{"id":12343,"date":"2016-01-12T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12343"},"modified":"2016-01-12T18:07:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:07:05","slug":"tanya-couch-becomes-face-of-parental-dysfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12343","title":{"rendered":"Tanya Couch becomes face of parental dysfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ethan Couch needs to be punished the fullest extent of Texas law.<\/p>\n

The problem, though, lies with the law itself. The so-called “affluenza” teen likely won’t spend much time behind bars for violating the conditions of his parole when he fled to Mexico after taking part in a drinking game.<\/p>\n

Couch, you’ll recall, is the teenager convicted of killing four people in that hideous drunken-driving wreck in Tarrant County. HIs defense team threw out a defense that his ritzy lifestyle — and his wealthy parents — were responsible for his failing to understand right from wrong.<\/p>\n

He should have spent time in juvenile detention, as he was 16 when he committed the crime.<\/p>\n

Two years later he’s an adult.<\/p>\n

But . . . what about Mommy Couch, Tanya?<\/p>\n

She’s more of a villain than that goofball son of hers. She enabled his escape to Mexico and, in fact, fled with him.<\/p>\n

Is there a better example than this of parental dysfunction that what Tanya Couch has provided? I’m hard-pressed to find one.<\/p>\n

She’s out of jail <\/a>now, but is confined to her residence; she’s wearing an ankle monitor to track her whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Mommy Couch needs to do some serious jail time, although I don’t really know what the maximum sentence is for the crime for which she is\u00a0likely to be charged with committing.<\/p>\n

Whatever it is, she deserves it.<\/p>\n

While we’re at it, let’s take a look at the role Daddy Couch might have played in this ridiculous drama.<\/p>\n

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Ethan Couch needs to be punished the fullest extent of Texas law. The problem, though, lies with the law itself. The so-called “affluenza” teen likely won’t spend much time behind bars for violating the conditions of his parole when he fled to Mexico after taking part in a drinking game. Couch, you’ll recall, is the … Continue reading Tanya Couch becomes face of parental dysfunction<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[163,5781,1631,5856],"class_list":["post-12343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-state-news","tag-affluenza-defense","tag-affluenza-teen","tag-ethan-couch","tag-tanya-couch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12346,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12343\/revisions\/12346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}