Do you think women or parents, should have to pass a course or be certified to have children?

Answer 1

Yes I do. I think everyone should be required to take Early Childhood Development by their Sophomore year in high school. Not as an elective but as a required course to graduate. It should fall under a Science credit.

Answer 2

Just because someone would pass a course or get certified to have children does not mean they would be better parents. Look at the abuse and deaths of many adopted children. THose parents were checked over, had homestudies done to make sure they were fit parents, etc, etc...It didnt make a bit of difference in those certain parents to do that. So I dont think it would make a bit of difference if someone was certified to have them. No parents are absolutley perfect anyways.

Answer 3

thats a very interesting question. I dont think people should HAVE to pass a course but if there was a course available to show people how hard it can be to be a parent then i woulda signd up for it. Parents are getting younger every year and more children are being taken into care every year if ther was a course to show paople exactly what parenthood was all about i think some of these teenagers would think twice about having a baby. x

Answer 4

No. Even taking a course on raising kids doesn't mean a
someone would do a good job - it just means they passed a
course.

Sticky question there... How about giving a couple a copy of
a parenting book when the female discovers she is expecting?

I think it would be best if parent taught their children as they
grew older in how to be responsible, caring, and productive -
which in turn would be passed on to their children.

A lot of skill in raising kids is common sense stuff, which today
is not very common.

Answer 5

That is truly a tough question. On one hand you have the fact that it is a natural human function that every woman has a right to decide or not to decide. On the other hand you have all the problems of child abuse and neglect and parents who , in general, are not ready to be parents. Where do you draw the line at who is able and who is not able to? I agree that there should be more courses offered to students to show them that being a parent is hard and takes more than having sex. As the father of 2 girls, I know when they get older, I will do everything I can to explain the joys and hardships of being a parent

Answer 6

No.Most parenting is common sense and cannot be learned from a book. Most situations that arise you have to address on the spot, there is no time to research it.Have you ever said 20-20 hindsight.Have you ever talked to people who were well educated but were sorely lacking in any semblance of common sense.No parenting course would be able to give a parent love,compassion or patience. On whose criteria do you base a good parent? Sexual orientation,income,past life experiences,housing,etc.Who should administer this course? While we're setting the standard for who makes a good parent keep in mind that your doctor, your accountant, your dentist , your electrician, your lawyer, your mechanic, etc All had someone who graduated at the bottom of their class and in the eyes of the public they are supposed to be equally qualified to a professional standard. So once again based on what standard?

Answer 7

I believe there are some parents out there that should be educated. We have forgotten what the most important part of parenting is. Mothers, fathers, and grandparents are too busy trying to prove who is the best parent, anymore. The best PARENTS out there should be busy trying to prove to their children they that they can take time out to spend with them. We are all competeing against each other and teaching our children to do the same. A mother should just be a mother, a father should just be a father, and a grandparent should just be a grandparent.

Answer 8

In my dream utopia it would be required. As a practical matter though it can't be done.

What COULD be done - and I'd personally love to see it - would be to require the parents to pass a course in order to get the TAX BREAK for the kids. Maybe we should all call our congressmen and ask about it!

Answer 9

I took parenting classes before my baby was born. I was really eager to learn everything I could prior to his birth. Unfortunately, I think a lot of pregnant girls/women don't share that enthusiasm. Maybe if there was some kind of monetary reward, more pregnant women and dads to be would get on-board.

Answer 10

the way that the government has been intruding into the personal lives of its citizens these days, it would not surprise me if someone right wing republican know it all tried to pass a law like this. Anybody with a brain should be terrified, because this is exactly what people in power these days have been working up to.