Rights and Responsibilities

    Rights and  responsibilities are inherently connected. Where there are no rights, there is no responsibility. So, for example,  if one's parental rights are being willfully denied by a person of authority there is no "parental responsibility". To force upon another the responsibilities of a relationship is a form of violence against that person, the one refusing to take responsibility loses all rights in that they have relinquished them. The one then assuming those rights cannot be held responsible for how they take responsibility for the responsibility thrust upon them. The one refusing to take responsibility is accountable to the one whom they have forced responsibility upon and can be held responsible for restitution for any injuries incurred by the one forced into a position of responsibility.
  A responsible person does not rob others of their responsibilities, they may help them fulfill them, however they do not dismiss them nor undermine them. They certainly don't go running to "mommy" when they feel insecure and threatened. They take responsibility for themselves, their relationships and their actions.