Parenting to the extreme

Talk about extreme punishment...A Ohio man has been jailed because his daughter failed to get a GED Diploma. (via)

A judge had ordered the father to stay on top of his daughter's education months ago and when that order wasn't followed, Brian Gegner (dad) was sentenced to 180-days in the Butler County jail.

The daughter, Brittany Gegner, says her father shouldn't be punished for her problems.

"It's ridiculously wrong," said Brittany Gegner.

Brittany's mother Shana Roach says "Because she did live with me at the time, but because he had the custody, that's why he's being punished."

"But I don't understand the punishment all together because she's going to school, she's been going for four months," said Roach. "The only thing that's holding her back is she can't pass her math test."

The judge says if she passes the test, her father could get out of jail before his six-months sentence is up.

Brittany's step-mother worries the time in jail will ruin their family.

She says he could lose the job he's worked for 15-years.