Teaching Children that Authority Doesn’t Matter: UNCRC Article 12

I feel as though the last month has gone at warp speed. Every day I watch a new change, and a new America taking shape. Unfortunately, it is not the free America that my ancestors defended with their blood. No. Instead I see a country begging for the government to get involved because they think it will end the suffering. What they don’t realize is that history shows that more government is always the cause of more suffering. The UNCRC, which we’ve been discussing for a couple of weeks now, is another way for the bureaucrats in Washington to get involved in our family life. I fear for our country because I know world history and where this leads. Today, we are going to explore Article 12 of the UNCRC:

1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
2. For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law.

The biggest problem with this article is the open-ended wording: “who is capable of forming his or her own views.” Who determines when a child is capable of forming his or her own views? That’s right; once again government agents outside of the family will be determining that.

Another irregularity that jumps out at me is the fact Article 37 states that a child under the age of 17 years, 11 months, and 29 days is not eligible for the death penalty or life imprisonment. It seems to me that a child, who can’t be held responsible for his criminal decisions, isn’t capable yet of forming his or her own views. After all, if he is capable of forming his or her views, and those views lead him to commit a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment, then why wouldn’t we hold him responsible for those views? It doesn’t make sense that we can’t punish children for their actions, yet at the same time we would hand to them the responsibility of making their own decisions for their life, which this article invariably does. In one hand we are handing them the respect afforded to adults, and with the other hand we’re saying that they just aren’t mature enough to handle the consequences of their actions until they are 18 years of age. Am I the only one who sees the lack of logic here? The UNCRC is not a logical, well-reasoned document, so it must be a poorly disguised agenda.

What agenda is the UNCRC hiding? Here’s the way I see it. If the government can get more involved in a citizen’s private life then it has more control. The more control the government has the more power the leaders have. Eventually we end up with less freedom in the land of the free. We’ve heard of the “redistribution of wealth” and we’re seeing that happen. What is less talked about and just as dangerous is the redistribution of power. The government’s leaders want more power. This treaty is just a way of redistributing the power base in this country from the people to the government. We the people need to return to common sense.

Common sense tells us that children need adult guidance and the best adults for the job are the parents. Parental guidance helps raise moral, upright citizens, which we need for our democratic system to succeed. If children are taught that they can challenge parental authority—what is to stop our children from turning into adults who don’t respect authority? The result of a generation of people who have no respect for authority reaching adulthood and suddenly being asked to submit to authority will lead to a state of anarchy. Make no mistake. Children first learn the lessons of submitting to proper authorities in a parent-child relationship. A child who is taught that he can sue his parents when he disagrees with their decision will have no respect for any authority, and will always find something that he is unhappy about. A whole generation of children raised without respect for authority would be the downfall of our nation. The recent riots in Greece are just a taste of what could come if this treaty passes.

So what can we do as parents and concerned citizens? Visit the Parental Rights website to find out what you can do to stop this treaty from being ratified by the U.S. Senate. Also, pray about it. I know it’s easy to look at the state of our country and the direction its heading and to want to give up. But if you give up, what will you tell the Creator when you stand before him—it’s not your fault? It’s not if you do all you can to stop it. But if you sit back and become depressed that no one is listening, and you give up petitioning God on behalf of this nation, you will be just as guilty as the Senators who ratify this treaty. Now is the time to stand and fight.