I don't actually have any kids. I have a lot of nieces and nephews.
Well its ok not only parents have a say raising kids, goverments and society may have a role in child rearing as well
Kids are raised by everyone the come into contact with. It's best to make sure they come into contact with the right people.
Totally they are so many ways to raise a kid and just a few proper ways, there is a new tendency called attachment parenting" that has been coined by the american pediatrician William sears are you familiar with it?
I've heard of it. When I was growing up, it was just called "sleeping in the bed with mom and dad." They only did that when I was crying too much. It seemed to help.
Oh hahaha i see! i had a lot of trouble sleeping when a was a kid and my mom read this book called "Baby Wise" about a care program which the author claims that will cause the babies to sleep through the night when they are 7 to 9 weeks old
My mom had the Dr. Spock book when I was born. I'm not sure how much she followed it. At any rate, I had a happy childhood. 
Probably you had a great prenatal development! you know the process in which an embryo and later fetus develops during gestation, we are such a miracle!