As far as the teasing goes, they will get teased anyway. Kids get teased for haircuts, clothing, and everything else under the sun. Does that mean a parent shouldn't keep their child's hair cut a certain way or buy them certain clothes? What about the child getting teased for an uncommon name? Or what about the little girl that gets teased because she doesn't have her ears pierced? Because I've personally witnessed that too.
- curious acorna:
- What about a six year old boy?
Piercing his ears is pretty much the same. If you're doing it without his consent, because, clearly, you have no respect for the bodily autonomy of children, what does it matter that he may very well get teased for it?
What about parents who spank/hit their children? They're parenting the way they believe they should. In cases where it's a punishment for acting out, it's certainly effective discipline (when not taken to extremes. Anything taken to extremes is bad, I know.) Is it not violating their right to parent as they see fit by making spanking illegal?
Why, in your opinion, do children have no rights to their own body?
Unless they beat their child then yes I believe it is. Earlier generations were spanked for misbehaving and when they were not abused it didn't cause emotional harm. But there is a difference between disciple, of any kind which includes vocal scoldings, and abuse. Personally I would have rather received a spanking during my childhood, which I actually didn't, than the emotional abuse my "father" subjected both my mother and I to.
Because they do not possess the maturity level to deal with those rights. No one has a problem with a parent making sure their child eats their vegetables but is that not violating the right of control over the child's body? Most people have no issue with children getting vaccinations but that is the same issue about a child's "right" over their body.
Children do not care about having rights. They just want to be a kid. When you start expecting them to understand their "rights" and have them considering the consequences of every action they make, which comes along with the right to make decisions, it makes them grow up too fast.
And if you want to make the argument about their rights then what about when they get older? What if a teenager's parents tell her she can't wear a really low-cut top and a mini-skirt out of the house? What if they tell their teenage son or daughter that he or she cannot get a piercing they want? Does that not violate the teenager's rights?
Like I said before, you have your opinion and I respect that. But I do not agree, nor will I ever agree. I've explained my opinion and reasons for that opinion enough. I'm done now because I don't feel I have to explain it any further than I already have.
February 16th, 2011 at 01:04am