Quote Originally Posted by Shinysides View Post
I had to vote in favor of the UN treaty or whatever it is. I won't try to get too deep into it because I just read the OP and skimmed the replies, but I have to say I don't think that you should have the fundamental right to raise your child however you want. There are lots of people out there who have poor morals and would make terrible parents who are just pumping out babies.
Be this as it may, how will a UN convention on child-raising rectify the problem? It's not going to improve shitty parents one bit. If people have poor morals and would make shitty parents, no amount of UN agreements (and corresponding domestic legislation) will change that, or cause those people to raise their kids well instead of poorly.

I'm not coming down on either side of this argument, just pointing out that voting in favor of the UN convention because some people are shitty parents doesn't make any sense.