Should people have to take a parenting class to become a parent?

Say yes or no, explain why or why not.Should people have to take a parenting class to become a parent?
No, even taking classes doesn't make you a perfect parent. No one will never know what the future holds with their kids.Should people have to take a parenting class to become a parent?
Absolutely, we need to take classes for stuff that is not nearly as important as parenting. Also the majority of parents have no idea about any of the cognitive and physical developmental stages of a child. Most parents should at least be versed in that.





I love people who say, ';we never had it before and we are still fine'; No actually society is pretty messed up, and honestly most of it can easily be traced back to the parents and how we are raised.
Yes and No.





Yes because some parents need a parenting class. Its not a bad thing, but it helps when you have help along the way. Also teenagers have no experience most of the time what is like with a newborn. It would be great if they had to take a class along with their high school courses on parenting. Just to get them fyi so they dont feel hopeless!





No because its wrong to force people into doing something they are not comfortable with. No one can make you take a course and that would be stupid to push something on someone. Its your child you raise him/her on your beliefs.
Yes. Not to have a child but to have sex (what are you going to do- kill the babies if the parents fail the class?) I think a class and a rigorous testing period should be mandatory. I think that crime and poverty would drop dramatically and good, decent people will once again rule the world. Or something like that.
no. simply for the fact that anybody can pass a class, and then turn around and suck at being a parent.





example. my mom never took a parenting class. my aunt (her older sister) did. both me and my brother listened well, we turned out to be good kids. my cousin smoked, did drugs, drank...she constantly yelled at him and let him get away with things, from crawling on tables as a toddler, to doing coke in the house when he was 14.
No not is they have a brain. most people have enough smarts to raise a kid without screwing them up to bad! And for those who don't the words baby, parent, and kid should never come out of there mouth in the first place.
No,if they have been raised by proper parents they should be able to do it since they have been raised for years.


Yes,if they have not properly been raised and they have not seen proper parenting.
You can't require a class in order to become a parent, obviously. But a class in human development should be standard for all schools.
I say no because everyone uses different techniques in parenting and depending on the children AND the parent, some ways work for some and some ways don't.
yes, but it'd never happen, i mean sometimes its not something you plan. and what if you fail? you can't have kids becuase the gov't would control your life.
No. Parenting classes can't teach people how to be parents. I took math class for 12 years of my schooling, but that doesn't mean I know how to do math.
no, because i grew up with young childern my whole life.and i know how to care for them. i dont need a stranger telling me how to
YESS!!





i mean if u get a job, u need training to do it well.


and being a parent is a very important job.
No. Who would be the teacher? If it was some old guy from the ACOG or the AAP with biased views of pregnancy and child rearing then there's no way that I would participate.
By the time you need the most important information, you'll probably have forgotten it all.
No, Not even the experts agree as to whats the best way to parent.
No way, the human race would probably die out.
For some, yes. I think reading most of the questions on here answers the question as to ';why';.
No. We didn't have to a long time ago either, and we still managed to make it, didn't we?
Yes. A good high school class!
no