A Positive Constitutional Right: Your Child is Village Property

“We need to break through this private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to their whole communities.” – MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry states

Children today are considered village property. While some believe parental rights depend on elected official’s vote, this conjures up images of communist or fascist youth. As Hilary Clinton declared, “It Takes A Village To Raise A Child.”

Alexander Hamilton described the people’s rights best be in “a treatise of ethics than in a constitution of government.” Government “is merely intended to regulate the general political interests of the nation, than to a constitution which has the regulation of every species of personal and private concerns.” Big government advocates advocate for positive rights, parental rights granted by government. In other words, children become property of the state.

The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights declares that everyone has a right to education. Article 26 states “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.” In 1989, the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child declares states are responsibility to eliminate “ignorance and illiteracy throughout the world.” It goes on that “education given in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the State.” The Parental Rights Amendment establishes such parental responsibility.

In 1992, Lawyers capitalize on children’s rights with Gregory K as the first child in American history to sue his parents for a divorce. Judge Kirk declared that the boy has the same constitutional right to protect his fundamental interests as an adult. This established “a precedent for other cases.”

In 1992, Gregory K sued his parents for abuse. In 2014, young adults are suing for college tuition. 21-year old, Caitlyn Ricci sued her parents for college tuition despite neither parent seeing her for the last two years. 18-year old, Rachel Canning sued her parents for financial support and college tuition. Her parents said she left home because she didn’t want to obey their rules.

United States has yet ratified the United Nations treaty but NGOs are still pushing for the Parental Rights Amendment. The Parental Rights Amendment declares “The liberties of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right.” This amendment grants positive rights to the parent. It provides the liberties of parents “the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one’s child.”

NGOs seek to establish a “Big Brother” using the history of children’s rights to collectivize children. The true question is whether our children belong to the family or are collective property organized under “the State.”