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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
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 14:00:28 1984
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>  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
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