Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 6/7/83; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!cepu!hao!ward From: ward@hao.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles,net.politics,net.kids Subject: Re: Parents' "rights" and responsibilities - reply to Larry Bickford Message-ID: <1094@hao.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 14:00:28 EDT Article-I.D.: hao.1094 Posted: Thu Aug 2 14:00:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Aug-84 05:23:10 EDT References: <1295@qubix.UUCP> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 20 [] > They are worth squat. They are not rights at all. What right does a > parent have to "expect" to raise children to mold them as *they* see fit? > [parents] are charged with the responsibility of bringing them > up to be independent thinking adults, and there are NO rights associated > with that responsibility. What this?! I have NO right to choose how to raise my children, but Rosen does have the right to make that choice (about my children?) The issue is not parents' rights vs childrens' rights, but parents' rights to protect their children against the know-it-alls who really know squat! -- Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD UUCP: {hplabs,nbires,brl-bmd,seismo,menlo70,stcvax}!hao!sa!ward ARPA: hplabs!hao!sa!ward@Berkeley BELL: 303-497-1252 USPS: POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307