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US must stop second-guessing how to raise children

samedi 28 septembre 2019 à 02:00

The US must stop inviting courts to second-guess minor decisions that parents make about how to raise their children.

Sure, there are things parents could do that would be very dangerous to their children and society. For instance, not vaccinating a child for various diseases could, with a low but significant probability, lead to the serious injury or death of that child, and of other children as well. That decision calls for public attention that most decisions don't.

For instance, leading your child on a walk through a parking lot, rather than telling per to wait in the car, occasionally results in the child's injury or death. On the national scale, the danger is measurable. At the personal level, it is a minute probability. Courts should not intervene on questions like this.