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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: raising children
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.190541.14097@radian.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:05:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.030240.26650@spdcc.com> pentangl@spdcc.com (Scott Moir) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.000618.19319@radian.uucp>, markbr%radian@natinst.com
- >>(markbr) says:
- >>>ABSO-FUCKING-LUTLY!!!!! Isn't marriage & creating kids, to be inserted into
- >>>society, at *least* as requiring of training as getting a drivers' license?
- >>>
- >>>I want there to be a *requirement* for a marriage license that you have
- >>>taken an approved course (like the defensive driving courses) on parenting,
- >>>and one on relationships.
- >
- >I would rather that people who -are- currently parents be certain to make
- >an effort to teach thier own kids what relationships are really about. The
- >parents would be in the best position to teach this as well, by showing
- >direct examples. This sort of change is something that takes time.
- >
- >There can be some addressing of this (especially communications skills) in
- >schools. But I don't think I want the government at any level having the
- >power handed to them to teach our kids anything so basic.
- >
- The trouble with that lovely idea is that a) many don't, b) there's a hell
- of a lot more out there that are lousy parents (i.e., we're outnumbered).
- And what I was suggesting was not gov't run. Haven't you ever had to take
- (e.g.) a defensive driving course to get a ticket rescinded? Those are
- *private* but *accredited*.
-
- mark
-