I think a committee of individuals comprised of both principled adults and emancipated youths would be far more likely to render an impartial decision than a parent would, who are likely to have too much emotional investment in the child to do that. When I say state, I'm not talking about a judge, whom I admit would be almost as likely as a parent to make a decision based on personal feelings rather than objective evaluation.

And?
Just because a child does not generally have the capacity to be emancipated does not mean that the parents may not be wrong, and the child happen to be right, on some specific question where the State ends up being called to mediate.

This is not in disagreement with anything I said, kratty.

Good luck finding such a committee - and if you do find them, it is even harder to get voters to approve it as "impartial".

A committee need not be large, and I think you can find a small group of adults who think like Robert Epstein in any given community, and that's not to mention my proposed presence of emancipated youths on those committees. I wouldn't suggest that adults alone get a say under such a system.