• afunkysongaday@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s no such thing as ‘parents’ rights’

    Parents have a right to raise their children in accordance with their own values

    Great start!

    • Noved@lemmy.ca
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      As long as those values do not override those of other parents, go at it.

      Parents should always have the right to remove their child from a situation they do not agree with. They should never have the right to tell other parents or teachers how to teach other children.

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        Parents should always have the right to remove their child from a situation they do not agree with.

        At some point, the child would start thinking for themselves and their decisions should be given value too, as long as it isn’t illegal or detrimental. Far too often, we hear of children wanting vaccine shots but parents not allowing them to.

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          1 year ago

          Honestly the less rights parents have the better, IMO. They need certain rights just to operate but man, some of them are very shit people.

    • grte@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      Finish the thought.

      . But that doesn’t give them the right to override their children’s own rights under the Charter, notably their children’s rights to life and security of the person.

      Parents have the right to teach their values not as a product of being parents, but as a result of their individual rights to freedom of expression. What they don’t have is a right to enforce those values on their child if their child rejects them.