Lethal Injection Under Fire Again

[kandrathe]

Why is a parent presumed incompetent by participants in this conversation?  It seems to me that a rather large urban myth is overtaking the mundane reality.  The presumption of inadequacy smacks of an assumption that the writer, or the "authority," is wiser and more competent than the postulated "parent."
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I smell an example of a modest sample size being used to feed a generalization.   

Occhi
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Evidence my dear Watson.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/...ummary.htm

For Federal fiscal year 2004, an estimated 3 million children were alleged to have been abused or neglected and received investigations or assessments by State and local child protective services (CPS) agencies. Approximately 872,000 children were determined to be victims of child maltreatment.

About .25%, but ~ .75 million abused children is worth doing something about.