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Originally Posted by djplong
Well I was asking for an idea of how big your tent was when it came to that.
The reason I supplied the example was to ask you how your opinion of parental rights would deal with the sample situation.
There was an old saying about sex education in schools. The gist was that the kids who NEEDED to be taught that in schools were the ones who weren't getting the education form the parents - who were most likely to be the parents objecting to the school teaching it.
I certainly see the problem in trying to figure out "who decides" when it's time for someone else (not necessarily the state - could be a relative) takes over.
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OK, and if you thought that child at risk, or neglected, you know who in social services to talk to. I'm sure of that. That's the only right way to handle that situation, unless you had the fortitude to confront her parents yourself.
It's the wholesale confiscation of time honored parental rights by intellectuals who "know better" than everyone else how children should be raised that raises the hackles for me.