department after she had been arrested Saturday night. And father beat her for being at crack house.

smroedell said on October 18, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Lets not forget, its not just about the sword fighting, that jack*ss PUNCHED and hit her with a STICK before she had the protective gear on! THAT is where this is CHILD ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMHATYOU said on October 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM

whatta, you are as dumb as these two parents. This girl collapsed from exhaustion, and could have died. While I do believe in a good smack every once in a while to keep a child in check, these goons went overboard. A sword fight? Bunch of looney bins.

whatta said on October 18, 2011 at 8:55 AM

Too many people are just jumping on the bandwagon, here. I praise the dad & mom for 100% effort to control runaway 16 yr old kid. Instead of let her fall into "government system" and become a statistic. Who knows what other trouble 16 yr old had caused before the parents had to take extreme measure like this. When mom says "wipe the smirk..." you know that girl have attitude and respect issues. I only hope people just don't jump on bandwagon of blaming parents. Need to look at the whole picture. These days, we do not have enough parents take ownership of child responsibility. Always blame others and CPS. If we had more parents like this, we would not be hearing god awful stories of child rape in the responsibility of CPS.

calikitty said on October 18, 2011 at 8:27 AM

Can you say, "coo coo for cocoa puffs?" The things people are capable of....HIDEOUS!! Some people should just not be parents -- period.

andeemann10 said on October 18, 2011 at 8:22 AM

"Renaissance enthusiasts, who recreate fights from the medieval era." Do you mean to say that they recreate fights from the renaissance era? Or that they're medieval enthusiasts who recreate fights from the medieval era? The two are very different and separate time periods. Way to have a basic knowledge of history. Or do they not require that for journalism anymore?

senormoofer said on October 18, 2011 at 7:10 AM

It's Yelm, people. Friggin YELM. What else do they have to do out there for fun? ? BATTLE ROYALE!!

bothellbud said on October 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM

xanothos Before you go on and on about something you obviously know nothing about, you should learn to spell.................what an idiot!!

skwish-e said on October 18, 2011 at 6:37 AM

OK, So the teen challenged her father's authority, and he gave her the chance to make good on her challenge. I can only assume that if she had won the duel, she could go partying whenever she wanted. He made sure that she would not be permanently harmed, or seriously injured. It's not how I would have chosen to handle the situation, but hey, she's not my daughter. I don't know her as well as he does. In my opinion however, he should have stopped as soon as she agreed to submit to his authority. I've heard of a dad and his son putting on boxing gloves and getting into the ring together to deal with stuff like this, and people said how great an idea it was.

izzy1968 said on October 18, 2011 at 6:37 AM

Unhappy, are you unhappy because of how stupid you are?? You are the type that WHINES about cuts that have to be made to save money, but then COMPLAIN when taxes go up. Where do you think the money comes from the state to run? Taxes you tard! And if you do not want to pay, then you do not get services like supervision at prisons that keep offenders in and not on early release.

eagle86 said on October 18, 2011 at 6:21 AM

And I thought my parents were embarassing when I was a teen. Hope her prom date has a wooden sword and some armor laying around.

unhappy said on October 18, 2011 at 6:07 AM

The freaks will be coming out........The Gov. is getting rid of probation in this state.........all these types of freaks will be on the loose to make victims out of you all...........................................

aziza said on October 18, 2011 at 5:43 AM

gritz? You have the comment of the day! These parents get points for effort, but "corporal" punishment is not the way to reach your teen. I hope that parental support/ or classes is a follow up for these folks.

jgcimino said on October 18, 2011 at 5:09 AM

If she had been practicing her gladiation rather than partying like a little tart she could have won that duel. Plus, her stepfather showed ample mercy by not beheading her when she collapsed, which is the punishment for losing a swordfight in Samurai Japan. I say she got off easy.

gritz said on October 18, 2011 at 3:13 AM

Sometimes, White people make me laugh. I'm just saying...

slappywag said on October 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM

LOL@consuela For your crime of spelling the two words "ILLERATE" and "DISCUSTING" incorrectly, you are sentenced to three more years in the 3rd grade. Thanks for playing.

veteran420 said on October 17, 2011 at 10:36 PM

wow she should have broke his legs later on. what a pansy

Ichbinmich said on October 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

If the punishment for the parents whether deserved or not doesn't happen and the girl goes back home to live with them it will be awkward at best. I feel bad for her even if she shouldn't have gone to that party. While this was a little extreme when I grew up I got spanked, thats how it is. But dueling with her stepdad who probably has 100lbs and 20 years of experiance on her for 2 hours seems a little extreme.

Xanothos said on October 17, 2011 at 10:12 PM

Allow Me to explain things abit to you ... 1. ren fighters have to sign waivers of all kinds just for safety reasons and regulations. 2. fighter practice can be done at home by the parents and their children as long as safety guidelines are met (wearing armor and having protective gear on). 3. the "stick" that was mentioned is not a "stick" its a peice of Rattan wich is flexible and when used properly does not seriously harm or hurt anyone when wearing armor or protective gear. The only unfortunate part of this is that it got aired on television. The man didnt spank the girl for she is too old and it would probley have been made into a sexual assualt rather than the minor assault that hes being charged with. In My opinion the man did what he felt that he could do to discipline his daughter in a way that may be strange to some but for those of us that know and do this sort of mideval fighting it was done safely since she was in armor after all .

rcmpvern said on October 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM

The Tea Party is big in Yelm. Nein nein nein!

