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Parents can't consent for their children. And claiming that you can leave is not a valid argument because it's not always true, and there's nowhere to go.
by pitaj 10y ago
Parents can't consent for their children. And claiming that you can leave is not a valid argument because it's not always true, and there's nowhere to go.
- sokoloff 10y agoIn practical terms and matters, parents make binding choices for their minor children every day. Where are my kids going to sleep tonight? Where I [and my wife] decide. What are my kids going to eat tonight? ... You're right that it's not consent exactly, but I made a binding choice to have children and to raise them in America (and Massachusetts and Cambridge and in this house). I made that choice recognizing that that would subject them to the good and ill of those choices, including taxation, the federal and state laws, local ordinances, and whatever drafts, roof leaks, and other dangers this house might have. That they were not personally consulted and did not personally consent that we drive on the right side of the road, that we use the USD as our currency, that we use center-tapped 240VAC, 60 Hz single-phase as the residential electrical standard is irrelevant in practical terms.