What is the point of legal guardianship then? Why should anyone bother to raise their children if the state owns them?
So, do you think parents should be allowed to beat their children to death? How about starving them? How about parents forcing them to watch while they kill their pet puppies or kittens—or who force the children to kill their pets themselves? Do you really think the government has no right or duty to intervene when parents grossly mistreat or fail to take care of their children?
FYI, being against child abuse is *not* the same as saying the state owns the children.
I am always amazed by the number of people who think everything is an absolute.