Is there not a difference (or sholdn't there be) between (the rights of) parent who GIVE UP their children for adoption and parents who get their children taken away from them??
I would expect the median voter to be quite willing to give less (no) rights to parents who willingly give up their children for adoption (thinking: I would never do that) - while reserving some rights for parents, who get their children taken away, to get those children back once they "better themselves" (thinking: It might happen to me / my children / friends etc) Jacob W Braestrup Citat John Driessnack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I did not see the special, but I'm an adoptive parent (trans-racial) and > my wife is a social worker that has worked these issues. > > Dislike the system compared to what! Having seen close hand the power > of social workers in some states (I'm military and have moved around..so > my wife has worked in numerous states) people should be a lot more > worried about losing their own biological kids. I think it explains a > lot...but what would be interesting is a review of local and state rules > and the actual results from those rules. Compare Mass and Texas...an > aggressive state with lots of money in the system (this was the location > of my adoption) to Texas or other states that have a higher bar for the > social worker (government) to step into the situation. What is the > long term impact on the children. > > Also...those impeccable adoptive parents?" How do you tell that! What > is the measure? The state can provide enough funds if they want to > make any parent able to care for the needs of the children. The state > can provide the day care, professional support, schooling, after school > sports activities, etc. What does the parent really provide? Is a > child better off in a home with rich resources but lacking in true love > (child is just a symbol of the family being complete) and caring (parent > takes the time to talk about life and the child's concerns vis going to > that all important business dinner). > > The problem for the median voter is they are NOT the perfect > parent....hardly anyone is...so were does the median voter want the bar > placed. I would say not too high. It is low because most parents can > hit that low point at least once in their parenting career. The > median (parent) voter knows they really don't want big brother > government looking over that shoulder too closely. It is the measure of > intentions that is tough. True care for the child from an imperfect > parent is much better than the appearing perfect parent with no true > care for the child. > > PS...I also have two nieces that live with me...so my house has 6 > children in all. The interesting question is the structure of the > family. Why do we have the need for adoptive families? Why can't > extended families handle the situation. Do extended families get the > same help from society as a child that is formally taken away from the > family and put up for foster care or adoption? Would the state be > better off putting resources towards extended family care. Some states > do, some don't.... Then you get into the reason why people have > children to begin with and what control does the state want in that...or > what does the median voter want...gain how high do you want the bar > placed? > > jdd > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/06/02 02:31PM >>> > Two weeks ago there was a John Stossel special on adoption. Does the > median voter really want the system we have, where basketcase > biological > parents can take their crying offspring away from impeccable adoptive > parents? How about the de facto efforts to avoid trans-racial > adoption? Etc.? I rarely expect the median voter to agree with me, > but > this seems like a case where a comfortable majority of normal > Americans > dislike the existing rules. > > You might say that people are a lot more worried about losing their > own > biological kids than they are about other people's adoptive kids being > taken away. But I doubt that explanation is right. > -- > Prof. Bryan Caplan > Department of Economics George Mason University > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Who are they? Why are they running? Could they be coming to > me? Really coming to me? And why? To kill me? *Me* whom > everyone loves?" > Leo Tolstoy, *War and Peace* >
