Should the govt decentivize bad parents?

[OddBeMe]

And incentivize probable better parents?

Yes

No

[MisterWack]

How would this work?

You can’t just make a program “good parents first” then say ‘good parents will get paid in child tax credit by _, _, _, and _ while bad parents will be restricted and have to pay more’…. Just seems like it would be hard to implement.

Also I would argue, what about parents who live their life in poverty…. Since the child’s quality of life is worse than a CEO’s child born into wealth, maybe the CEO deserves better treatment while the poverty stricken get demolished. I don’t see this working out well for anyone.

[Sevenpointfive]

like what? cut off what? make laws against what? dehumanize them how? i would like the gov't to stop doing a lot of the helping. i don't want to pay a crackhead behind a desk telling another crackhead they are gonna get a lot of money and food and shelter for free.

[OddBeMe]

Thst doesn't happen

[Sevenpointfive]

it most certainly does.

[Juxtapose]

No, I do not want the government getting involved in parenting. That's a bad idea.

The government is not supposed to be our mommy or daddy. It is supposed to be a force of stabilization that interferes with our lives as little as possible with the goal of preventing an anarchy.

Constant interference in our lives is a result of a nanny state and an infantilization of the public.

[Juxtapose]

Child protective services as it is is a horrible organization which separates perfectly good families and hands the kids over to abusive child molesters.

[lightbulb27]

I don't understand. we definitely need better parents.

how about people get voluntarily "fixed" until they are trained to be parents and educated sufficiently. that avoids a lot of messes.

parenting is tough job...

[jshm2]

You need to get out more, kiddo. CPS is a real thing.

I would call them on your parents, as they've not raised you right, but that would be doing them a favour...

[Anonymous]

yeah and start by removing kids from woke parents trying to brainwash their own kids into being trans

[OddBeMe]

I'd love to see that. Sam, you're really a girl. Ahh mom i don't want to be a girl.

You people are idiots

[Opinion Owner]

oh yeah we're totally idiots for not lying to kids and trying to change their identities

[OddBeMe]

Try reading about first before you reply

[Opinion Owner]

reading about first? lmao

[GOLDFISH_smile]

No. They should just incentives good behavior and not bad behavior, and that should naturally effect parental behavior too.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

I still feel like we need to introduce an IQ and psychological evaluation to allow if a couple should reproduce

[Juxtapose]

What makes you think a government should have control over our bodily autonomy like that?

[OddBeMe]

@Juxtapose like abortion?

[Juxtapose]

Well if you're killing another human being then yeah, that shouldn't be done willy-nilly. Typically to kill another human being you need to jump through a lot of hoops, such as joining the military, being an executioner, self defense, etc.

Leaving it to the states was a brilliant solution.

[OddBeMe]

@Juxtapose bad parenting kills.

[Juxtapose]

What a wonderfully vague and nebulous statement.

[OddBeMe]

@Juxtapose bad parenting doesn't kill? I'd say it's responsible for most deaths

[Juxtapose]

No, the biggest killer throughout human history has been malaria hands down.

And again you are infantilizing people. People are responsible for their own state of mind. How I am is not exclusively my own parent's doing, I made personal choices and had personal accountability.

[OddBeMe]

Slaps face

[Juxtapose]

If you are frustrated than be more specific.

[Juxtapose]

*then

[OddBeMe]

@Juxtapose it's fine. Yes malaria is bad.

[DrPepper12]

How? Heroes of the Revolution medals? KIA recognition for dying in childbirth? Tax breaks for vasectomies?

[exitseven]

Yes, but I am not sure how to do it.

[OddBeMe]

Fair enough

[noohair]

Who decides who is bad? The "Governmant"? I don't want the governmant deciding anything for me.

[OddBeMe]

Funny how the govt follows the will of the people. Almost like we control it...

[noohair]

The question you posted is should "The Government" make a decision on "Bad Parents". Do you want the Government deciding what is good or bad for you? What expertise do they have that you do not? Individual humans can have wisdom. I do not believe that a government entity has that.

[OddBeMe]

Yes we don't hold parents accountable enough. Elected officials could make laws or policies to quell abuse.