Well, “one size fits all” legal solutions generally come into play when general social grace has broken down. This in turn is a sign of distancing from God. (People choose this. God doesn’t.)
It’s a sad situation. There sadly ARE “monster grandparents” who are better kept away from kids, and a law like this would require a plethora of restraining orders for those cases... just messy. A return to God is the answer, which doesn’t address the question, but makes the question needless.
You’re right, HiTech Redneck. And here’s the case:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-138.ZO.html
Some people screw up one generation—their own children—then insist on screwing up their grandkids as well. If the parents don’t want them in their lives, they should butt-out.
And that’s the state of the law, like it or not.
I agree with you.
When I was nine my father’s parents called to make arrangements to see me and my mother agreed.
They picked me up, took me out to dinner, took me to a toy store and allowed me to pick out a doll. I chose one that was wrapped in a blue blanket and I thought was adorable.
We got out to the car and I opened my prize only to find out that it was an anatomically correct little boy doll.
My grandparents took the doll from me, took me back to their hotel, told me that my choice of doll proved that I was possessed by an evil demon, and proceeded to perform a three hour exorcism on me. For hours they prayed over me, shook me, chanted, tossed me repeatedly on the bed, pinned me down and told me over and over again that I was evil and full of Satan.
I told my mom and never had to see those people again.
Grandparent’s rights my @$$. It doesn’t ‘take a village’. It takes two concerned, protective, loving parents to raise a child. Many times, parents cut off the grandparents for damn good reason.