Would you support having to take a course before having a baby?

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by West Karma

My post Might go down as one of the worst post in the history of BC!! WOW!!!

fyp

[Ashartus]

Unfortunately a lot of the time when parents really expose their kids to home it's a matter of either complete stupidity or not caring (e.g. parents too high on drugs to look after their kids), so in those cases a course wouldn't help. It's still a really good idea, and should be encouraged. We almost need a test to see if people are even qualified to have children in the first place, but the general attitude seems to be that having kids is a right (without giving any consideration to what kind of life those kids might be getting).

I'm not seriously advocating preventing people from having kids (though there are definitely some people who shouldn't), but maybe as a society we need to find ways to be more proactive in protecting children from really bad parents.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Slava

What do you do to the couples who fail the course?

Originally Posted by flameswin

Originally Posted by West Karma

Might go down as one of the worst post in the history of CP!! WOW!!!

I was just suggesting that those parants hang up their coats in the lobby, because they're taking the course all over again!

[bcb]

Taking care of Kids 101: The 7 Step Method
Lesson 1: Choosing the correct size television for proper brain stimulation
Lesson 2: How young is too young for an Ipod?
Lesson 3: Your child's teacher: The surrogate parent
Lesson 4: Age 8: Introduction to Swanson's TV dinners
Lesson 5: So your child burned down the school library...
Lesson 6: How to correctly blame everyone else for your child's deficiencies
Lesson 7: Etiquette during visiting hours at the local correctional facility

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by bcb

taking care of kids 101: The 7 1 step method
lesson 1: Choosing the correct size television for proper brain stimulation
lesson 2: How young is too young for an ipod?
Lesson 3: Your child's teacher: The surrogate parent
lesson 4: Age 8: Introduction to swanson's tv dinners
lesson 5: So your child burned down the school library...
lesson 6 1: How to correctly blame everyone else for your child's deficiencies
lesson 7: Etiquette during visiting hours at the local correctional facility

ftfy

[kipperiggy]

Originally Posted by puckluck

I think that there should be punishment for the parents if they don't take the course. No punishment should be punishment for the baby though so a financial punishment would be out of question. Honestly I don't know what the punishment could be but I thought this was a interesting debate.

Any punishment ideas?

It would be difficult to punish simply the parents, but not impossible. Take away their drivers' license or something. I honestly don't know off the top of my head. So many potential punishments would just ripple down.

[Otto-matic]

It depends on the couple IMO.

I'd be for taking a course if the couple was extremely unstable and unreliable to become parents. It could enlighten them on actually changing their lifestyles to better suit a offspring.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

It depends on the couple IMO.

I'd be for taking a course if the couple was extremely unstable and unreliable to become parents. It could enlighten them on actually changing their lifestyles to better suit a offspring.

That makes sense but it would be pretty hard to find out if a certain couple was unstable or not

[jammies]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Thoughts?

I think you could use the help.

[ResAlien]

I'm all from having to take a course before having a baby as long as I get to teach the *ahem* practical side of it. Bring on the wimmins!

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by jammies

I think you could use the help.

Wouldn't he first need to find a woman with low enough standards to allow him to impregnate her? That could prove challenging.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Chop off the mans penis.

Make sure to chop off the woman's tits and sew her vagina up, too since you seem to think that disfiguring is a good idea. I'm an equal opportunity sicko. If you're going to ruin the man's life you may as well ruin the woman's as well.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by jammies

I think you could use the help.

Judging by your avatar I think you're the one who needs help. Get a haircut for starters.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Wouldn't he first need to find a woman with low enough standards to allow him to impregnate her? That could prove challenging.

Not if I hire a hooker and put holes in the condom

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Judging by your avatar I think you're the one who needs help. Get a haircut for starters.

For starters? That reprobate needs much more than a haircut to fit into normal society. Maybe some damn pants would be a good starting point.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Not if I hire a hooker and put holes in the condom

Aren't you afraid of genetic mutations if you knock up your mother or sister?

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Aren't you afraid of genetic mutations if you knock up your mother or sister?

My dad and grandma had me and everything turned out fine.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Get a haircut for starters.

Babies *like* long hair, they grab it with their wee fists in endless fascination. See, you don't even know the first thing about babies!

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by puckluck

My dad and grandma had me and everything turned out fine.

Then what's with this talk of courses?

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Then what's with this talk of courses?

For people like you.