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As heartbreaking and atrocious as this case is, it illustrates our dilemma.

As parents and human beings we weep over the death of this child just as we mourn every aborted baby. On the other side, we see our freedom as parents steadily whittled away as the law seeks to compensate for individual parental malfeasance by broad laws applying to all.

An analogy to the restriction of gun rights fits.

If we have nearly 90% of the children born in our ghetto to be fatherless, we must broaden the law to protect these children before they become aggressive and violent teenagers. But we cannot apply the law only to parents in the ghetto, it must be applied equally to us in the suburbs as well. And so it is that we lose the power to discipline our own children. We lose options of homeschooling. We lose the power to spank children. We find that our children are being "socialized" in a school system which they are virtually required to attend in ways contrary to our values.

The root of the problem is a moral decay in society which we are trying to solve with broad legislation which inevitably steals everyone's liberty a little.

Very insightful response nathanbedford. The destruction of the family which began with the “free love” movement in the 60’s and the abortion movement, the loosening of divorce laws have brought us the “single parent” family as the norm in society today.

This affects schools as many want the schools to be surrogate parents, it affects the economic situation of the lower middle class and the poor by aggravating their situation thus promoting more government “solutions”.

The further western society moves away from Judeo-Christian values the more pagan, the more callus, the more seared peoples conscience become. No big secret but your post reminded me of its truth.

We can no longer view a TV program or movie without LGTB, etc being promoted as normal and healthy. I read an article the other day where kids as young as 7 and 8 are becoming addicted to pornography because of their exposure to it through smart phones, cable shows, and obviously the internet. God help us.

“The root of the problem is a moral decay in society which we are trying to solve with broad legislation which inevitably steals everyone’s liberty a little.”

Nail on the head!

It’s the culture of freedom without personal responsibility.