If it is Ok for government agents to intrude upon your privacy in order to ensure that you are caring for your child, why not just have all new parents install cameras in all rooms in the home? Wouldn’t that save a lot of time, money, petrol, etc? You could have everyone under surveillance and it would absolutely cut down on the carbon footprint!
Why not? It’s for the good of society, after all. It would sure cut down on all the crimes people commit behind closed doors. The government would be able to even make sure that you aren’t saying things that are considered anti-social in your home! It would be a utopia, no?
1984 wasn’t all that bad. I’m sure they didn’t have problems with drug abuse or homelessness in Oceana.
When are you going to protest?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/green-police-trash-inspectors-to-fine-families-for-compost-infractions.html
In the UK it is universal to send agents to intrude on your life. They are trying to do that here through the Healthcare bill. My ancestors didn’t flee that to just become subjects here!
I am not familiar with the health visitor program. Where I live, a county nurse asks you in the hospital if you want them to come check on you and your baby and do a weight check. It’s totally optional. Installing cameras and whatnot would be way more expensive than, at the most, three visits from a nurse at a scheduled time. The nurses don’t snoop through your house or anything. There’s really no comparison between surveillance of your entire home and a couple visits from someone you invite, so I don’t really get the question.
I can’t remember anything good about 1984, though it’s been a long time since I read it.
The only time the gov’t intrudes on parents’ privacy where I live is if they have reason to suspect abuse or neglect.
contact the program directly & ask. the government doesn’t "intrude" unless there is reason.
You are on a rant today, lol.
I live in Florida and we do not have health visitors. I do not think is is that bad of an idea though, it is not manditory. It is something that is offered to new moms. Canadian residents can refuse and it will be ok. My caompany’s head quarters in is Toronto and I know a few women that had children in CA. Most like the health visitors.
My daughter had a bad milk allergy and reflux, so I was at the Doctors office alot and a lactation specialist a few times. It would have been great to have some services available right at home though.
Health visitors come into your home with consent, at a pre-arranged time. It is not the same as having 24 hour surveillance in your home, which would also be unsecure and could potentially open your home to others who do not have your child’s best interests in mind.
Health visitors (I will say again) are not only there to ensure you are not neglecting/abusing your child (and if you’re not, why would you have a problem with it??), they are there to provide support, advice and council at a time that is very difficult for most people – new parenthood.
I’m glad my health visitor came to see me, I’d be more worried if they didn’t. If they didn’t exist, there would be far more abuse and neglect in this country (UK) and I am happy to let a professional in my home a few times if it means child protection.
Surely having cameras running throughout all new parents homes though would increase everybody’s carbon footprint!