By today's parenting standards, Ralphie would be doomed to an emotional abyss. Rest assured all progressives. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which has trounced the Bill of Rights on issues of human rights, has deleted reference to the family. Despite the curtailing of family autonomy and parental rights by the State, children place family above most things. This was crystal clear from the results of an exercise Elections Canada undertook to have kids vote for their most favored right in schools.
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