Rhode Island School Ends Parent-Child Events

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Rhode Island School Ends Parent-Child Events

September 18, 2012 Updated Sep 18, 2012 at 4:16 PM PDT

Yeah, sorry Mom and Dad, but forget spending some bonding time with your kids in Cranston after the Rhode Island school district banned traditional mother-son ball-games and father-daughter dances.

The activities have been ruled discriminatory following a complaint by a single mother, who took her case to the American Civil Liberties Union when her daughter wasn't able to attend a father-daughter dance.

School Superintendent Judith Lundsten explained school attorneys found that while federal gender discrimination laws exempt such events, Rhode Island’s law does not.

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