[SilverElfin]

> Parents do not own their children any more than the state does and their rights should be protected by both parties.

Yes, they absolutely own their children more than the state does. I can’t believe there are any claims otherwise. Do you value the bond between parent and child and how special it is? Nothing should violate that. Not even the rare parent that is actually neglectful - meaning that should curtail the freedoms of the typical parent. And anyways, choosing to forego a vaccine isn’t abuse - on average it shifts outcomes very little. For example skipping a flu vaccine won’t change much.

[intended]

Female Genital Mutilation is something parents do to their children.

A parental bond doesn’t overwhelm a child’s own rights as citizens and human beings.

Parents live in a society, even if it were a village, and there is no free pass to do just what you will if it crosses lines.

Collective health is one of those lines.

[LocalH]

Parents do not "own" their children, at all.