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Originally posted by valkyrie
Guess what, I'm going to disagree with this, for several reasons. First of all, it's not the government's business to intrude into someone's personal life to tell her whether he/she can or cannot reproduce (and yes, I am pro-choice). Who will determine the qualifications for a permit? What would you do if you didn't pass and one day became pregnant and had your child taken away?
The thing is, I'm not big on everyone reproducing. I think that many of the problems in our world today are caused by overpopulation, but I don't think that government intervention is the key -- I think that the key is education and cheap, easily available birth control.
As a side note, I work counseling parents who have abused or neglected their children, and do you know what? The best way to help shithead parents is to educate and counsel them so that they can be better. It works quite often. I'd much rather try to help people than take their children away because they're not living up to my standards.
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well, most days, i will say that parents should get permits, but realistically, i disagree. the whole idea teeters on a very slippery slope that could very well lead to genocide.
certainly a more effective way to help these parents is education. we are not running around having 10 kids and can't care for them....because we are a group of well educated people. not everyone is as educated....and that doesn't mean that they are bad or would be inappropriate parents. wouldn't it be great to teach our young women that if they meet a guy who already has 6 kids to run fast and far? wouldn't it be great to teach our young men that if they father a child they better be ready to care for him/her?
truthfully, it is both a man's and a women's responsibilty to care for the children that they have, but more often than not, one parent is absent. the majority of the time it is a man, but certainly there are absent mothers. some fathers feel after a divorce that the child isn't really their problem anymore and that it is the mother's issue. for example (and this is something i have heard from several single mothers that i know), the father does not want to pay child support because he doesn't want to give her any money. the thing is that in order for her to have a job, she needs to send her 3 yro to day care which costs roughly $700/month. interestingly, the child support is set at $700/ month. he doesn't give her one dime. she pays for her daughter's clothes, food, toys, entertainment, etc which she is only able to afford because she has a job. when her daughter is sick he REFUSES to take a day off work to stay home with her, so she ends up using all of her sick and vacation days. is this guy a royal jerk? absolutely! should he be snipped? nope.