Truth is truly stranger than fiction

Your daughter does not get picked for the cheerleader team. Your child claims a teacher is unfairly picking on the child.

One mother encouraged a friend to us a stun gun on the teacher. The friend used the stun gun on the neck of the coach/teacher. There were no permanent injuries but a mark was visible after the attack.

The friend would not testify against the mother, so the mother was acquitted by a jury.

The friend pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Read the background on this unreal story

This is not the first time that a mother's obsession with her daughter's being selected for the cheerleader squad has led to jail.

This one involved solicitation for murder

The question we must ask ourselves is whether these are isolated situations involving women who had mental problems or these are symptomatic of a society where a child's success has become the most important objective