Birth Control

[JamesHunt]

Should children be allowed to sue their parents for not raising them correctly?

[Dino Velvet]

Too broad a question. Narrow it down and give a hypothetical example.

[hippifried]

Oh what the hell. Why not?
Will they have to get parental permillion first?

[robertlouis]

I think that it's been attempted in one or two European jurisdictions, including the UK.

I guess it's about where you draw the line between abuse - and by that I mean emotional rather than physical - and shit parenting, as per the recent riots and the anguished cries of "Where are the parents?", to which the answer was either: in the pub getting shit-faced, or driving down to help their little darlings bring their ill-gotten gains home.

[Stavros]

There was an attempt in the 90s by some children [when they were adults] to sue their parents who smoked for damaging their health through passive smoking; not sure if it ever went to court. Its part of an occasional movement you get for a 'Children's Charter' -but we are still arguing about whether or not a parent should have the right to slap their own children.

[trish]

Only if parents are allowed to counter-sue their children for being piss poor offspring?

[robertlouis]

Only if parents are allowed to counter-sue their children for being piss poor offspring?

Yes, I suspect this is an instance of litigation for its own sake vanishing up its judicial arse. The characters in Alice in Wonderland would have loved it.

[Faldur]

Only if parents are allowed to counter-sue their children for being piss poor offspring?

Love it!