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Originally Posted by ken0042
The one common theme is that most of us in this thread tend to agree that people shouldn't be smoking in their cars around children. The fact is, some people do. But the question is, how other than making this a minor offense do you stop people from doing it?
Not trying to be argumentative; just trying to see if anybody has any good suggestions.
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You educate people{something a government can help with}. As individuals we speak up when we see someone doing something that is harmful to their child and hope they heed our warning. Beyond that we respect a parent's right to raise a child as they wish. Parents will make bad decisions but, it is their decisions to make.
The government doesn't have to control every aspect of our lives. Beyond things that fall under the category of clear and present danger the government should leave parents alone.
Not too many of us were raised by parents who weren't guilty at times of making decisions that weren't in our best interest. The fact that they invested so much of their lives in us gives them the privilege to be wrong on a few things without penalty.