A few months ago, Kaytlen Lopan, 13, and her 11-year-old friend walked into a local fast food restaurant, found an unsuspecting 3-year-old girl, and cut off chunks of her hair for entertainment.
For that crime, Kaytlen was sentenced to 30 days in detention -- in addition to a $350 fine and 276 hours of community service. The judge offered to reduce Kaytlen's community service by 150 hours, however, if her mother cut Kaytlen's ponytail off, right there in the court room -- in front of everyone.
Her mom did it.
And now, Kaytlen’s mother, Valerie Bruno, is filing a formal complaint.
Apparently, Kaytlen's mother regrets scalping her daughter in the middle of the courtroom. I imagine it was quite humiliating for the teen. But honestly, cry baby Mommy dearest, you were given an option to refuse. I'm detecting a little buyers remorse. No worries, mama, the hair will grow back. It wasn’t like Kaytlen was held down and taken advantage of, which is more likely what happened to her tiny victim.
Would I cut my kids hair off to reduce her sentence for a crime she committed? Probably not. I’d offer my kid the choice: You can either receive the same courtesy that you gave the 3-year-old or you can do the community service. But there would be consequences to that sort of unsavory behavior. You do the crime, you do the time.
Do I think Kaytlen deserved punishment? Hell, yes. She is old enough to know that she was being an asshole by cutting the little girl’s hair off but she chose to do it anyway. She made a choice and she needs to learn to be accountable for her choices. I think her community service should be spent learning to be more tolerant of small children.
It is completely ridiculous that Ms. Bruno is filing a complaint. She should have refused to cut her daughter’s hair if she didn’t want to do it. Maybe if she were doing a better job of parenting her own daughter, Kaytlen would have never had the opportunity to do such a heinous thing to this small child.
In my personal opinion, Kaytlen is a menace and dangerous. What kind of teenager patrols a local fast-food restaurant until they find a smaller, weaker child to hurt? Ms. Bruno should be thanking Judge Johansen because it seems to me that young Kaytlen may be one haircut away from killing small animals and then making the leap to full on sociopath.
Do you think that cutting off Kaytlen’s ponytail was excessively humiliating?
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What the 13 year old did was so incredibly premeditated that it's sickening. The pair of girls FIRST went to the counter in the restaurant and requested a pair of scissors. The clerks told her "no". SO THEY WALKED TO A NEARBY DOLLAR STORE, BOUGHT SCISSORS and CAME BACK!
I don't think it was severe enough. That poor 3 year old was probably tormented as her hair was cut. My biggest question though is, where was the 3 year olds guardian when these two got a hold of her? I'm afraid we will be reading more about Katelyn as she ages because this will not be her last crime. She sounds like that teen a few years ago that killed the small child to see what it felt like.
If that were my child, I would have cut off her hair. Maybe she will learn not to do something like that. I am sick and tired of these parents who coddle their kids when they do something wrong or illegal. That is why we have so many bullies and teens/young adults who feel they are entitled to everything. We as parents need to teach our kids that every action has a consequence, not everyone gets a trophy and you are going to lose sometimes!!
Sorry kid, but what you did was assult of a little girl and you should have to pay for that crime. I would have cut her hair off and made her keep the 270 ish hours of community service.
Her moms an idiot.