And worse: In countries that have less hideous attitudes with this sort of thing, France for example, there is not alcohol abuse as we know it. People don't get drunk for fun.
It's human nature to attempt/do the forbidden.
1) They teach it in third grade. Back up your opinion!
2) It is wrong to "protect" your children too much. Not as in guns, alcohol, etc, but as in knowledge, etc. As in: if your kid is on the net looking at something that goes against the parents views (not violent, etc), is that wrong? No. They are simply forming their own opinion.
3) Your child is a equal. Sorry, they may not have hit 18 and magically became full-functioning driving smoking enlightened people, they may be a minor rock (oops this is all the law not real life) but they still are (well some) a thinking member of the human species.
They're not the only ones that can politely decline. If they refuse to do that (not install a OS) for me... The shop down the street might. They'res plenty of shops, and you could even build your own.
If they politely decline, politely take your money elsewhere.
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And worse: In countries that have less hideous attitudes with this sort of thing, France for example, there is not alcohol abuse as we know it. People don't get drunk for fun. It's human nature to attempt/do the forbidden.
2) It is wrong to "protect" your children too much. Not as in guns, alcohol, etc, but as in knowledge, etc. As in: if your kid is on the net looking at something that goes against the parents views (not violent, etc), is that wrong? No. They are simply forming their own opinion.
3) Your child is a equal. Sorry, they may not have hit 18 and magically became full-functioning driving smoking enlightened people, they may be a minor rock (oops this is all the law not real life) but they still are (well some) a thinking member of the human species.
They're not the only ones that can politely decline. If they refuse to do that (not install a OS) for me... The shop down the street might. They'res plenty of shops, and you could even build your own. If they politely decline, politely take your money elsewhere.
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