"Think about it, do something about it.."
Whenever you look at age based laws, you have to start going back to 18th and 19th century social customs to find even a trace of justification for them. We haven't the originality to break free of them yet, despite 200 years of progress in all other realms of the social practice. The young ones today are left behind, unwilling participants in the social prejudices of their great grandfathers. Just as well, this isn't something unique to modern, western culture, but is true of nearly all people at all time throughout history. Child is the slave of the slave, the impish servant of the servant, and unless bestowed to the inhuman heights of God-head or King, has never been regarded by civilized society for being, simply, the human beings they are.
A minor is a citizen below the age of majority (whatever the country sets), that requires certain provisions, restrictions, and protections enforced by the state for the preservation of their own good as deemed acceptable by the law.
A non-parent's love for a child breaks all these artificial and socially produced boundaries, and in doing so, presents a natural cure for their unnatural ills. Downpressers, be them child molesters or child advocates, work to confine and control. CLs work to give children every right that they claim for themselves. Downpressers limit a child's freedom of movement to protect safety, freedom of choice and self determination in exchange for peace of mind, and provide services in ever-increasingly restrictive environments. CLs, just by remaining outside the modes of control, are free to offer a child a complete freedom of movement, the freedom of choice (to be with the CL on their own accord), and provide services for the child as an act of personal charity rather than for the collection of paychecks, stipends, or even volunteer credit.
Downpressers establish the minor code that restricts a child's access to opportunities to improve their quality of life. The CL offers the child the step up at the drinking fountain when the child is in need of a drink. Downpressers afford the minor no right to control their body, nor do they allow the child any dignity regarding privacy in hygene and respecting the child's private space. CLs afford the child as much distance as needed, because the CL is not bound to the outdated regulations concerning the treatment of minors. Downpressers restrict a child's right to be with whom they choose in ways they choose that may upset the balance of power. CLs encourage the child's freedom of association, choice of friends, and membership in groups, because they don't have to fear loosing any power imbalance separating them from the child.
Downpressers the world over deny a child's right to express themselves, to think and say what they want, especially when the child has a perfectly legitimate reason for doing such. Under the love of a CL, the child will fear no reprisal for expressing themselves, especially when they have a legitimate gripe with the prejudices they face. Downpressers have established that nothing, even that which the child manages to purchase or work for on their own, belongs to the child, and reserve the right to abscond with any piece of property in the hands of a minor at their discretion. True CLs believe a child has the right to acquire, use, and dispose of possessions and funds as they please, and don't manipulate a child's will to do such for their own benefit.
Downpressers restrict children's rights capriciously, particularly in the area of justice and due process. No CL has ever thrown an eight year old in juvenile detention for skipping school. Downpressers are obsessed with providing for a child's general physical well-being and safety, but deprive them of other rights in the process. No true CL has ever deprived a child of a any right to self-hood based on preserving some feeling of the child's well-being. The child's well-being is only preserved by preserving all of the child's rights. Anybody who has claimed to be a CL and has not upheld any child their rights, is no CL, but a downpresser in disguise.
Where the downpresser seeks to ground the chick, the CL seeks to teach it to fly. Regulations or selfish desires can not nurture a child, only love can.
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