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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
absolutely right. however, not getting a choice in fish for tea is not likely to determine a potentially life long, permanent change in the way in which one lives or thinks. about the future choices they make. about what they believe to be acceptable questions to ask. not having a choice in what t-shirt to wear is in no way comparable to a forced ideology.
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I think you're drifting into special pleading. I don't think it's a valid point in any case. Many choices parents make for their children can have a profound and lasting effect on them. Even things like where they choose to live, what clothes they dress them in, even what haircut they give them. The "wrong" choice in any of these areas can affect educational outcomes, the likelihood of getting bullied at school, the friends they will make - any or all of these things can permanently change the way that child's life might otherwise have been, yet none of these are things any reasonable person would think to attack as parental preferences that their children should be "protected" from.