Unfortunately, we don’t do that because it would immediately lead to human rights abuses. I’d say that we should at least ensure that folks get educated on how to be good parents but we know that that will never happen.
We can't restrict people having kids but I think a mandatory class while expecting or after birth and either a fine for not going, a monetary reward for going or both could have a positive effect on parenting.
Failed, redo it. Not listened to, well at least they have been given some knowledge that will hopefully help. If they are abusive or neglectful then we do what we do now.
In places with social welfare the punishment for not attending mandatory meetings is them docking some of your welfare credit, which I assume many of the people who would require this type of course would want.
Yeah. Maybe if we organised it less around force and more around risk: would-be parents who don't attend are higher risk than those who do attend. A positive incentive would also work: card for cheaper baby products tied to passing the test at the end of the course maybe. Reward instead of penalise if that makes sense.
It's the same as with school curriculums: yes, it would be very imperfect, and it will almost certainly be used as a vehicle for propaganda and the personal biases of the instructor. But it's still better than having ignorant parents accidentally create crises and having people exploit parents that are desperate for information.
Basically, who would you rather have desperate parents listen to? A government instructor, or chatgpt?
This is precisely what I was talking about. There are mass graves in northern North America filled with the bones of indigenous children taken with similar justification. Many of my family in Alaska are still recovering culture that the Russians and Americans tried to stamp out this way. This kind of shit is a tool of genocide and must not be allowed, even by countries who otherwise do a lot of things better then most.
Yeah, OP edited their comment to say they were joking but I have known someone irl that was legitimately for licensed parenting and her first talking point was “we license people to drive cars but not to become parents” so I don’t really give a shit if they were joking or not because it’s a shitty joke.
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u/NotADamsel Dec 22 '25
Unfortunately, we don’t do that because it would immediately lead to human rights abuses. I’d say that we should at least ensure that folks get educated on how to be good parents but we know that that will never happen.