Make my case ? Some people need to be on the receiving end of the governments “protection” before they can understand that “the government” is no friend of parents, families and least of all children.
You tell me just how terrible it was for children of the revolution, say in 1780. Tell me just how families were falling apart. Got news for you pal, families back then did as good as families can do and it’s been downhill ever since.
This “common concept” has failed utterly miserably; take a ride to Newark, NJ and you will see the failure firsthand.
Better yet, have your school’s guidance counselor work with your child so they quit high school - without you being aware and unable to stop it once the decision was made.
If you’re trying to sell me that the “government” is anything more than politicians pandering for any cheap vote they can get by saying how we need more money for the kids, and government bureaucrats run amok, you’re going to have a long wait getting me to buy it.
people kill their children, torture them, starve them, withhold medical care and let them die, lock them up in rooms and chain them in place, have sex with them,shall I go on. I want the government to take that role. Just like I want a police presence in my city. Yes the government can overreact and be nosy, but children have to be protected or more of them will die from abuse..