Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - Is this proper parenting? Parents hiring stripper for son's b-day party.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...day_stripper_5

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Couple Sentenced for Hiring Son a Stripper

Fri Jul 8,10:59 AM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A couple pleaded guilty Thursday to hiring a stripper for their son's 16th birthday party and were sentenced to two years probation.

Landon and Anette Pharris, who were charged with contributing the delinquency of a minor, also were ordered to take parenting classes.

The parents hired the stripper to perform at a September party attended by about a dozen young people.

Cassandra Joyce Park, 29, who police say used the stage name "Sassy," danced for a few hours before partygoers took up a collection and paid her $150 more to fully disrobe, Anette Pharris said.

The stripper and the man she was with were also granted probation.

Police were tipped off to the party by a photo developer at a drug store who saw pictures of the occasion.

Pharris said after being arrested that she tried to do something special for her son.

"We even had grandpa there," she said.

Well, I'm certainly surprised that there are parents that do this while most parents I see/know tend to shield their children from anything sexual for as long as possible. Not to say that the Pharris are bad parents, it's just...surprising for me.
Do the parents deserve the punishment? Should they have done this in the first place?