Parental Rights:

What are the rights of parents? Do they have any? I argue that parents have a right as leagal guardians of their children, but they are limited by the natural right of children to choose for themselves. To me parental rights sounds like a parent owns a child, they do not. Parents have chosen to make a sacrifice by haveing children, that sacrifice does not give a parent any rights over their children. As leagal guardians they are charged with the raiseing and disipline of their children however they see fit. Furthermore under the law they are charged with the care and well being of their children. You brought them into the world now you must be responseable for their well being. However this does not apply when a child chooses for themselves to seek others help in their lives. Parents can not should not thrust their views or opinions onto their children only when a child is willing to listen to their parents should the parents offer support and guaidance. Parents ought out of love for their children be respectful of the choices their children make. It is out of love that a parent is willing to make sacrifices for the child, a parent should not expect their child to recognize or be grateful for the sacrifices that the parents made for them. In fact parents should expect no reward for the sacrifices they make for their children, except from God. It is noble and honorable to make silent sacrifices for children with out their knowlege, for in this you have the true meaning of sacrifice. By my way of thinking a parent has no right to be notified if their child chooses to have an abortion. A parent should be loveing and supportive of their child even if the child committs what seems like grave sin. In this a parent will find the true grace of forgiveness. To love a child even in the face of grave sin is bold example of what it means to forgive, and to be forgiven of grave sin. To be forgiven of our sins we must first learn what it means to forgive. As we forgive so to will we be forgiven.