The Right to Have Kids

i realise people who say "some people shouldn't be allowed..." are often not serious. but many people are serious, and i can't help but wonder how well thought out that point of view is?

it seems like a pretty short road to eugenics, to deciding what traits and characteristics should be allowed to continue, which is a potential consequence of vetting people prior to becoming parents.

even intelligent people who are emotionally stable, can be crap parents. just as poor people with inadequate education may be decent parents. who sets the standards, and what criteria would be followed? those are only 2 of the many considerations which make this kind of thinking dangerous.

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[fantasy0coach]

I think people who made those comments, predominantly made them knowing it is not a viable option.

Just venting a frustration at the amount of child abuse at the expense of parents who confuse their children as their possessions.

[gothatfunk]

that is likely the case. still, i'd been hearing this kind of thing more and more, so felt it a good idea to provide a pause for thought.

thanks for watching! :-)

[InModiasWeTrust]

Maybe everyone should have the chance to have one child, a "trial" child. If they do well through the terrible twos etc, and are stable and the child is well cared for during say, the first 5 years of life, they get to have another one? I don't know. I agree that an arbitrary test would take away rights, but there are a LOT of stupid people breeding. I don't have the solution. Interesting video, Paul!

-Modias

[gothatfunk]

also Matt, i'd offer this for you to consider:

some people are good with small kids, but crap with adolescents/teens. some people have no aptitude for babies, but are okay once the kids are old enough to understand things a bit, & so on.

in my estimation, its a rare person indeed who is really good at all phases of parenting. also, every kid is different, the first one could be easy, the next one a monster, regardless of similar parenting.

rights must be equal, or they are meaningless.

[snakebitgoat]

Also if you have a test, there WILL be ways around it

[MulletPuppet]

All I'm gonna say is if people have a right to have kids, that would mean that convicted child rapists also have that right. These are people who need their dicks cut off or their cunts concreted up!!!

No, people do not automatically have a right to have kids. It's an honor, a privilege... it should be earned!

[whyiswhat]

WHY is there not greater focus on the fact that procreation of our species at this point is profoundly selfish with regards to the non-sustainability of our over crowded planet?

IS it a willful blindness of an inconvenient truth, or remarkable arrogance of the "entitled" breeders that drives this ignorance?

WHAT will it take to have the breeders show some restraint, and to have them recognize that they are quickening the starvation of those already on this shrinking planet?

[LeksServices]

Oddly, there is a book that talks all about that. It's by a long-time relationship counsellor who noticed there was a need to explain some things. She was writing about "how to determine if a person should stay in a relationship or not," but accidently also described how to have a near perfect one. Basically, you do everything you can to make it "too good to leave," and your partner does the same, it proves a great relationship. On the other hand, it also shows when you must leave. ^_^

[fatpius]

@BigDickandLittleJon that all sounds reasonable except for "In the competition between species survival vs. human rights is side with survival."

soooooo, you've watched over 40,000 thousand videos in less than a year?

[debbieomi]

Education is needed and it has to start before people have their first child.

I have to state that I am 100% for mandatory classes for any person who will be parenting (this is biological or adoptive parents). Cover the basics of how to care for a child and their physical well being. Have classes every one or two years attending to the next phase of childhood. I hate to have more government involvement in our lives, but I see too many children who need more protection.

[debbieomi]

Every day I see examples of children being parented by people by adults lacking the basic skills to do so. I'm not talking about whether to spank or not, allowing a kid to backtalk or any of that. I see kids coming to school in sub zero weather wearing no snow pants, no hats, no mittens... I see children walk into the school carrying a can of mountain dew and a sweet pastry and calling that breakfast.

[debbieomi]

When I was in high school, we had a family life class. It was all about budgeting, wedding planning, family planning, raising children. We all got a raw egg that was our "baby". We had to take care of it for two weeks and write a report containing expenses, how we cared for the baby, what we did with it, who babysat, etc. It was very lightweight compared to the real information needed to care for a child. And, like most public school electives, that class has fallen due to budget cuts.

[debbieomi]

Don, I'm coming up with a malformed URL using this. Will you check as retype it, please?

Thanks.