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Originally Posted by capnq

Does this parental sense of responsibilty extend to other people's children as well?

In many cases, yes. Or the responsibility is attached to a larger social group.

On the other hand there are some societies that accept that if you don't exercise care you aren't responsible for the outcomes, and raise their children all at hazard. Or which have social circumstances that don't allow anyone much control over the influences on their kids.

Who does "quality control" on the pedagogies?

In some places there is government or other social oversight. In others parents are presumed to be the best judges of the upbringing of their children.

I can imagine some real horrors resulting from "home schooling" programs designed to the customers' specs.

Yes indeed!

In the Cordwainer Smith story "Think Blue, Count Two"; one of the characters had a dirty secret: he was raised by his biological mother.

There is a similar sentiment in Brave New World: everyone is disgusted that the Savage has a biological mother.