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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian
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To: Jon Tara who wrote (5258)5/14/2000 1:19:00 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 9127
 
I come from a crisis back ground myself. Probably worse than yours.

There is a good reason why most states give much greater weight to the opinion of a child over 11 or 12 than to a younger child's opinion. 6 year olds are not really designed to be so empowered. If you are familiar with Piaget
"children's logic and modes of thinking are
initially entirely different from those of adults." They are not capable of really evaluating what is in their long term best interest- they are simply not logically equipped. Of course many parents aren't either- but there is MORE chance that a parent will be able to logically and rationally guard his or her child's best interest than a very young child.
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