Comments on: On Parental Consent http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/ Uncle Bob's ruminations on politics and other issues. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Ryan http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/#comment-33 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:30:42 +0000 http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/#comment-33 It's not as simple as numbers though is it? The potential good in one case is not comparable to the potential bad in another. If a good parent is told he/she/both can talk it over with their child, but that conversation may not have much affect anyhow. In addition a good parent should be having that conversation about contraception without having to catch their child red handed first. On the other hand, a bad parent may hurt or otherwise abuse their child. That prospect will scare many children away from contraception (though probably not sex). And it won't just be the children with bad parents, it will be many of the children with good parents, either because they don't understand the difference between their friends parents and their own, or their simply avoiding something they find embarassing, awkward, or otherwise uncomfortable. It’s not as simple as numbers though is it? The potential good in one case is not comparable to the potential bad in another. If a good parent is told he/she/both can talk it over with their child, but that conversation may not have much affect anyhow. In addition a good parent should be having that conversation about contraception without having to catch their child red handed first.

On the other hand, a bad parent may hurt or otherwise abuse their child. That prospect will scare many children away from contraception (though probably not sex). And it won’t just be the children with bad parents, it will be many of the children with good parents, either because they don’t understand the difference between their friends parents and their own, or their simply avoiding something they find embarassing, awkward, or otherwise uncomfortable.

]]> by: RScott http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/#comment-32 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:44:17 +0100 http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/#comment-32 Whenever "they" cry out; "It's for the children. We need to ... {fill-in-the-blank}."; who do you think "they" are talking about? It is not children.... It is the voting public, the citizen, the adults who are the "children" of whom "they" are speaking.... Whenever “they” cry out; “It’s for the children. We need to … {fill-in-the-blank}.”; who do you think “they” are talking about?

It is not children…. It is the voting public, the citizen, the adults who are the “children” of whom “they” are speaking….

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