Sociology Response

If the state is a Democracy, how can this be in their best interest? People will obviously resent their meddling and rebellion is sure to break out among the people. In a Communist Dictatorship, this would be ideal, but a Democractic scoiety thrives on freedom and diversity. The job of a Democratic government is to protect the people's ideas and beliefs, not to infringe upon them and attempt to control the parenting styles and home life of the individual. Also, the government is made up of humans-- humans are sinful and greedy, therefore if a few people have the ability to control how EVERYONE raises their children, pride and disillusionment is sure to cloud the eyes of the those determining "how children should be raised," which will undoubtedly end in chaos. And how can the state compromise between two antithesis ideas, such as, spanking or not spanking? This places too much pressure on a select group of people who most likely have different beliefs themselves. In addition, how could the state control what was happening within each home under their leadership? This is physically impossible. It would not be a good use of money and time. How people raise their children does not provide jobs, does not fix the economy, and does not provide the immediate benefits people are demanding. Overall, I think that is it NOT in the state's best interest to meddle or to any individual's advantage either. If the state attempted to do this, there is no doubt a revolution would occur like when Britain was micromanaging her colonies. Our country is founded on freedom and freedom is what people will demand.