“My Daddy Died In Iraq” Essay By Six Year Old A Lie - Endorsed By Her Mother
Another pathetic example of a parent teaching her kid to do the wrong thing - just to win a pair of tickets to a Hannah Montana concert:
GARLAND, Texas — An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: “My daddy died this year in Iraq.”
While gripping, it was not true — and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie.
The sponsor of the contest was Club Libby Lu, a Chicago-based store that sells clothes, accessories and games intended for young girls.
My disgust meter pegged out over this one. Teaching her kid to lie is bad enough, but teaching her to use something like an imaginary father’s death to get what she wants is way, way over the top:
The mother had told company officials that the girl’s father died April 17 in a roadside bombing in Iraq, company spokeswoman Robyn Caulfield said.
“We did the essay and that’s what we did to win,” Priscilla Ceballos, the mother, said in an interview with Dallas TV station KDFW. “We did whatever we could do to win.”
She had identified the soldier as Sgt. Jonathon Menjivar, but the Department of Defense has no record of anyone with that name dying in Iraq. Caulfield said the mother has admitted to the deception.
The company is considering taking back the tickets. Personally, I think the mother should be investigated by child protection for involving her daughter in a blatant crime - fraud.
Those tickets will probably have to be returned - should be, anyway. And this little girl’s first serious lesson in life won’t be a good one, thanks to her mother.
Incredible.
