Would You agree that none can harm as parents ?
The biggest monsters in history of human kind were created by parents .
Do You think there should be a psychological obligatory test to see IF people are mentally capable of being parents?
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Jenny McCarthy has essentially used her parenthood status as a tool for causing harm to thousands or millions with ignorance. So no, I absolutely don't agree. Also, look up Fred West. A parent who caused considerable harm!
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Umm, yea, there should be. There are some ppl who should in no way raise kids. Plus, there should be classes for the ones who can.
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No, because we don't actually know what kind of parenting makes monsters. Monsters are actually few and far between, and while parenting may contribute to their creation, many other things will also have affected their development. Meanwhile, many happy and well adjusted children have and will come from superficially "bad" parents. Any test you set will be based on the setters prejudices, not on any scientific knowledge. As such, it would very quickly become an instrument of oppression (possibly unconscious) of the poor and ill-educated by the well-off and powerful, who would control it. The idea positively reeks of Big Brother.
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Yes, I do agree. Parents should have to pass a basic parenting knowledge test, eg; changing diapers, feeding a baby, how much sleep a baby needs, how to hold a baby etc. They should also possibly have to undergo a course (an absolutely free one) regarding child-care. - While this may violate people's 'right' to be a parent, I feel that unrestricted breeding violates a child's 'right' to grow up with a stable home life, and parents that know how to care for it.
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that was funny, anyway ... look at the islamic culuture, we don't have these problems. anyway, in your countries, rarely people would decide marriage .. where others look at it as "COMETMENT". and if you add your psychological test, only 30+ people remain .. which means your people may find marriage the no-need in life ... all scientists agree that preprations done by goveners should help and courage people to get marriad, otherwise, your community will be a swap-female-cycle which is the community break into its descendence ... where children have no rights saved by goverment by leaked between people ... community is not an easy matter, and logic doesn't always lead into solutions ...
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no. i think this would be dangerous and almost impossible to be fair in assessing "good" parents. there are cultural differences, value differences and systemic differences in parenting that may constitute as "bad" parenting to some when in reality it is a preference. i also agree with alec up there. it would be the powerful who are determining who are allowed to have children. i do believe that neglectful parenting leads to damage in children, but taking a standardized test to prevent this would be damaging as well...in addition to encroaching on our basic freedoms that we seem to like in this country. it's a slippery slope...what would be next? in addition, what if the individual "failed" the test. forced sterilization? and if not forced sterilization, what if the "failed" individual becomes pregnant? do we steal the baby away??
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No I don't think there should be. For me, the right to start a family is a fundamental human right (well not just for me, for international law too) and while I don't believe parents have the rights to their children if they turn out to be appear to be harmful, I don't think it is right that people should have to face a psychological exam to see if the kind of parents they are likely to be matches up with the expectations and demands of the government. Even if we forget the fact that it may or may not be (depending on beliefs) a human right to begin a family, there is no way for this system to work in practice. All of our human institutions - justice, health care, law are all flawed in some way. Mistakes are made, individuals are corrupt, factors are unknown, there is the possibility for manipulation and psychology is not an exact science. I wouldn't want any law that could potentially prevent possibly fantastic and loving parents from conceiving a much cherished child.
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1) Every human is the result of parents and only humans are capable of being monsters. Or saviors. Or really anything other than basic animals. . 2) Psychologists are incapable of judging whether people are mentally capable of being parents - outside of the most cursory evidence which most normal people can spot. Psychology is an extremely important field but when it comes to yielding results or even predictions it kind of totally sucks ass. Also, psychologists' kids aren't exactly ubermenchen themselves. . Should psychology ever deliver on its implied promise to see into people's brains on a consistent and useful basis I might consider ceding people's reproduction rights to them. Until then, an emphatic no on tests for permission to spawn.
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I think they should be financially asessed so no more children are born into poverty.
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.. no comment
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I only have single word to say ... this test will only make things worse,
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