Should parents have licenses?

Pat · **Posted:** January 9th, 2007, 11:44 pm

I got to thinking today, why is that we need a license to drive a car, own a business, build things, and to practice medicine. But what about being a parent? I think we can all agree that parenthood is the one of the most difficult things in a person's life. Why is it that they don't need licenses?

Many parents are irresponsible and make babies that they can't afford, that they neglect, and some even abandon their babies. Why? It's because everyone with a brain the size of a peanut and some certain body parts can make a baby.

Adbot · **Posted:** January 9th, 2007, 11:44 pm

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** January 9th, 2007, 11:48 pm

Um, no. I don't think that preventing people to do what's in their nature as humans is right.

Pat · **Posted:** January 9th, 2007, 11:59 pm

But it's harming themselves and everyone around them, including the government. There's child abuse and children growing up extremely poorly and are beaten by their parents.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 4:00 am

You can't teach something like being a parent, just isn't something you can do imo.

Hel · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 5:12 am

I've been thinking this for a long, long time.

If you live in britain, you've seen what charvs are like. They get pregnant at 13 and have like 12 kids, get given a house and an income by the government and do nothing with their life. They don't bring the children up at all having had no decent parental figure in their own lives, so they see nothing wrong with this and their children see nothing wrong with this.

People should have to pass a test to be able to have children. Whenever they want to have a child, past say 18. People below 18 should still be in education. If you can't vote, you can't raise a child. If they fail the test, the foetus (if there is already one there) should be aborted, with parental protests ignored.

Ranging God · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 6:22 am

That is like that book "The New Beginning" I think. Also what are they going to do if someone get pregnate and does not have a license?

Adbot · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 6:22 am

Dave · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 8:11 am

Do you know how hard that would be? There would need to be a lot more police hired, a lot. Going around every time you see someone with a kid and making sure they have a parenting liscense.

I don't think this is necessary. Having kids is a feeling and something almost everyone wants to do, and making a liscense to do so would be just pointless.

When children have a bad childhood and are beaten by their parents, they are taken to foster homes by the goverment by reports of neighbors hearing and seeing the abuse. That solves the problem.

Pat · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 2:00 pm

if the problem is solved, how come it's still happening dave...?

Mr Pink · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 2:01 pm

There is something called mother's love, it can't be taught. It's just the nature's way comon. It would be just plain dumb hearing converstations something like this: "So honey, you passed the license test to be a parent?"

Zoolite · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 2:14 pm

Hel wrote:

I've been thinking this for a long, long time.

If you live in britain, you've seen what charvs are like. They get pregnant at 13 and have like 12 kids, get given a house and an income by the government and do nothing with their life. They don't bring the children up at all having had no decent parental figure in their own lives, so they see nothing wrong with this and their children see nothing wrong with this.

People should have to pass a test to be able to have children. Whenever they want to have a child, past say 18. People below 18 should still be in education. If you can't vote, you can't raise a child. If they fail the test, the foetus (if there is already one there) should be aborted, with parental protests ignored.

first off their called "chavs" and I think your taking it a little far by saying they have 12 kids...

This whole test idea is ridiculous, if you fail you have to have an abortion, you realize that an unborn baby is still a living thing and I'm pretty sure the government isn't going to make people abort pregnancy's. Abortion is the mothers choice it and you cannot force it upon someone no matter who you are.

Even if this did somehow happen think about the number of people are actually going to care if they have the stupid license or not. People don't really think much about breaking the law, think of the amount of people without TV licenses or driving cars without a license. It'll never happen so why bother thinking about it.

Pat · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 2:20 pm

It would solve:

population growth
child abuse
children starving to death
neglection
influence of drugs/smoking/alcohol
overall stupidity of the population
a lot of gang violence

You could do an IQ or polygraph test or a rorschak (something, i forgot how to spell it. it's the inkblot test) test to see if there's any problems, lack of intelligence, or abusive personalities in the parents.

Zoolite · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 2:35 pm

Just because someone isn't very intelligent doesn't mean they can't still make a good parent.

Pat · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 4:55 pm

that's true, but 2 severely mentally challenged people won't make very good parents.

connor10238 · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 6:27 pm

what about parents with kids already? would they get their kids taken away until they get a license!? the government can't do that, because even if adults have the license, they can't always control what their kids do with friends. even if a parent has a license, their kid could go out and smoke weed or something, and their parents won't know. that's the problem! half the parents in the world don't know if their kids take pot or weed or join gangs behind their backs. needing licenses to have a baby would make things a lot more difficult. they still wouldn't know what their kids do, no matter how much they tell them drugs are bad. needing licenses to have babies wouldn't help one bit.

Mr Pink · **Posted:** January 10th, 2007, 6:48 pm

thorny wrote:

It would solve:

population growth
child abuse
children starving to death
neglection
influence of drugs/smoking/alcohol
overall stupidity of the population
a lot of gang violence

You could do an IQ or polygraph test or a rorschak (something, i forgot how to spell it. it's the inkblot test) test to see if there's any problems, lack of intelligence, or abusive personalities in the parents.

There is something called child support.