True you could explain a lot of things that need to be explained. But would forcing people to do this really a good idea, especially when it’s already offered by most hospitals?
Thoughts?
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March 1st, 2010 at 5:38 AM
The pro’s… people wouldn’t have to figure out the impossible task of diaper changing on their own.
The con’s… A country full of cloned sheep, everyone walking, talking, and thinking the same thing, because their parents all raised them based on the same textbook.
EDIT: And children should only be removed from a home if they are at risk of emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse; or if they are being neglected.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:59 AM
To answer your first question, I think that forcing parenting classes would do little good. The classes that are “offered by most hospitals” don’t teach much about parenting. They just give safety tips for newborns.
Secondly, the mentality that if the parents do not take the parenting class, their child will be removed from their home, the parents will be imprisoned and the child will be put into the system is absurd. Not all good parents take parenting classes, and not all who take parenting classes are good parents.
March 1st, 2010 at 1:24 PM
You have read or heard of some predictions about this maybe.
Well, we could force Jr High School kids to take parenting classes maybe but I don’t know that a child could be removed from a home in the United States of America without some very good reason.
The system is too overwhelmed by the kids that they had good reason to remove from their homes already. Governing human relationships to this extent is not really possible in a Free Society.
What the government could do is give citizens a tax break if they go to these parenting classes.
I would like to see parenting classes but I don’t know that the people who need them the most would honestly take away much anyway.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:11 PM
l think that for new parents, it’s a good idea. They can teach them about breastfeeding, what the baby likes, how the baby is growing, etc. and that may ease a few new parents fears. I can remembering being a first time mom can be sort of confusing and you have a million “what if” questions you would love to have answered.
As for, PARENTING(discipline, child-rearing, etc.) classes…i don’t know how you would be able to come up with a class for that. Each person has a different belief, a different method and a different lifestyle. Teaching people how to parent is sort of like saying “don’t tell me how to parent my child” it just wouldn’t work. It’s too wide range of different methods. I think that maybe for parents that have a mentally disabled child, a child with a disease, new parents, parents that have lost control of children, there could be a class offered for those type of things/support group.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Cons: costs too much to enforce
Pros: educated parents
As long as the class is free and doesn’t take too long, it shouldn’t be an issue. Imposing penalties like taking the kids away is horrible. It should just be a fine or withholding of the birth certificate or SS#. What really needs to happen is population control. Stupidity breeding stupidity needs to stop.
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:29 AM
I know you’re not the troll that liberal hippie whatever her face is. Since I assume you’re seriously asking I’d have to say how could anyone think that it would be overall good for us?
It’s short sighted to just see some of the benefits. It’s un-American. We’re individuals. Sure, we’re shaped by society, but our socities are so different. Go to Fairbanks, AK, Atlanta, GA, and Boston, MA. Three completely different cities. Do we want a generic class that’s going to teach us how to be obedient citizens? That sure as hell isn’t going to go over well in Fairbanks at least.
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:56 AM
It would never be enforced. Do you really expect the Amish to ride their horse into town to take a class just so we don’t disturb their way of life and kidnap their children?
The hospitals are free to send home a flyer that says “please feed your kids” or whatever, but the more mandatory things we are forced to do, the less freedom we have.
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 AM
no two people on this board even agree on what parents need to know. typically hospitals do provide new parents with basic information on feeding, bathing, not shaking the baby, etc. beyond that, it seems like a hopeless proposition to find a set of principles that everyone would agree upon.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:29 PM
the pro: children will have more informed parents….maybe. the con: parents will hide pregnancies and births to avoid it and these children, most likely wouldnt be better off.
i think putting a child into the system should be avoided as much as possible.
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 PM
i think everyone should be forced ..deffinately
I see nothing negative about it
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:55 PM
This is almost the same as this question- http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:13 PM
the only circumstances in which i would think it would be acceptable to force someone to take parenting classes would be if the parent is receiving any kind of public assistance or if they have had any involvement with law enforcement.
edit – it’s not about money, about using good judgment. duh. and for the record what does jon benet have to do with it?
edit 2 -actually, it is about the LACK of money, which increases stress. statistically parents receiving public assistance are more likely to have children who develop behavior problems and if i am paying for them to receive assistance, i would like to make it more likely that their child not become a burden on me or anyone else in society.
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:23 AM
I don’t think there are any cons. Safety for infants and children in my opinion, trumps the parents right to say it is there lives and should not be forced to do anything. It is offered but not mandatory at the hospitals (although at my hospital, it is mandatory to watch the shaken baby syndrome video before you can leave with your baby, and I applaud the effort of the hospital) Inprisoned? No. Child taken until requirements met yes. I am sick to death of hearing of little infants being raped, beaten, bitten, kicked, burned and killed b/c of a parent, if this would save a life it would be worth it.