Texas has a constitutional amendment, Prop 15, on the November ballot that prioritizes parental control over child protection – with potentially dangerous consequences all across the country.
This captures something I wish more policy conversations acknowledged: abusive and neglectful parents exist, and they are often extremely good at using systems to their advantage. Elevating parental control without equally elevating safeguards for children doesn’t strengthen families — it protects the very adults kids most need protection from.
The UK is progressive, just like most of the rest of Europe / the industrialized West. I can see legislation being passed in the former Land of the Free making it permissible to eat children, especially in times of scarcity.
This captures something I wish more policy conversations acknowledged: abusive and neglectful parents exist, and they are often extremely good at using systems to their advantage. Elevating parental control without equally elevating safeguards for children doesn’t strengthen families — it protects the very adults kids most need protection from.
The UK is progressive, just like most of the rest of Europe / the industrialized West. I can see legislation being passed in the former Land of the Free making it permissible to eat children, especially in times of scarcity.