Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:45:40 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Lee Cremeans <lcremeans@erols.com> Cc: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Hopkins FBI] Message-ID: <37279DA4.84E0B69B@uswest.net> References: <199904272142.OAA09956@usr04.primenet.com> <372671F4.6C5F447E@verinet.com> <19990428052055.B31332@erols.com>
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Lee Cremeans wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 08:27:00PM -0600, Allen Campbell wrote: > [Just so people know, I'm only 21, have no children, but have lived with > younger brothers for years. That said, there are just some feelings I wanna > get out about this.] I'm 20, no kids, don't plan on having any for quite a few years. But I wonder why it's the people with the "real world experience" in these matters that can't see what's painfully obvious to me. <mass snippage> > I've heard people suggest that people actually get licenses to have > children...a bit extreme, I'd say (you can't control sex and reproduction > THAT easily), but I'd definitely say a good parenting class is a MUST for > anyone expecting a child. Maybe with refresher courses for each subsequent. > I don't know about criminal responsibility, though...there are already > negligence laws on the books, but they only seem to come into play when > you more or less abandon a child. Here in Oregon, USA, if you get into an car accident and it can be proven that you were on your cell phone while driving, you become liable for damages. Perhaps there needs to be a similar liability law for parents, but have it be linked to parenting classes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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