I do believe that there are some parents out there should need a license to have children. Especially, if the parents have been in trouble with abuse and neglect before in the past whether it was with children or adults.
I mean think about what all we do have to have license for now….
#1 License for Marriage
#2 License to Drive
#3 License to Practice Medicine
Recent example why: is this morning at 1:30AM Halifax police found a naked three-year-old heading for Angus MacDonald bridge . . WTF!
—Cheese Doodles
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.
According to the news, it’s not the parent at fault here, it’s the person she left her child in the care of… Then again, technically, the parent chose the caregiver, so yeah, it *is* her fault…
Dear Cheese Doodles…..
You’re wrong…….EVERYONE should have to earn a license to bear a child!!! Not SOME!! ALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
I’ve had enough of these “babies” having babies and crowding around the magnum sized baby strollers in their ugly ass sweats and Ugs, smoking and admiring each others babies……. makes me fucking sick.
BARF
Someone already beat you to that idea – serious or not.
Anyway,
The fact that the kid got out of wherever he lives without the parent noticing is pretty stupid.
Um…so, what’s the fine/punishment if you don’t get a licence? Kill the kid?
And who wouldn’t qualify? Drug addicts? Sluts? the poor? the mentally ill? some identifiable minority?
Sounds like a great idea.
Miles just beat me to it…. damn it.
how the hell are you going to enforce that?
Look at australia… that dude had kids with his kid and no-one knew…
something tells me if you enacted this then you’d be seeing that more and more.
Why Miles, whoever the governing Reich deems appropriate. That worked out GREAT in the thirties.and forties.
I don’t understand how new moms smoke. You have to quit when you get knocked up so why would you start again! I hope they are not breast feeding!
I’m with you on that one Miles. I’m sure all these people sporting the license idea are totally up for paying the extra taxes, to support the extra weight, of children the system would have to look after because of all the idiot parents out there.
And, I am NOT supporting smoking with children in anyway; however, I’m pretty sure that not all pregnant woman HAVE to quit smoking when they are pregnant. I do believe that some heavy smokers are told not to quit because of the strain it would put on the child. That doesn’t mean they are not told to cut down or anything, I just thought I’d put that one out there.
I think you mean Austria not Australia zZz… But yeh, that dude is a sicko
Cosmo…there is a presumption here that the people who are not fit to be parents are not fit because they are in some way irresponsible. How do you practically expect an irresponsible person to be responsible enough to get a licence when in most cases they aren’t responsible enough to use a rubber? Inevitably, you would have to enforce the law and assign some sort of punishment for violating that law. I obviously wasn’t serious about forcing unregistered parents to have abortions…this isn’t a serious topic.
No, it isn’t in any way a serious topic, Miles.
As for the marriage license, all that prevents is bigamy and incestuous marriages. It doesn’t do anything like prevent abusive relationships.
Cosmo: The parenting classes remind me of the defensive driving class you have to take before you can get the “N” off your license. The class essentially teaches idiots how not to be idiots but an idiot is an idiot no matter how much you try to teach them differently. Same thing would apply to idiotic parents.
Unfortunately you can’t license biological functions. I mean what’s next? A license to take a shit?
*sigh*
Do any of you have kids?
It was 130 in the morning, everyone was asleep. The child had learned how to unlock the door. No one is really to blame here. Kids are sneeky. You can’t expect the parent or babysitter to be sitting awake all night watching the child just incase they may randomly wake up and sneak out of the house. I’m sure now they will be putting a higher lock on their door and teaching the child the dangers of what he did. It was an accident. Why make more out of it?
And assuming the parent is a teen is stupid and judgemental.
Assuming the parent is irresponsible is not, virgomom. My grandmother had six kids and despite every effort not one of them got lost. I was a single mom for a long time and NEVER ONCE lost my child. There’s no excuse unless of course the parent simply dropped dead and the kid escaped. Something tells me that’s not what happened.
Virgomom, you are right, of course.
The couple that used to live across from me woke up at 3:00 a.m. to the police banging at their door–their not quite 3 year old had gotten out of bed, opened the front door and took a stroll down the street in his PJs. It could happen to anyone–most people lock up to keep trouble out, they don’t think about having to do it to keep people in. It was simply an unfortunate occurrence.
I don’t know why people are so quick to think the worst possible thing, then point a finger and, if they had their way, skip the trial and jury to get right to the lynching/stoning. It amazes me that even in this day and age, the mob mentality still predominates over understanding, common sense and reason.
It’s not “mob mentality” it’s “common sense”. Try and see the BIG picture. Keeping your kids in your house at night is NOT a unique challenge and if you fail at it you are sorely incompetent and your ability to provide for a child should fall under serious questioning! Unless the parent dropped dead there is NO EXCUSE for allowing a child to wander into harm’s way. People are quick to imagine the worst possible thing because if that child had been injured or killed on city streets (by your car?) this bitch and YOUR contribution to it would read all together different. If that child had been being babysat by another when it escaped this bitch would read all together different too. Smarten up!
