Writer's Block: You and me and baby makes three

[cutthroatpixie]

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I do feel that having children is a privilege, not a right that everyone is just automatically entitled to, but I also think there's really no way to test for sure that somebody would be a good parent and is more deserving of it than anybody else would be. You can't restrict that shit based on income, because yeah, somebody with more money would have more of an easy time making sure all the child's basic monetary-based needs are met, but that doesn't mean they'd be an awesome A+ parent. Same goes for intelligence. Just because you think somebody is stupid doesn't make them a bad parent.

You can't really test how good of a parent a person is because how many "smart" people out there are totally competent at whatever subject it is they're being tested on, but fail the test for whatever reason? Some people might look good on paper and have all sorts of so-called knowledge about how to raise a child, but completely fail at it in theory. Others might have no fucking clue what they're doing but be wonderful, loving parents. You also can't be giving test children around to people because seriously those poor kids would be so messed up and no matter how annoying those robot babies are you just can't make a fake kid and have the same results as a real one. :P

If a person does have children and is abusing those children, then yes, they should be taken away from that person and hopefully put into a better, more loving environment, but when it comes to actually having said children, I really don't think there's a perfect way to prevent people who shouldn't be having children from having them without also screwing up and accidentally preventing people who really should be having those kids. It's sad that there are horrible people out there raising children in unsafe environments, but it's also hard enough for some people who really want children but can't have them for whatever reason without adding even more restrictions.

Also, seriously, some of the other answers I've been looking at are just making me think we'd end up having underground illegal pregnancy rings or something bizarre like that. Look at how well people pay attention to other shit that's illegal when they really want it haha.

Comments

[ferahgo.livejournal.com]

This is the first answer to this question on my friends list with which I've actually agreed to in its entirety. Most people have been saying that parents need to be tested/analyzed/scrutinized before being "allowed" to have children. That might be nice in a perfect world, but in reality I think it'd be a horrible idea and I wouldn't want to live in a system that found it acceptable to do that.

[cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com]

I can totally see some of the logic behind wanting to somehow monitor who has kids and make sure that kids don't end up in abusive homes, but I really don't think anyone would honestly want to live in a world like that. It just screams dystopia novel to me. Homosexual couples already have problems adopting children, a world where "stupid" couples or "poor" couples or "ugly" couples couldn't have their own children isn't one anyone should want to live in.