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1. • CommentAuthorBigCat
   • CommentTimeMar 12th 2008

    # 1
   Is your child a "PAP child"? No, we never label a child according to the choices of his/her parents in politics. Is your child a "shipbuilder child"? The concept of the child assuming the profession of the father has long past - no, we do not label the child by the profession of the parents. Is your child a "lower status-in-society child"? No, it is commonly accepted in most modern societies that the child should not bear the stigma of the societal status or social position of the parents. There are many other examples that make the point that the child is considered an entitiy with its own purpose in life, its own destiny, and certainly encouraged to make its own choices. This is major principle of society. Society even has a responsibility to protect children from wayward parents. Children cannot (legally) buy cigarettes, liquor, or drive until they are of an age that is considered by society to be one of congition and maturity of spirit and actions. So, why should a child be labeled a "<<enter the name of any religion>> child" for no other reason than the parents belong to that religion?
2. • CommentAuthorjoelfirenze
   • CommentTimeMar 12th 2008

    # 2
   Even though we may not label our child that explicitly, there are other factors that implicitly define the worldview of children and from there, that is how they might define themselves, not exactly as how their parents would label them, but how their community are defined. For example, while a child from a low-income neighbourhood might not exactly be labelled a 'low-income' child, there are already background factors in play that will mark a child as coming from a certain kind of neighbourhood, or coming from a lower-income household. I'd say that the labelling is implicit, can be felt, but can't be pinned down exactly.