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Originally Posted by Sparrow
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Having the 'state' raise children, would give them all the same opportunities - thereby reducing much of the talent that currently goes to waste in disadvantaged families, when it could be benefitting us all.
Also, it wouldn't have to be about locking the children away in institutions - they'd belong to the community, rather than a couple of parents. The nuclear family we now have in developed countries is a fairly new phenomenon after all; in the past children had extended communities to help raise them. These days, parents have too much control over their kids (tho' that won't be a popular view either, I imagine  ).
I think people have thought of it before; e.g. Huxley's 'Brave New World' - often misdescribed as a dystopia. |
Yeah, I know the book. I was being facetious.
Someone has to decide, in your view of raising children, what values they are raised with.
Obviously, there couldn't be different religions, cultural values, or ethnic groups.
How do you deal with the many differing personalities little ones have? With the individualistic thoughts, and those that just don't 'fit' into the molds?
This is a really scary thought for me.