fourlost said on October 17, 2011 at 7:38 PM

even though these folks went a little overboard with their "barbaric" discipline methods, at least they were trying to discipline their child. there's a host of problems cropping up in society today because people have not dared to "discipline" their kids for fear of being arrested or charged with abuse. people should be able to punish (spanking, timeout, witholding of privileges/possessions) their children (and please don't write comments saying i don't know what i'm talking about, i've worked with children for over 20 years) when they disobey or break the rules. if there are no consequences for bad behavior the bad behavior becomes the norm. though these people went to the extreme, i believe if more people discipline their children now, there will be a lot less crime down the road.

chuckstr76 said on October 17, 2011 at 6:56 PM

WHAAA, the kid probably deserved to have her a&s kicked, BUT no, not according to some of the comments here, some of you think she should be set up for life....so who are the real loosers....look in the mirror.. and then those same people complain about the money spent at the trial and the economy... wow...

stryker said on October 17, 2011 at 6:48 PM

LOL, sword.

stryker said on October 17, 2011 at 6:47 PM

In Japan... they use REAL swards... and lop off the lil hoochies head.

equilizer said on October 17, 2011 at 5:17 PM

way to go dadio! mom you need some help also.

daknbuds said on October 17, 2011 at 5:16 PM

@Conseula- WHAH!!!! Pathetic liberal scumbag! So she has a couple of bruises. Why don't you set her up with a trust fund, some food stamp cards and a disabled placard?!?!?!? Loser!

daknbuds said on October 17, 2011 at 5:13 PM

Whah!!!!

whatsyurbeef said on October 17, 2011 at 5:13 PM

Barbarians....

freshair said on October 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM

While I agree parents have a right to discipline, perhaps these two could use some parenting classes on appropriate discipline.

lakshmi_neruda32 said on October 17, 2011 at 4:46 PM

Here hoping that Julie Seay's daycare looses every last one of its customers. If this is how she treats her own child one can only imagine how she treats a child that's not hers. *shivers*

conseula said on October 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM

@cole..didn't you read the article??? The poor child is brused all over her body?

conseula said on October 17, 2011 at 4:43 PM

i AM SHOCKED AND ANGRY AT THIS ILLERATE, DISCUSTING, CHILD ABUSING STEP FATHER. LOWER THAN POND SCUM! FEEL THE SAME ABOUT THE MOTHER WHO STOOD BY/WATCHED AND LET THIS HEATHEN ABUSE/BEAT UP HER DAUGHTER! BOTH ARE SICKOS..BOTH NEED JAIL TIME..BUT CPS WILL DO THEIR USUAL TURNING OF THEIR HEADS AND SLAP ON THE HANDS LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO WITH CHILD ABUSERS. ALWAYS TAKES A CHILD TO BE MURDERED BEFORE THEY WAKE UP OR GIVE A DARN! I WOULD BEING WILLING TO BET A FEW DOLLARS THAT THIS MAN PHYSICALL ABUSES HIS WIFE.."A WIFE BEATER." Possibly she feared for herself if she tried to stop. HOWEVER, I WOULD TAKE THE BEATING FOR MY CHILD BEFORE I WOULD LET THIS HEATHEN TOUCH MY CHILD! I hope they grill this child about what her home life is like!

collegeguy said on October 17, 2011 at 4:30 PM

@deepsee, post like your are what people who are idiots post when they grow up. Some people are just messed up in the head and should not breed, but it is not just people who play D&D.

dkjamerican said on October 17, 2011 at 3:43 PM

whateva82, many kids would consider it awesome to wear medieval attire. To the rest of you that see no harm is how this child was punished needs to learn the difference between a punishment & abuse. Abuse children just don't become child abusers, many go on to become cold blooded killers. Nobody valued their lives enough to stand for them when they were young, why should they care about others? The mother needs punished for allowing this man to touch her daughter.

whateva82 said on October 17, 2011 at 3:22 PM

I think picking her up and dropping her off at school in medieval attire would have been as effective.

skok_cush said on October 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

Scariest sentence. . . ."Im from the Govt, and im here to help." Kids grow up never learning Consequences for their actions, then they end up Occupying things for reasons they don't know of.

mmill said on October 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

Fighting her stepfather with a sword for two hours? Getting whipped by a tree branch? This sounds just fine, huh? I agree that some kids get away with too much these days, and I'm not against spankings, but come on. And I think there are plenty of people out there who would pass out after sword fighting for two hours, whether the person drank the night before or not. This sort of discipline does not necessarily make people more well-behaved when they get older- it can have quite the opposite effect as well. How many child abusers were abused as children? Quite a few.

pixelater said on October 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM

I guess the step father is lucky he didn't get poked in the eye with a sharp stick. *** I haven't got a problem with corporal punishment I.E. a spanking, but two hours sounds a whole lot like abuse.

deepsee said on October 17, 2011 at 3:05 PM

This is what happens when those D&D dorks grow up (supposedly) and have children...What idiots, I feel sorry for the girl, having such embarrassing parents...

kooshtakooish said on October 17, 2011 at 2:51 PM

My dad never gave me armor when he came at me for doing something stupid... They ought to tell Social Services to come get her. See how this "abuse" compares to being part of that system... Probably would not have collapsed from exhaustion if she hadn't been out partying. Our state is listed in the top 5 state for gun runners, car theft is rampant, and drugs readily available on the streets. And lucky for us these concerned parents will appear in court to keep our streets safer...

ccole said on October 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM

They gave her armor. Sounds like strange parents, but not abuse in any sense where they should be charged. Does she have wounds or severe bruising?

freemonttroll said on October 17, 2011 at 2:14 PM

"Police also said the stepfather beat his stepdaughter with a tree branch" - 30 years ago, this was called spanking, and a tree branch was called a switch....