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> it's not the state's role to raise our children Why not? "It takes a village to raise a child", they say. The state is the embodiment of communal action. >
by dTal 8y ago
> it's not the state's role to raise our children
Why not? "It takes a village to raise a child", they say. The state is the embodiment of communal action.
> It's only role should be to make sure the kids are not abused
Where is the line between abuse (where the state should intervene) and simply neglectful or poor parenting (which can be very damaging)?
- thatoneuser 8y agoThese are hard questions and that's exactly why the state doesn't belong here. Parents make mistakes. Governments make genocide. Leave parenting to parents, even if they aren't perfect. The government isn't either.
- dTal 8y agoA hard question it might be, but you don't get to write it off. If you think the state should intervene in cases of "child abuse" but not "bad parenting", you need to define - and justify - that line.