Should there be any other qualifications for parenthood other than fertility?

Question

Isn't being a parent the most responsible position a person can have? If it is the most responsible position it seems at least a prospective parent should have a certain level of education.

Answer 1

your right. thats why alot of the times the smarter kids and good lookiing one are far and few between. the poor and ugly ones keep on breeding and making more ugly and poorer kids. sad i know.  

Answer 2

Well that would be discrimination, we would be limiting people's rights to have children. How would you feel if someone came to you and said you can't have children because we don't deem you educated enough? Secondly what institution would run such an operations and who would work in them? Might someone on the list find a worker of such organization and kill them? The most responsible position, is not being a parent, its being yourself. We try to improve self with education, and if you've noticed, those two do not go hand in hand always.

However if you agree all possible parents should be put through a gauntlet of education and training so they can raise a healthy kid, then now your making a bold statement that many people will agree with.

Answer 3

We need all types of people in this world or the world would not function.  We need stupid, smart, educated, uneducated, leaders, followers, etc... in order to survive.  So, no....there should be no qualifications.  God chose the only necessary qualifications.

Answer 4

Formal education does not ensure good parenting skills.

If I were king or God, I woulde insist that every prospective parent (mostly teenagers) take parenting classes and be married.

Answer 5

In an ideal world, everyone would be taught how to be the best parent and how to treat your child with the care and attention he or she will need. However, what must be remembered is that a child will take its parents own behaviour as the correct way to behave, and this can be a very hard thing to shake. If a child is abused at a young age (not just physically) then they may take this as normal behaviour for a parent and take that to their own child, who passes it to their child and so on. Even nine months of parenting courses and advice from professionals etc. will usually only give the prospective parent the technical aspects of parenting. In this day and age, a parent cannot be forced to take pre-child classes, nor can they be forced to make all the right decisions concerning that child. Instincts are learnt at a young age - an age that isn't influenced by schooling, intimacies or anything other than observing behaviour of those closest.

Apologies for rattling on.