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> That's the European approach that children belong to whole community not only their parents and the authority and the burden is shared. I don't get why are you so hell bent on having exclusive authority over your child?

I suspect you're trolling, but in case you're not:

As a European, I do have a lot of community centric philosophy - but given the government (local and country) incompetence in virtually all matters of education and the universally awful opinion all teachers I know hold of the government and their interference and policies regarding education and child care - I do not think that wanting the best for your kids that you love and wanting to be able to raise them yourself with individual attention and perspective is really that strange.

If there are good schools, I have no problem with my kids going to them, as long as it doesn't interfere with their growth and education.

(My kids go to local state schools, fwiw).



It's a shame that logic didn't extend to giving autonomy to gay people to decide they wanted gay marriage without the input of greater society, then.

If the village had a say in my matters, the village can sure as hell have a say in everyone else's matters, imo.




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