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Who determines the criteria needed to obtain this license? What is education? Education on how to parent or K-12, or both? What is training/counseling? What happens when people don't get a license and have a kid anyway? Are we going to put them in jail? Fine them? "Eliminate" the kid? How would doing these things lead to better parenting? It's plenty of people who have at least some form of all those requirements, yet clearly have no business being a parent. Who's going to pay for all of this? Individual out of pocket? Taxes?
I've often joked that people need a license to have kids. But it would be a logistical nightmare.
Neither of the two options you gave. I would not trust the licensing body to be any smarter or more capable than your average idiot. And I would fear interest in manipulating society on the part of religious zealots.
Thanks for your input. Forgive me please, but would you mind elaborating a bit more on this statement?
Who determines the criteria needed to obtain this license? What is education? Education on how to parent or K-12, or both? What is training/counseling? What happens when people don't get a license and have a kid anyway? Are we going to put them in jail? Fine them? "Eliminate" the kid? How would doing these things lead to better parenting? It's plenty of people who have at least some form of all those requirements, yet clearly have no business being a parent. Who's going to pay for all of this? Individual out of pocket? Taxes?
I've often joked that people need a license to have kids. But it would be a logistical nightmare.
Good comments, anadyr21 - however, these sort of concerns has not impeded government to step in to limit/restrict/govern our freedoms in other ways now, has it?
The slippery slope argument certainly does put many issues/discussions such as this to rest quickly, I've found.
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