fiedag wrote: I also feel the duty to protect the children of those parents who expose their children to such risks.
Such risks? What are they exactly. I don't know if you are aware but there is another great injustice and danger many children endure on behalf of their couldnt-care-less parents. They put health and lives of their very own children on line often for no reason at all. They drive them around like if they were little bricks or something. It is known that there is 1 fatality and god knows how many injuries per 20 mln miles driven.
So, it is easy to calculate the great risk for the children:
1)a grocery store run- 10 miles-- chance of death 0.00005%
2) visiting granpa- 100 miles-- chance of death 0.0005%
3) going to the beach 1000 miles-- chance of death 0.005%
4) Going to Disneyland 2000 miles--chance of death 0.01%
5) Driving 15 000 miles per year over the course of 18 years-- chance of death 1.35 %
6) now what if you have 5 kids? Chances are that you will kill at least one with your driving until they are 18 are 6.75%
7) what if your driving is impaired ( s****** or /and old vehicle, sloppy maintenance, p***-poor driving skills and/or habits, residence in or near the ghetto, etc) then you can easily increase that number 2, 3 or even 4 times. Think about it-- there is an up to 27% chance that you will kill at least one of your 5 kids by your driving till they are 18.
Russian roulette does not yield more than 16.6%.
Now I think everyone would agree that something must be done to protect the children from parents that will play Russian roulette with them more than once.
May I suggest a motion against driving kids in automobiles until they reach the age at which they would understand the risks involved and sign appropriate waivers?