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I don't know if you can can say the entire USA has an "obsession" with preventing children from being autonomous based on this one incident. That's too much of
by andrewl 2y ago
I don't know if you can can say the entire USA has an "obsession" with preventing children from being autonomous based on this one incident. That's too much of a generalization. There are obviously people who do think that way. But there are also a lot who do not, including the mother, who said "I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident."
This situation is ridiculous, of course. But the USA is huge, and you can probably find pretty much any or every attitude and approach to life here.
- spwa4 2y agoIt's not based on this incident, it's based on this incident happening and on the fact that there are laws making this possible, plus zero checks on the people doing it. Nobody saying "this is insane, stop it". This was voted in, in theory, by the majority of the US population. Oh, and of course that they're doing it. After all, they're not doing this of their own volition. They're paid by the government. In other words, by the majority of the US population.
- andrewl 2y agoWell, the mother who was arrested doesn't agree with the policy. I wouldn't be surprised if she is saying it's insane, and it should be stopped. She got a lawyer to help push back against the charges. This was voted in, in theory, by the majority of the US population. The laws vary state by state, and probably by region within states. So this seems to be a law in Fannin County, Georgia. It might not even apply to all of Georgia, much less the entire country. It certainly does not apply in the city I live in. It might apply in other parts of the state I live in. And it would not have been put to the entire country for a vote.