Parental consent will either be negated by the child's later denial of consent, or would deny a child the right to deny consent. It would also raise questions of child prostitution by the guardians. Did the child truly consent, or was it the guardian who put her up to it and offered his own consent to ratify the child's consent? Removing the parental factor entirely is, in my view, the best way to protect the child. A child may make the choice to have sex foolishly, but the child could still make the choice and learn from the consequences, or be taught, properly, of the consequences from an early age. There would also be plenty of cases of children providing consent without the parent, just as they do today, and the parent later learning about it and denying the child's choice in the matter, ending for the "rapist," life as he or she knows it, and further harming the child as well through the inevitable therapy.


Let me tell you a story.

I grew up around firearms. I was taught early on how to shoot. Guns were never hidden from me. I knew where a number of them were and was given permission to use them if I ever felt the need. At any time I could have made a foolish choice and shot someone or something I would later regret. However, I never did. Why did I not? Because I knew well enough the consequences. Would you say that the consequences of having sex are more or less serious? While the choice may later be regretted, it is not inherently a terribly life-altering choice.

Instead of requiring parental consent, I believe it would be better for the parents themselves to choose how to educate the child (as well as the school system, should a parent fail, though I dislike the average Sex Ed class). The parents may educate them in such a way that they would never give their consent, or they may educate them (or fail to educate them) in such a way that they foolishly consent. Either way, the child will learn from mistakes. Life will go on. The child will grow up to be a normal, functioning member of society. I would, however, be far stricter on the transmission of STDs to children. There are already laws concerning the knowing transmission of AIDs and such to an unknowing partner. I would certainly recommend expansion on those laws concerning children. You give a child a life-altering disease through sex, especially knowingly, you truly are scum in my view.