Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
I'll check that out. When I was in elementary school, this was required reading. I highly recommend it.
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I think it is sad that parent's must sometimes rely on the law but if your child is a runaway you would thank the government to no end that the law is on your side and you can use the power of the law to find your child and bring her home.Originally posted by Melvin Menezes:
So do you consider it a good thing or do you consider it a sad thing that parents have to rely on the law to have any authority over their own children? that parents have to rely on the law so that they can correct their kids' bad behaviour?
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Matthew Phillips
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
The problem with relying on the federalist papers is that they were written 80 years before the 14th ammendment. You should really read the discussions that took place around the passage of the 14th ammendment and the Supreme Court interpretations of it.
Matthew Phillips
Originally posted by Melvin Menezes:
That is just a different way of looking at it. Would you lead your child in the right direction because you want to (from your heart) or Would you lead your child in the right direction because you think it is your responsibility and just because you have to fulfill your responsibility (by law)
[ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: Melvin Menezes ]
Matthew Phillips
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
The problem with relying on the federalist papers is that they were written 80 years before the 14th ammendment. You should really read the discussions that took place around the passage of the 14th ammendment and the Supreme Court interpretations of it.
Matthew Phillips
Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
I'll have to check out some of the Supreme Court cases, because the amendment seems pretty cut and dry. Many of the "liberty-minded" people I talk to point to that as the turning point in this countries move towards big-government. I personally think that the 16th and 17th amendments are far worse.
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Originally posted by Melvin Menezes:
Can a local govenrment dictate any of the above?. Making sure the kid is not starved and is in a safe non-smoking environment is your responsibility. But raising your child the way you like is your right!
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Originally posted by Melvin Menezes:
MP: ...In either case I don't think you could define raising a child as a right because it impairs the rights of another person, the child...
I just don't get that part. If you read my posts, we are not talking about whether the parents can starve or feed their kids. We are talking about the right of a parent to decide how to raise his/her kids. In the sense the right of a parent to decide what values to teach the kid.
Some examples:
- What to feed the kid? A Jew parent can enforce strict kosher diet. It violates the right of a human kid to have non-kosher food.
- What religion to teach. A Christian parent can decide whether and which church to take his kids to. It impairs the right of a human kid to learn about other religions.
- Which school to send him too. Public, private, ...?
- Should the kid be given horse-riding lessons or music lessons or both or none?
- should the kid be allowed to watch TV 2 hours a day or 6 hours a day?
- instill good reading habits. What constitutes good reading? What if the parents have socialistic and liberal or even communististic mind-set and background and encourage and buy the kids only those types of books.
Can a local govenrment dictate any of the above?. Making sure the kid is not starved and is in a safe non-smoking environment is your responsibility. But raising your child the way you like is your right!
Matthew Phillips