Being A Decent Human, First Cent

You become a decent person when you realise that you are no more and no less important and special than anyone else, and your behaviour reflects that. If you believe your rights are more important than other people's rights you are a bully, and if you believe your rights are less important than other people's rights you are victim -- don't be either.

Everyone has the same intrinsic rights as everyone else, and while some rights take precedence over others the rights of one individual are the same as the rights of any other individual. Perhaps a better indication of whether you are a decent or selfish person is whether your behaviour shows that the rights of your child are no more important than the rights of other children. To want to protect your child to the extent that they get a negligible benefit at a large cost to others is perhaps natural, but part of being a decent person is having reason replace instinct.