Should kids have a voice? This is a question that people all over the world with different beliefs ask themselves constantly, whether it’s for kids to be allowed to have a voice when it comes to their educational system or letting them say their opinion on medical decisions for them. Traditionally, it is seen as irresponsible to let your kids select what they consider is best for themselves, but what if just for once, we gave them a chance to speak up.
Have either your mom or your dad ever told you something along the lines of, “I’m the parent so therefore everything I say is correct?” Well, when they state something like this, they are clearly giving a disjunctive argument. They shouldn’t assume that their choice is right and the rest choices are wrong. They have no reason to underestimate how valid your input is. Your opinion might even be helpful, but just because they are most likely stubborn when it
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Social determinants in the philosophical point of view affects children because in modern society they are labeled as powerless due to control being distributed unevenly in life. Money does affect social determinants of health since if parents are poor and can’t afford to care for their children, the children tend to roam around the streets of their neighborhood. Most of the time these kids have to raise themselves. In countries, let us take Brazil as an example, kids are killed if they do not have parents. The kid’s death is already determined due to the government of their home country. This is unfair since their government is basically advertising that parents have to take control over the kid’s choices and opinions because if not, the child’s health is jeopardized. Now in the case of children whose parents are wealthier and can afford to care for their children, they continue to be powerless but they are still living unlike the majority of other