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Originally Posted by futurebeast
It is not a contradiction. Parents can have their kids do whatever they want. That is why they are the parents. The police are not your parents, nor should they dictate how you should or should not raise your kids. Your parents can make you go to church and eat breakfast before school, but it is not illegal not to do either. They can also ground you for not doing your homework. Last time I checked, doing homework was not the law, just the law of the house.
I am saying that it is the parents responsibility to teach their kids what they should and should not do. Making it illegal usually complicates the situation.
Again, it is not illegal to sit at home and eat french fries and candy all day. Even if you will eventually get diabetes. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach the child otherwise.
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Yes, but not doing homework becomes illegal when the parent gets presistant warnings of the students' failure, and nothing happens.
The question here is...where to draw the line? I, personally, am against the use of marijuana, except for limited and controlled medical use. Parents are parents to teach their childern the ways of life, let the ways of life vary considering the parent, but they are there to guide and teach, not to supervise, and stand out of the picture. That time will eventually come, but not when the kid's young and naive still. The parent should be able to decern the limits, and be able to tell their child no when the time calls for it.
Marijuana is a
drug and
addictive drug, that can lead to some serious damage. There needs to be
some kind of law, so that the world doesn't spin out of control like one big huge addict...
~HonoraryJapaneseGirl~