Is having a loving family an unfair advantage?

[osan]

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/new-family-values/6437058

Race to the bottom continues.

I believe I've lost at least 20 IQ points reading that drivel.

OK, so why are these people allowed to live, exactly?

Seriously though, the stupidity of these "researchers" as portrayed here strains credulity in abusive fashion.

 

[TheTexan]

I do think children need to be better taught in school how to report their parents to CPS. I think it would really change the parent/child dynamic for the better.

Perhaps Texas can add this as another mandatory class to the school curriculum.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Hmmm...since we're talking of ancient Greeks.

Molon labe.

Come and take them motherfuckers, I dare you.

 

[Dori_G]

Philosophically, it's a fair question to ask.

Is it an unfair advantage? Yes.

Is it still something we should strive for, absolutely. Better stronger families make the world a better place.

Dori
www.LittleLibertarians.com

 

[CaptUSA]

Philosophically, it's a fair question to ask.

Is it an unfair advantage? Yes.

Is it still something we should strive for, absolutely. Better stronger families make the world a better place.

Dori
www.LittleLibertarians.com

I think the word "unfair" is the key. It's definitely an advantage, but in no way is it "unfair".

 

[Dori_G]

I suppose it depends from whose perspective you are asking. Families can do a lot for a child's sense of security and future economic and personal outcomes, which is why we want stronger families in the first place. From the perspective of someone with no family support, it seems a bit unfair. But unfairness doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

Dori
www.LittleLibertarians.com

 

[Suzanimal]

From this realisation arises another twist: two is not the only number.

‘Nothing in our theory assumes two parents: there might be two, there might be three, and there might be four,’ says Swift.

...

‘We do want to defend the family against complete fragmentation and dissolution,’ he says. ‘If you start to think about a child having 10 parents, then that’s looking like a committee rearing a child; there aren’t any parents there at all.’

I agree. Ten is probably too many.

 

[Original_Intent]

Do they mean their children are slow of foot? or slow of wit?
Either way I would have thought free range children would be superior instead of inferior.

I kid you not, in my town there is a "Slow children" sign, and the next three cross streets are "Harvard", "Yale", and "Princeton". Adding to the humor, it's a very poor part of town.

 

[Suzanimal]

I kid you not, in my town there is a "Slow children" sign, and the next three cross streets are "Harvard", "Yale", and "Princeton". Adding to the humor, it's a very poor part of town.

There's a Slow Children sign on our street.

 

[XNavyNuke]

There's a Slow Children sign on our street.

Great example of bureaucracy. DOT gets paid to put signs up to warn motorists of potential children playing in the streets. DCFS gets paid to arrest parents of children playing in the streets. Meanwhile, this isn't 1918 when children might actually play in streets in numbers.

XNN

 

[specsaregood]

Great example of bureaucracy. DOT gets paid to put signs up to warn motorists of potential children playing in the streets. DCFS gets paid to arrest parents of children playing in the streets. Meanwhile, this isn't 1918 when children might actually play in streets in numbers.

XNN

There are numbers of kids playing in the streets of my neighborhood. All the time.

 

[XNavyNuke]

There are numbers of kids playing in the streets of my neighborhood. All the time.

Good. Mayberry hasn't been zoned out of existence.

XNN

 

[Anti Federalist]

h/t tod evans

 

[Suzanimal]

There are numbers of kids playing in the streets of my neighborhood. All the time.

Same here but our street has very little traffic. I think the sign was put up for an autistic boy who wouldn't always get out of the street for a car. He's since moved away but it was right in front of his house.