I totally agree, Neuro. Really, considering what you've been through and what you've made of yourself despite all that should work for you, not against you. You WILL be a great mum one day, though.
I understand screening, but really I wish there were some mandatory parenting classes for biological parents, so a big portion of kids wouldn't even be in need of foster care in the first place.
It'd definitely be helping a problem before it starts. I truly believe that a lot of "bad parents" are bad because they don't know how to handle themselves when they get upset or when their kids wouldn't comply and often it is because their own parents didn't know how to deal with them so they, of course, can't offer counsel.
I doubt it would totally solve the problem, but considering you can't drive legally without knowing the basics, you can't work certain jobs without certification and that parenting is MUCH more difficult than driving or fixing cars, I think it's a joke that people think that because a woman and/or man have a baby, they should automatically become expert parents.
Yup. Equipping them with skills and strategies would help a lot. It wouldn't solve everything, and there'd obviously be people who took no notice of the classes, but at least it'd be an effort. Implementation of it would be difficult/impossible, though.
There are some people that just shouldn't be allowed to breed. But that is well out of anyone else's control. Sad bit is, it's the innocent kids that end up hurt. And anyway, people like you prove that good can come from very bad parenting.
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I totally agree, Neuro. Really, considering what you've been through and what you've made of yourself despite all that should work for you, not against you. You WILL be a great mum one day, though.
I understand screening, but really I wish there were some mandatory parenting classes for biological parents, so a big portion of kids wouldn't even be in need of foster care in the first place.
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It'd definitely be helping a problem before it starts. I truly believe that a lot of "bad parents" are bad because they don't know how to handle themselves when they get upset or when their kids wouldn't comply and often it is because their own parents didn't know how to deal with them so they, of course, can't offer counsel.
I doubt it would totally solve the problem, but considering you can't drive legally without knowing the basics, you can't work certain jobs without certification and that parenting is MUCH more difficult than driving or fixing cars, I think it's a joke that people think that because a woman and/or man have a baby, they should automatically become expert parents.
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Yup. Equipping them with skills and strategies would help a lot. It wouldn't solve everything, and there'd obviously be people who took no notice of the classes, but at least it'd be an effort. Implementation of it would be difficult/impossible, though.
There are some people that just shouldn't be allowed to breed. But that is well out of anyone else's control. Sad bit is, it's the innocent kids that end up hurt. And anyway, people like you prove that good can come from very bad parenting.