“Parental rights” language is frequently just code for “freedom to abuse & neglect,” or—to put it most bluntly: “children are property.” Ask an adoptee or foster kid how we know.
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Parental rights aren't always bad, being able to pull your kid out of a bad situation or demand that your kid have their needs met and be able to get it done is good. It's the main way to get accountability from institutions.
I have a friend who is in the process right now of using his parental rights to get his kid special ed help for adhd. I used them to pull my kid out of a school with a violent and cruel principal who later went to prison. The good uses don't make the news, but having rights is powerful.
sure, maybe on social media. but having to invoke parental rights to get resources to your kid is a thing. you can talk about kids rights, but if you're in an IEP meeting and start talking about your kid's rights, you're getting nowhere unless you talk about what you have the right to do and get.
We agree kids have little to no access to legal rights without invoking them through a parent or guardian. This goes back to them being treated more like property than people. I’m saying that’s a problem & we see it when parents claim rights that supercede a child’s (e.g., to education, healthcare).
💯 not defending their actions- but does anyone think there was pressure on these folks to make a statement like that ? If I lost a child because my own beliefs were more important than their health and safety & I was in that find out stage ? 😳 I can’t imagine what’s in those peoples minds right now
“Parental Rights” among MAGA means the right for THEM to tell me how to raise MY kid: what books MY kid can read; what history MY kid can learn; what understanding of family and love MY kid can see. 🌈🏳️🌈⚧️🏳️⚧️
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“Parent’s rights” advocates, by contrast, often aim to supersede ‘their’ children’s human rights.
Getting us tangled up in the verbiage is one of the ways they poison discourse.