There are certain unalienable rights and protections that all human beings should be granted. One such protection should be given to children- a right to freedom, and privacy, especially in terms of governmental oppression and surveillance. However, since the UN proposed a treaty on the rights of children, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989, three countries have failed to ratify this treaty, which include the Somalia, South Sudan, and yes, the United States of America, the "land of the free."
Some of the reasons given against ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty in the US were that we want parents to be able to homeschool their kids (even if the kid wants to go to public school) and make sure they never learn about other religions or evolution and can't get an abortion without parental consent. Is it just me or are willing to infringe on children's rights for the sake of conservative christian religious ideals? Last time I checked, there is supposed to be a separation of Church and State.
Side note, Vatican City was one of the first ones to ratify! What is going on?
Some of the reasons given against ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty in the US were that we want parents to be able to homeschool their kids (even if the kid wants to go to public school) and make sure they never learn about other religions or evolution and can't get an abortion without parental consent. Is it just me or are willing to infringe on children's rights for the sake of conservative christian religious ideals? Last time I checked, there is supposed to be a separation of Church and State.
Side note, Vatican City was one of the first ones to ratify! What is going on?
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