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In Reply to: Re: Adoption by known or potential members of TF posted by anovagrrl on November 28, 2003 at 05:22:49:
I'd be interested to know what the current labor to education ratio is for the average child in The Family.
Off the top of my head, I don't know what the standards are in the US. But, it is reasonable to assume that a child should have time devoted to school, recreation and rest than participating in income producting activites.
Even if children in The Family are not systematicaly sexually or physically abused anymore, it does sound like they spend a lot of time providing income producing labor. I think the question regarding excessive child labor being a form of abuse was settled in this country a long time ago.
I would have a problem recommending that a child be adopted by Family members if the ultimate goal was to turn the child into a meal ticket.
