Should parenting classes be required before giving birth?

Doesn't this make perfect sense? What is more important than being a good/effective parent?Should parenting classes be required before giving birth?
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No shouldn't be required, really i have seen so many parents that were forced into the classes by court and they really don't take it all that serious and aren't going to take the advice anyways. I think it is great when parents want to go but the parenting classes that would be required would teach things that most parents won't do anyways. Making someone do something doesn't mean it will be effective or lead to better parenting. It is a great option to have out there and every parent or parent-to-be should be made aware of it. My mom and i went together to an Incredible Years parenting group that took place for 3 months once a week and it was great, they provided childcare and served lunch and then snacks for the kids and the parents were rewarded for coming as well which made more parents want to actually attend and listen.
i dont think they should be required. in some cases where the parents to be are really young then maybe they should go to some form of classes but i dont think it should be essential.





i never went to parenting classes or pre-natal or antinatal or whatever they are called and i managed just fine, i was 25 when having my first child. i now have 2 children and think im managing ok. there are plenty of good books out there if u ever need to know anything and also the internet helps alot too these days.
Such classes are required for both foster and adoptive parents, so on one hand, such a notion seems to make sense. However, it's also very...inflicting...on a person's rights. It's a sort of double-edged sword; on the one hand you have stupid, undeserving, and even abusive parents who really DO need such classes. Yet, on the other hand you have perfectly capable people who don't deserve to be put into those classes, paired with the fact that billions of people have parented without classes for thousands of years.





So, in my opinion, while it would have some benefits, it is just not practical or fair.
Most first time parents need special help. And the classes should be free, but not mandatory. I believe it's imperative that these parents, especially young parents, be reminded that there are many options available to them if they ever feel that they do not want to be parents. They need to think about giving the child up for adoption rather than abandoning the child or killing the baby. Abuse is NEVER okay. And they should have to learn CPR!
its not even required to go to the docs during pregnancy to be a parent.


so why would they require parenting classes??





although i think thats dumb when people refuse to see a doctor. now that should be required.





i go to weekely parenting classes, and i love it, i think everyone should try it out. but its their choice i guess.
How is anyone supposed to 'force' anybody to take a parenting class? Have you actually been to a parenting class? They really don't teach you very much at all. I thought it was a waste of time and money. Most of the class is just common sense stuff.
Who's to say that the teacher is even a good parent? I mean...what if you fail? LOL...kind of like a driving test, you don't get your license. No ones perfect, and we all do/are going to do the best we can. But I mean really, where are you going to find someone that can actually teach something like that...not everything works for everyone, everyone has different ways of doing things, different beliefs on how to raise their children.





Sure it might help some out, but overall I don't think a class is going to teach me anything...I'm going to have to figure out how to be a good parent on my own.
Hmmm. I dont know. Sometimes in life what we think would be best for everyone isnt really the case. But there are alot of people out there that have no business having children. These people are not gonig to follow the ';suggestions'; from any class. They also are not going to attend unless they are forcefully brough to the class.


So, again Maybe. I think it is important that they are there and it is an option for people that want to take the class for sure
I don't think that a parenting class is really going to help much.





Now, thinking very sci-fi.. Wouldn't it be f'd if we could screen people for abusive/pedophilic personalities (via some sort of high-tech and specific brain scan) and not allow them around children.. let alone allow them to have them until they can pass the brain scan.





Very 1984. Do dO do Do dO do DO do..
Well maybe for new moms and especially for teen moms. But that guy had a point. What are they gonna do if moms and dads do not show? Tell them its illegal to have a baby? And honestly one class will not instill people to be good and effective parents. I mean its a start but seriously... You have the right idea. Unfortunately i believe you would have a lot of people not happy about it.
lol.. more like you have to pass an IQ test before we remove the chasity belt.





just kidding. I've thought about this before... I think yes.. unless they tell you how to discipline your children.. I will spanke my children if need be, not beat them, but I was spanked and I don't find anything wrong with it.. but I also won't try and talk others into doing what I would do.





Then with all the welfare we (the tax payers) would end up paying for it anway.
Well, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. Just because a person attends parenting class, doesn't mean that they have the aptitude to comprehend what they are taught.
No! People have been giving birth for thousands of years! Plus how do you enforce that?! ';You didn't attend the class! I'm afraid its illegal for you to have that kid.'; Thats ridiculous. Its infringing on peoples rights.
most definately i mean abortion is closer and closer to becoming illegal but in the mean while crackheads are having babies a human life is something you cant mess with and not everyone should be alowed to have children
well taking parenting classes before having the baby would help so when you do have the baby you can already know what to do so you wont struggle as much
you can bea good effective parent without someone lecturing you on how to do it.. how do you think animals know how to parent
If a mother-to-be feels that she in over her head then yes, But for alot of mum-to-Be's it just comes naturally. What i mean is classes shouldn't be compulsory
If someone doesn't have experience, then it would be a good idea. I wouldn't make it a REQUIREMENT unless you were under 18.
Yes, Absolutly
abosultely
yes, definitely!!
Yes!!!...and I would go as far as to say that licences should be handed out with kids too!! lol.
no one should be forced into that


but it does make sense
That'd make some good business
100 % YES
yes it does
yes, for both parents! It proves responsibility!
I would be in support of this.
sure