National Youth Rights Association

In so many ways, this is our main opposition. There is, of course, anti-youth sentiment soaked in society, placed there by the refusal to revolutionize that which is comfortable for those in power, and all of it needs to be fought. But there is nothing so invested in the status of minors as unpeople as a movement which seeks to brainwash them and give them no choice but to propagate their ideology in large numbers. These people* have as many children as possible, restrict their access to information to that within the ideology, and force them to do the work of raising their younger siblings until the wife can have no more. These people also force activism (like picketing in front of Planned Parenthood) and religion, of course, on their children. They force ideological training through various ways, and keep them out of unapproved social circles. Any deviation from the standard is met with emotional if not physical abuse. The point of these parents lives is to shape their ~20 children into automatons for their cause. All this is facilitated by current laws, and I guarantee you, these are the people saying "the government can't tell me what to do with my kids!" This is where youth rights legislation will find pre-organized resistance. This is the reason the US has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child*. If we are to introduce such legislation and organize effectively, it may serve us to take note of and strategize around that fact.

This blog details the movement: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/l…..yfeminism/. If you haven't been in it, it can be hard to believe it exists in this century.

*This information obtained from reading the material from the groups that organize against it. It uses this movement's public propaganda.
*There are many people with the same ideology who, for various reasons, haven't taken it to its logical conclusion. My parents were in this category: My mom was disabled and had difficult pregnancies.

I do agree with that. The Christian Patriarchy movement has already organized and is actively opposed to youth rights. It's where I suspect real counter-activism would come from, as opposed to casual disagreement or reservations from people not invested in the cause, simply invested in the dominant culture.