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Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service
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I'm strongly opposed to controlling minors too. 18 is an arbitrary age to suddenly give people autonomy.
Children are emotional creatures without fully developed brains. They cannot process the long term ramifications of their actions because that part of their brain literally hasn't finished developing yet. Sometimes you need to make children do things. If they won't put the bleach bottle down that they pulled out from under the sink, you need to make them do it, no matter how badly they want to drink the bleach.
There is also a huge spectrum of age from 2 to 17, and a huge spectrum of control from stopping them harming themselves with dangerous chemicals and forcing your religious beliefs on them.
May I respectfully ask if you have children? If not, I dare say your opinion on this might change when you hear the hare brained schemes your kids come up with.