False comparisons here. Adulthood in which regard ? To when it suits your feelings ? or when you want to push an agenda ? All of your "suggestions" here are different ways of being submissive to the government taking MORE of the parenting role. Which is how we ended up here in the first place. The solution to all of this, the fucking elephant in the room, is to get back to having adults actually parent their kids instead of finding new ways to blame others for their own failures. Also, to fucking stop punishing citizens for doing good. In all realms. If those parents in Texas , or a fucking "educator" , did their jobs as good people and killed any intruder looking to murder kids....they'd be hailed as the heroes they put themselves into that position to be. Instead, they decided to subject themselves to an armed "someone else" to take the fall , because they were too cowardly to do something. They should've prepared themselves to be an ACUTAL good person, instead of the safety of being able to self-identify as one [without taking on the accountability needed to BE one.]