In this case the parents went to far. I can see this young girl being bullied at school and subjected to many nasty comments because of this. the article said she was seen by many people including men and teenage boys. thats just wrong. I'm sure some of those boys might go to her school and they will talk about this and it will only serve to make it worse for her. I can also see her building up anger over this so much that she might lash out at someone else, which is never good. We all want to motivate our children to do better , in school ,work, life whatever but this is not the way. I would hope her real dad ( if he's around ) would remove her from this situation and that mom and stepdad be charged with felony child abuse.