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The Beave | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 How about parents act on they'd responsibility? 

Smart kids can get around all the legal hurdles. Not being taught that something is dangerous is the fault of the parents and should not be the duty of the state. šŸ™„
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Nobody | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yup! šŸ‘

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LibertyGal | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm with you.  I am much more comfortable with parents being in charge although I'll admit there are a bunch of bad parents.
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The Beave | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Bad people are used as an excuse to extend the power of the state nearly every time. IDGAF about what someone else does since that should never have any bearing on how I am treated as an individual human. šŸ™„
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LibertyGal | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Also, parents know their kids.  What is appropriate varies a lot by kid.  My eldest is mature and trustworthy early.  My youngest is immature and needs to be so much older.  There is at least a decade difference in when they are mature enough for most things.
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Toshi | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Agree. But not every parent is capable, and the kid has to suffer because of that.
I just have to look at how much sweets and sugar the kids in the Kindergarten of my daughter eat.  They are 3 to 6 years old and eat mostly cookies and chocolate.
People are stupid unfortunately.
Iā€™m in favour of certain protections.
Not all laws are bad ;)
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The Beave | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I disagree, but, that's really my idealism peaking through. 

These are the kinds of issues that sort themselves out in a few generations. And, well, we're seeing that now.
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Chrys | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Government is gonna Government.

Just because parents aren't capable doesn't mean the rest of the community has to have imposed rules placating to the lowest denominator

Not everyone is meant to be Married, not everyone is meant to be a Parent. Work on being Virtuous, Praise God.