Should Parenting Require a License

This article takes into consideration that parenting classes should be taught in high school. It reinforces the idea that new skills are being taught to prepare students for the future, but one of the most important skills, how to be prepare to raise a child, is not being taught. The article reasons that if parenting classes would be provided in school, it would provide many benefits to society and students. For example, “...[I]n 2011, 329,797 babies were born to high school age moms” (Anderson). If parenting classes were taught in school, it could help expose teens to the appeals of raising a child and can better prepare them for the future. Parenting classes can also reduce the rate of child abuse. Child abuse is believed to be caused

Today, obtaining a license is necessary for a many activities including: driving, hunting, fishing, scuba diving, teaching, and practicing medicine, to name a few. In recent debate, licensing another aspect in our lives has arisen: parenting. Although incompetent parents exist, the need for a license to parent is an unethical and unconstitutional requirement that is impossible to regulate both before and after the birth of the child.

You’ve heard the saying, “children are our future.” Therefore why does the “United States have one of the worst records for child abuse” (childhelp.org). According to the 2015 child maltreatment report,” almost 7.2 million children were involved in some sort of abuse whether mental, emotional, physical or sexual and 75.3% of victims are neglected” (americanspcc.org). You’ve seen the news reports of children being neglected whether it’s a parent who forgets their child was in the car and locks them in on a hot summer day roasting their child’s little life away, or the parent who beats their child to their death, or the parent who is suffering an addiction and doesn’t provide the proper quality of life and care to their child or children that they are taken away by the state only to be dumped into the foster care system. Research states, “that an estimated 1,670 children died in 2015 from abuse or neglect and 207,000 children received foster care services” (americanspcc.org).

In short, Robin W. Simon’s article “Bundle of Trouble” provides ample evidence that parenthood has several emotional benefits, but some of these benefits are overshadowed by the financial, emotional, and social disadvantages associated with parenting. I recommend this article to individuals who are planning to have children because it might help them make more informed

I never really thought about the financial side of child abuse, especially the impact it has on society as a whole. According to a study funded by the CDC the lifetime cost of child maltreatment and related fatalities in one year totals to $124 billion. This means that child maltreatment is more costly on an annual basis than the two leading health concerns; stroke and type 2 diabetes. Programs that prevent maltreatment have shown to be cost effective, yet they are not very popular. Along with the direct costs, the indirect costs also affect society in a big way. Indirect costs are costs associated with the increase use of our health care system, juvenile and adult criminal activity, mental illness, substance abuse and domestic violence. Prevent

Are parents those who give birth to a child or those who care for a child? Does nature or nurture make a woman a mother? As more and more heartbreaking tugs-of-war between

The Licensee had provided services for an adult client male who was ordered by the court to complete a domestic violent counseling. The Licensee provides eight counseling sessions to the client and six out of the eight was via Skype. The Licensee submitted a letter to the Court indicating the client evaluation with the domestic violence issues. The evaluation was based on clinical observations, questioning, and client's background information. Licensee told the court the client is "an excellent parent with no domestic violence or anger management issues whatsoever. However, the Licensee has no formal education or professional experience in the assessment of evaluating parenting issues. The Licensee fails to observed client interact with his

The concerned parent attempts to provide all that is needed for their children to grow and developed into acceptable, productive members of society. The nurturance can sometimes become challenging and even gruesome as together, child and parents, travel through the stages of development. Kail and Cavanaugh (2010), describes two dimensions of parenting. The first dimension relates to the amount of affection and concern presented by the parent (warmth). They are genuine in displaying loving care at one end of the spectrum. They integrate

Parents’ attitudes do not always have a direct impact on their parenting actions which are often directed by the situation. As a result of this realization the study of parent cognitions has been widened to include more specific ways of thinking. When having a kid a person’s behavior is a key part to how they child may grow up and act towards others. A violent parent might result in a violent child. Not only does it affect their behavior it affects their health, a sour mood can cause a child to starve themselves or cause them to harm themselves physically. An unfit parent could starve their child because they don’t want them or the child may do something wrong and upset their parents and cause them to hurt them. A parents behavior could affect the way that child may raise their own children. For example, if a child is abused and comes out of it strong when they have kids they may feel like the only way their child will grow up and hold their own is if they are abused to. When given a license they will have taken a test and that would possibly show them that maybe their idea of parenting would have not been the best. (Should it be mandatory to get a license to be a parent: Advancing education for

In today's world children are both valued and disvalued. Children have a right to be loved and this right is nor merely empty rhetoric, but it is grounded as a human right and showing love towards the child can be an appropriate object of duty. (Liao, 2006). This right is highly protected on the governmental levels and parents themselves often make sure their child is valued. However, in today's world, we see that often children are deprived of this basic right. And it is not the only reason why children are devalued. Research shows that caregivers often are focusing on child's current crisis and their own desire for relief and that makes them forget about long-term optimal outcomes. (Rasmussen, 2014). And that is easy to understand, as caregivers are people who seek safety, pleasure, and comfort. Moreover, parents often express the desire to raise their children to be responsible, however, they rarely seek proper education on parenthood until the critical issue arises. (Rasmussen, 2014). There are a lot more problems that can lead to the child being devalued, like fear or

Obesity can also cause problems with psychological disorders. For instance depression and low self-esteem as mentioned before.

In today’s society, driving or possessing a firearm, or even owning a dog requires a license to ensure the safety of the individuals and the community and eliminate the possible consequences caused by few irresponsible people. Yet, the U.S. government still spends a tremendous amount of money on welfare and rehabilitation programs for young people to solve the problems in the society. Inarguably, the most important influence in young people’s lives is parenting; however, everyone, especially including the few neglectful or abusive people, can become parents and endanger vulnerable children. The U.S. government should require a parenting license in order to ensure only the competent people become parents.

The CDC has states that one in every four children suffer abuse. An estimated 702,000 children were confirmed by child protective services as being victims of abuse and neglect in 2014. (CDC, 2016) Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25% more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy and low academic achievement. (CDC, 2016) A National Institute of Justice study indicated that being abused or neglected as a child increased the likelihood of arrest as juvenile by 59%. Abuse and neglect also increased the likelihood of adult criminal behavior by 28% and violent crime by 30%. (CDC, 2016)

From doing research, it seems that women feel judged because of their choice or not their choice to have a child. They feel once they have a child they feel set back and end up in a lower social class because they don’t have an education. Some studies had shown that out of 4 U.S. cities, 165 full-time, low-wage workers felt education is the key to improve their economic position, even though they may be on welfare right now (Dill, 1998). This circle of low social economic class often repeats itself in future generations. When the single mom is working more than 40 hours a week at a minimum wage job, she has no wiggle room to obtain an education while also trying to be a parent all on her own. The lack of attention results in parenting skills that are often less developed and have negative effects on her

In China the government like to have more control than most countries. They have a one-child policy which limits its citizens to having one child. If they have more, they have to get sterilized and the second child is taken by the government as the rare case, and the common case would be the child be deprived of proper education and will be unregistered, while the parent would be fined. This is similar to what parental licensing could end up turning into. Parental licensing doesn’t limit the population, yet, it just limits who can have kids and who can’t.