I would say if we can select children who are not going to be severely disadvantaged, then we should do so, but I think it has to be done by voluntary choice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children.
I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
All children should have equal opportunities.
I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.
And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.
There are 500,000 poor children in this state that did not choose to be poor, and we have to take care of them.
I believe that children should not be made to work.
But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child.
Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely.
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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