Crackpot or ...

http://www.progress.org/2006/fold468.htm

.... Educational and reformist movements which have promoted liberty and
justice have focused mostly on economics, civil liberties, war and
peace, and foreign policy, with relatively little analysis and
discussion of the rights of children and how to apply liberty and
justice within families. The greatest tyranny can come from family life,
so this conference is an opportunity to bring family issues into the
constellation of free-society thought.

What are the natural rights of the child? By natural moral law, as
expressed by the universal ethic, children are persons endowed with
moral rights equal to those of adults. Because young children do not
have the knowledge, experience, and judgment to be fully autonomous - to
choose all their actions - their parents and guardians have the moral
authority to direct and guide children. But that does not make children
the slaves of the authorities. ...


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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin (or someone else)