“...do we think that parents should have 24/7, essentially authoritarian control over their children ...”
Absolutely!! That is what good parenting is all about. That how a healthy society is built. Remember how East Germany controlled their people?? For one thing they took any child they deemed talented in academics or athletics away from their parents and placed them in government (communist) academy. And boy, Of boy, how they messed up the heads and hearts of those youngsters. They ruined thousands of young people.
I downloaded the original article (80 pages)
https://arizonalawreview.org/pdf/62-1/62arizlrev1.pdf
On the last page:
What is needed is a true child rights movement. But creation of such a movement has always been a challenge. Children are by definition powerless, totally powerless in infancy and early childhood, and disenfranchised until adulthood. They are thus, in the end, dependent on adults to protect their interests. We need adults to step up and create the legal regime that will provide that protection. We need adults to create the political movement to advance child rights through political and litigation campaigns.
The courts may be essential to move things forward. Here, children are also dependent on adults—judges—to vindicate their rights. But courts can at least operate somewhat more freely than legislatures from political pressure. Constitutions are supposed to protect the rights of the politically powerless, those who have no potential for protecting themselves through political systems.475Children are the quintessential politically powerless group
Note this line: But courts can at least operate somewhat more freely than legislatures from political pressure.
Dang Marxist