Right To Mandate Parents

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No one knows a child better than the person who raised him and any other person claiming to know what is the best for the child is just talking nonsense .The government claims to have the right to mandate parents to monitor what their children watch; however, the government forgets that the parents are the ones who have care and nurture this child . Parents are the only ones with power to decide what their children are capable to watch since they know the maturity level of their child, know their child’s background and parents know how to expose their child into new topics. Even Though the government believes they have the right to mandate parents to monitor what their children watch it is solely up to the parent to decide what is moral

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