The Rights of the Child

If you were to help write a Bill of Rights of the Child, what would you put in it? Here's a draft, of what one might include.

Be it enacted, that we, the people of America, acting in the interest of children, do hereby declare that these rights will be extended to all the children of our nation.

1. That unborn children have the right to life.

2. That children have the right to two parents, one being female and the other male. We pledge to hold divorce to a minimum, even enduring uncomfortable relations with our spouses, in order to provide children this right

3. That children have the right to our love and care. We pledge to love our children, and to make the sacrifices required to provide them care.

4. That children have the right to not be abused. We pledge to never unduly harm our children, neither through mental abuse, nor physical abuse, neither through sexual abuse nor emotional abuse.

5. That children have the right to respect. We pledge to not treat them as subjects, but as a heritage and gift from God.

6. That children have the right to education.

Therefore, we, the undersigned, acting of our own accord, do so proclaim these rights, with this document being signed by every parent, and every adult who should so wish to enter their signature. We proclaim these things in solemnity, not attaching government punishments, but placing our names before the world, that each of us will so treat our children in accord with the promises of this document.