On Wednesday 11 Mar 2009 9:02:21 am . wrote: > This is a good thing IMO, since parenting is a responsibility, not a > right on account of its biological function.
Not disagreeing with your views which you have a right to hold, but just asking about what I have quoted above Who defines rights and who defines responsibilities? It is easy to say something is a responsibility and not a right. But a child has a right to be brought up in the best possible manner. He may lose a parent or both by death or by other means - but barring that, should the ease with which a child can lose parents and the right to have parents care for him be made so obtainable and desirable that a large proportion of children end up losing the right to have a childhood with both parents? Can parents' selfishness be allowed to impact on the child? What research exists to say that children who lose one or more parents are as happy and well adjustied in childhood and as adults as those who have a secure two parent household looking after them? Why speak of children's rights and not address the question of the right to a secure happy childhood? shiv
