A New Jersey Judge Ruled Taking a Child to a Pink Concert Wasn't Bad Parenting

She's not deemed inappropriate for preteens.

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A mom’s choice to take her 11-year-old daughter to a Pink concert doesn’t mean she’s a bad parent, says a New Jersey judge.

NJ.com reports on a case involving divorced parents. The girl’s father felt that his ex-wife was abusing her parental discretion by taking their daughter to a Pink concert in 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark.

However, the state Superior Court Judge Lawrence Jones rejected the complaint in his 37-page decision.  Jones’ report included a history of rock, and even referenced some of Pink’s lyrics, saying they were empowering.

Although he noted that some divorced parents disagree with parenting styles, he said the mother "in no way, shape or form exceeded the boundaries of reasonable parental judgment."  He later wrote, “Her decision did not subject the child to any unreasonable risk of harm, or compromise [her] health, safety or welfare. To the contrary, when all the smoke from the custody litigation clears, it will be self-evident that all which happened here is that a young girl went to her first rock concert with her mother and had a really great time."

Finally, he didn’t find Pink’s music incited any violent messages or contained a lot of profanities. In fact, he felt the girl (who is now 12 years old) would benefit from listening to songs like “The Great Escape” and “Perfect,” as they're strong examples for educating young kids.

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