Phil Magness
2008-05-30 13:44:53
No, Bridget, It is not ‘irresponsible’ to give children back to their parents – because those children are NOT the government’s responsibility.
These children are the responsibility of their parents. So long as the parents are not proven to be criminal, the state should not act in loco parentis. At least not in the America intended for us by the Founding Fathers.
There are plenty of places in the world where children are presumed first to be the responsibility of the state. I think history has proven that America has chosen the better path – despite the exceptional cases that make us uncomfortable at times.
Freedom doesn’t really mean anything unless we have the right to be wrong.
