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I think potential parents should really evaluate why they want children. I know so many people that just wanted babies, without really thinking of the lifetime commitment, and now regret it. Why put your children in a situation where you don't want them or wish you had waited?
I think parents also need to set up some sort of financial plan for educating their children when they graduate from high school. It's a necessity to have some sort of post-secondary education now, and I think many parents start making plans too late.
I think the idea of a shadowing program is a great one, especially for people who didn't receive the best parenting themselves. It gives them someone else to model themselves on. Not to mention the whole part where it brings home the reality of a child.
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