Who has the greater "rights" and "responsibilities" towards our children?

Question

Parents or Government? Seriously I say God gave me these children, I carried them within my body, I am responsible for feeding, raising, and if I choose educating my children. I am also responsible for teaching them how to live as well as teaching them about our faith.What say you?

Jesus said "Render unto Caeser that which is Caeser's and unto God that which is God's" Do your children belong to Caeser or God?

Answer 1

Government should have absolutely minimal input into the raising of children. It does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a loving family.

Who knows better how to handle any situation - someone who is dealing with it every day, face-to-face, or some outside agency of bureaucrats? It's absolutely frightening how many people think that the government knows best about everything.

Answer 2

I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Sometimes we need help from an outside source, viz; the Education System. But, Teachers have control of the kids for more Hours per day than the parents.. This takes away a great deal of Parental Guidance, as the Teachers are guided by the Educational authorities, which, here in Australia, have the Teachers Teaching Sex, Childrens Rights, etc., which leaves the Parents with virtually NO Rights, as when you try to do the Parental thing, these days, you cannot even hug your own Child for fear for being victimised for some sort of improper act..
Too many responsibilities are being taken away from the Parents, and their right to be a Parent is speedily being eroded.. They even have to be careful in showing affection to their children.
I feel that Teachers have too many subjects to Teach the Children, outside of the rudimentary Education, which must be frustating to them, and they in turn cannot display any sort of affection, for fear of being of accused of some sort of Sexual Misconduct..
In my day, a teacher could put their arm around your shoulder, and say, " Good Job, John". This was called in the Psycholigical world as "Stroking" ( Making the Child feel good about him/herself).. These days this is not permissable, and, if a Parent tries to do this, which is a natural parental instinct, the Child will come up with some sort of accusation, rather than accept it for what it is..
I feel, therefore, that kids of today, because of the rot of which they are taught, cannot show, or receive Love and Affection from their Parents, will not listen, because they have THEIR RIGHTS by stupid Laws, and so the Parent has virtually NO control over what should be their Responsibilities/Desires as a Parent..
So, the kids of today don't know how to accept/give love and affection, and do not talk to their Parents about their problems, therefore, I feel that they have everything bottled up inside of them, and let it out in Aggravation,Violence and Vandilism. And of course, because their Peers feel the same, this is to them. "Normal".
Lets bring back Parenting as it once was, let the Children feel safe and secure amongst Family, partiularly with their Parents and Siblings, and the World may once again become a better place to live in for all..
AMEN..
John Elphick..

Answer 3

I believe that the parents should have the "rights" to raise and teach their children, but also should take the "responsibility" of these tasks seriously. I live in a small town, but on any given evening I can hear children as young as 6 playing on the school playground up the block. They are generally unsupervised and using language that would make a drill seargent blush!

Answer 4

Yes, God gave you these children and I applaud you for recognizing this truth. However, some parents do not feel this way and shirk their responsibilities. This is when government needs to step in. Children do not have a voice in society unless someone helps them and if they are in an abusive situation then I firmly believe someone should intervene. It doesn't sound like this is the situation in your case but I hope that whatever is going on with you will be resolved promptly and in the best interest for your kids.
Best wishes.

Answer 5

I agree, parents have a very large role in shaping and developing children. However, it is foolish to think that you alone can educate them entirely. There is an old adage that "it takes a village to raise a child." Every day this becomes more true.
To that end, educating your children is fundamental to the fabric of society. If they are unequipped to function as a unit in our machine then you have failed them. You, as a parent, have the unique opportunity to change the future-you were given a child, and that child if prepared properly will make a difference in society.

Answer 6

You have the greater responsibility but if you fail in that responsibility then the government has a responsibility to pick up the pieces. Unfortunately, rights and responsibilities are matters of subjective judgment and society's views may not necessarily agree with your own... and therein lies the problem. This is not a black-and-white issue, with easy answers, but something that can only be decided according to conscience.

Answer 7

You are right on the money! God gave those children to you, and it's your responsibility to raise them in the Lord. I hope this helps and the best education, if you feel capable, is to teach them yourself because there's nothing but the devil in our schools these days.
May God Bless You Greatly

Answer 8

I think you are right in that we are responsible for our children, but so many parents these days have no clue what they are getting into when they have kids that the government has to step in and say hey, you have to feed them, teach them, not abuse them... but at what point is it abuse? I spank MY children, but I wouldn't lay a hand on someone elses. I think if your children don't think at some point they are mildly abused that you don't use any disipline. Every child at some point think their parents are the worst! But when should the government step in??

Answer 9

The government has too much power in personal lives and that has to stop. It is worse than that pesky old lady who snoops on everyone. The government need to step back and let people run their families. I agree....God gave us these children and we should raise them as God teaches us to.

Answer 10

The government has no right over my children. If they have a problem with that, they can talk to me.
If they can't handle that, they can talk to God or look in the Bible.
It says for children to obey their parents.

I am the spiritual covering for my children, not the church OR government.