GirlChat #576009

Start A New Topic!  Date Index  Thread Index

I agree with Butterfly on this one...

Posted by LGL40 on 2013-May-26 08:22:29 EDT, Sunday
In reply to Re: A YF is not property. posted by Butterfly Kisses on 2013-May-25 17:09:36 EDT, Saturday
  Views: 2    Likes: 0     
Other posts responding to this statement consist of red herrings and straw men (logical fallacies). They don't address your central point in this post, which I think I agree with: The parents set the rules for the children and trust you to follow their rules. In other words, you made a promise (whether verbal or implied) and you are keeping that promise.

It is the same thing with, say, a Boyscout leader. If they take your child camping, it is understood or assumed that they promise to care for your child in the wilderness. Teachers and school administrators have a "trust" to protect the children while they are at school.

OF COURSE if the parents' rules are harmful or illegal, the "trust" is invalidated. (This is the "Straw Man" fallacy I mentioned above - setting up a weak situation as equal to the current situation). If the parents rule is to beat the child, you DON'T and would not follow that rule.

Back to the parents setting the rules: Someone, somewhere, must have the responsibility to set rules for the kids, teach them how to function in society, teach them how to interact with others, etc. Even if I disagree slightly with the way certain parents raise their kids, they are still the best ones to do so (well, of course, I am perfect and would therefore be better, but I speak of others). I disagree with atheists, but will defend their right to raise their kids that way. I may disagree with homeschooling or with public schooling, but will defend the rights of the parents to select which is better.

I respect you, Butterfly, for respecting the trust given to you by Abby's parents. "In Loco Parentis" (In place of the parents) should NOT mean "Counteracting the parents" but "Supporting the parents." When you care for Abby, you are In Loco Parentis.


This post is archived, preventing any new replies.

Responses