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Speaking as a parent of two kids, I mostly agree, but also think that some amount of law-making in the interest of children is appropriate and fair. Drawing the
by sulam 5y ago
Speaking as a parent of two kids, I mostly agree, but also think that some amount of law-making in the interest of children is appropriate and fair. Drawing the line is the interesting part.
- bjt2n3904 5y agoPrecisely. But the statement, "the government has no business making parenting decisions" needs no qualification. It is an axiomatic statement, and it should not be a controversial statement. Like you say, what is considered a parenting decision? Reasonable people can have a discussion about this. But I'm shocked how many people seem to think A) the government actually should make parenting decisions, and B) that things like banning child abuse is an example of the government making a parenting decision. Neither of these things are reasonable, and so the discussion about what qualifies as a parenting decision will also be unreasonable.