It s somewhat like I make all the car payments, keep the maintenance up, and my neighbor gets to drive the car. Let me put it to you this way, relationships are developed and maintained and supported through various approaches dependant upon culture, religious beliefs, communication styles and last but not least, an equal interest by all parties concerned. I do not want the government in my living room, at my kitchen table, nor going to church with me, nor in any other areas of my life. I thought my rights were earned and protected by being a citizen of a country that holds me responsible as an adult for making my own decisions based on the fundamental rights of freedom. How the state can hold me accountable for my child s behavior as a minor yet take away my rights to decide with whom my child associates baffles me.
Lets talk about the future of family systems.
Developing these types of statutes lays the foundation for further erosion of families and eliminating the possibility of arriving at a functional healthy alternative to court ordered relationships. As well meaning as theses statutes may be, they have not proven to be very beneficial to the child nor the support of the family unit. On an ethical level, who s to say that the grandparents are cut from the moral cloth that I would deem appropriate and beneficial to the development of my child s character. Parents of these children have many times cut off ties with the grandparents for a reason, and do not wish to have them in their lives nor the lives of their children. No, not always, and developing and encouraging unhealthy relationships that undermine parents is not on my list of things I want to teach my children.