A Bill Of Rights For Children?

These 10 amendments shall protect the life liberty and property from the conception till the age of 18. To move the status of children from near property to full fledged persons.

Amendment I
Section 1- All children shall have the right to life, and be able to exit a custodial arrangement by birth or by adoption, where they feel in danger of bodily harm or death on request.

Section 2- Parents have no legal or constitutional right to own their child and as such shall not be granted due process before the removal of their child from their home.

Amendment II- All money, and property either earned or gifted to a child, except in the case of illegal activity, shall not be taken or spent without the consent of the child.

Amendment III- All children shall have the right to go to any public school in their country, provided they are able to get themselves to said school.

Amendment IV- All children shall have the right once they reach the age of 14 to enter into any employment contract, provided such actives are not illegal for their age, that they wish and may work full time when school is not in session.

Amendment V- The age of consent shall be set at 16 and no child under such age shall be entered into marriage, and all children over the age of 16 shall have no legal requirement to get parental consent to marry a 16 or 17 year old.

Amendment VI- No child shall be charged with any crime for any picture they have of themselves or that they have given to someone else.

Amendment VII- All children shall have the right to privacy on their electronic devises they own from parental intrusion.

Amendment VIII- All children in foster care shall have the right to choose which family they wish to live with and shall not be removed without their consent, this right shall not include in cases of abuse.

Amendment IX- A child not under suicide watch, not a suspect of a crime, and not having been previously convicted, shall have the right to lock their doors and have privacy in their room.

Amendment X- In the case of divorce a child shall have the right to choose which parent they want to live with provided neither parent presents a danger to the child, and shared custody shall be the default unless the child decides they wish not to visit the other parent.

 

LOL!

 

What is so funny? You don't think children deserve rights?

 

I'm fine with the ten they currently have.

 

No

Each one of those with a beyond absurd

 

Actually children have no rights until 18

 

Actually there are a couple of serious amendments that would benefit the constitution and our governance. Unfortunately none of the list comes anywhere near those.

 

You don't find giving children rights important?

I would bundle these 10, with an amendment setting the number of justices to 9, and having them serve for 18 years rotating every 2 years (one leave one enter) and making the senate have to vote no by 2/3 with in 60 days of appointment or they pass.

People want the latter so they will give in to at-least 5 of these.

 

Not sure who told you that....but children certainly have a right against self-incrimination, freedom of religion, due process, the right against boarding soldiers, and all the other rights granted. The Constitution doesn't just protect 18 year olds and above.

 

There is no right other than the right to life a parent is required to respect or a school, and no freedom to follow your parents religion not of your own.

Think of all the restrictions places on children for their rights.

 

Not in the United States...they are granted the same Bill of Rights as anyone else in the United States: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/1/

 

Predatory pedophiles rejoice!

 

Should children be allowed to look at their parents online activities? Also this only applies to parents get an LEO involved they check confirm nothing is going on and everyone goes back to normal.

 

Seriously? Are you a bratty 14-year-old girl or something?

A parent monitoring their child's online activity is called RESPONSIBLE PARENTING.

And NO, children shouldn't be allowed to monitor their parent's online activity, because they're CHILDREN, and their parents are ADULTS.

Mom and dad are the boss, apple sauce.

Now shut yer yap and do your homework, little missy.

 

No

 

Not to the ludicrous extent that your silly proposals suggest.

It is simple fact that all children do not have a fully developed frontal lobe and cannot cognitively process thoughts.

This is why we protect them from themselves

 

Im 22 year old man. I just don't agree with people who take joy in being mini dictators

 

Then move out of your parent's basement.

 

I live on my "own"

 

You can move out of the house.

That'd probably be the best way to end mommy Hitler's tyrannical oppression of poor, little you.

 

What's with the quotes?

Does that signify that you're alone in your mom's basement?

 

Actually, they do have a subset of adult rights. The difference being that they can be (for a variety of reasons) stopped from doing things by parents, or those en loco parentis. Giving children a special set of rights, like in your post, would make it almost impossible for parents to raise children. Children do not have the cognitive ability to make all decisions for themselves.

 

Because I am currently living at a place I volunteered at but soon I will fully be independent, it just took 4 months to find a ****ing job, I plan on applying for foster care as soon as I am on my own fully.

 

I've been a parent for almost 21 years. I don't know any parents who take joy in being mini dictators. I know parents who are min-dictators, but it's not a joyful thing. They are doing what they think is their responsibility. I'm more of the "let kids increasingly have freedom" camp of parent. yes, when they are little you almost need to be a mini benevolent dictator, but as they age, that changes. Methinks you are irritated that your parents were reading your electronic devices, that they paid for you to have. My boys are 19 and 20 (almost 21). They are still on my phone plan. I reserve the right to grab their devices at any time and scour them. I've never done so, but if I had any inkling that they were involved with something harmful like illegal drugs, I'd have no problem doing so. If they don't like it, they can pay for their own phone plan.

 

Somebody has some issues.