Birthrights

One of the other reviewers accused Farson of promoting the legalization of child molestation. This reader did not get the point at all and is misrepresenting Farson. Do not take that reviewer to have read the chapter and understood it thoroughly! He supports the idea that children should be treated in such a way that they understand their rights and so will know that they can say NO!!! to an adult that approaches them and if they are abused to report. Most children are raised in such a way so as to think that if you're older you should be obeyed. This is the most dangerous belief that we have put into the minds of children. He does believe that children should be given access to more information about sex, so that they can develop their own attitudes when it comes to sex, instead of it being communicated that it is an "adult thing", which I thought growing up. It is my conviction that much of my interest in sexual things while growing up was rooted in the fact that it was a "secret, adult thing". Farson is contributing much insights to how we view children and how we view sex in this book. READ IT!

This book has allready inspired thirty years of activism.From the Ann Arbour Youth Liberation Front in the 70s, to ASFAR in the mid 90's to the National Youth Rights Association today- they all read Farson.Second only to the ASFAR decleration of principles in historical signifigance- this book is one of the most important documents in the Youth Rights movement.

Guaranteed to get you thinking with ideas that have never occurred to you before. I wish there were more people who could wrap their mind around the idea of equal rights for children.

This book goes through essentially every area of society and shows how it could be modified to give children equal rights (not superior rights) to adults. It conclusively shows that a free child is more likely to be happy and well adjusted, both short and long term, than a child shackled by society and his or her parents and schools. I don't like the chapter on sex however, mostly because for the forseeable future children will still be very vunerable to adults in that area. However, this is a very good book, and should be required reading for everyone who lives with and loves children.