The child was being babysat. The parent was at work. She works an overnight job to spend the days with her child. It was an accident that could happen to anyone. Did you sleep in your kids room to make sure they didn’t get up and explore at night? Did you wake up and check on them every 5 mins? I doubt it. I was lucky enough that my child didn’t leave at night, only because of a baby gate across her doorway or I’m sure she wouldve. I don’t question this parents parenting abilities at all. I feel bad for her to have to go through that. Shell probably fire the sitter, although its not quite their fault either. Kids are crafty. They ‘escape’ all the time. Mine did on a few occasions, but fully or partially clothed and during the day. I eventually put a lock on my front door out of her reach which worked and she grew out of it. It can happen to anyone. The best or worse parents. I’m sure she’s counting her blessings and what may have beens today. ‘
First husband died kay? Huh, that’s interesting seeing as how its not the single parent story you told before…
You need to keep your stories straight kay, you’re starting to look like an idiot.
Presumption is at the root of most miscommunication
I digress. I “presumed” you were trying to embarrass me or hurt my feelings instead of being the “independent thinking” and “very kind” Haligoian you obviously are with your contribution, lorilulu. So, I apologize. You’re not really a FUCKING CUNT, are you? myBad
Did somebody say chain-lock? Or was that “child proofing”?
Either way…
You, kay, are the one who presumed I was a piece of welfare shit on the bottom of your shoes years ago when YOU tried to embarrass and hurt my feelings with name calling because I used public transportation to get my child to daycare while attending college, among other things. You are now saying you were a single mother which is a total crock of shit, and I’m calling you on it….you just don’t remember me because your life is consumed with ignorance and hate for way too many people!
The people across from me did use a chain lock–the child simply pushed something in front of the door, climbed onto it, and slipped the chain across. Had the child been hurt during its ‘adventure’, I still wouldn’t accuse the parents of negligence–once I took the time to squash my emotional response in order to use reason instead. It is generally experience that teaches–whether it your own or someone else’s. You have the safety devices available to you due to someone finding out the hard way that they are needed.
I wonder if Kays siblings are bat shit looney like she is or did the dumbfuck gene just get to Kay?
A Family gathering would be like the Munsters do crack on the set of Deliverance
The escapee child was being minded by a baby-sitter not the parent. Apparently the sitter had fallen asleep.
I found a wandering toddler a couple years ago who slipped out of the house while her mom was doing up the supper dishes. The 2 year old was happily walking along the sidewalk of a main street with no adult in sight. I pulled over and grabbed her and not 20 seconds later her anxious mother arrived thanking me profusely and crying for the fear of what could have happened. Even well-supervised children can do something unexpected the moment one’s back is turned. It doesn’t make the parent a monster.
You guys are missing the point. There already IS a licensing procedure for most of these people to have kids. It is called “paperwork at the Welfare office”.
What is with people assuming everyone who has children is a welfare recipient? I assume, Bobby, that you are the kind of people who would never have children of your own because it would take away from your “me” time….is that accurate??
Door/window beepers.. you can buy them, as soon as the door/window is opened it gives off a beep beep beep… No child can sneak in.. or out of my house without waking me 🙂
I’d drop dead too if I had to be married to Kay.
Anyway, kids are sneaky little buggers. Sneakier than cats, even. Once they learn how to get out of the crib it’s GAME OVER.
I love seeing all the clever things they come up with. Its one of my favorite things about kids!
I’d like to see any of your reactions if you learned the babysitter let YOUR kid escape. And what’s with all the sheep-like behavior and name-calling today? My perspective is one of common sense and comes from practical experience that goes back generation after generation of women who had kids that didn’t escape.
lulu… if you were bitchin’ about a bus, yeah, get a better job. That’s probably what I said because that’s what I did when I didn’t like taking public transit with my son. Relax. And WHY should I remember bitching at you? I’m nearly positive this lulu sock puppet wasn’t attacked by me. What was your name then, huh? And why would you expect me to catch on to your ruse?
Wishing doesn’t make it so, Fat. STFU
Mistakes happen to good people kay. Just ask your parents.
They’d tell you they’re proud I put up with so much shit without going postal in Nova Scotia.
Maybe you should go take care of your own “mistake” lest it escape while you bitch
I’m an orphan now? Where did that come from and why do you think it should be interpreted as an insult?
My mistakes just fine, not going anywhere. How about yours?
Fat, I’d think the Coast’s hermaphrodite readership would be more insulted than I. I’m very secure in my sexuality. No mystery at all. Maybe you should pick on something not so endearing to the readers of this fine publication.
virgo, admitting it is the first step
I’ve got a brainstorm. Let The Coast go on network T.V. for bitches and have a host with guests. Now there’s reality television. I’d watch.
If anyone can make bus rides and getting coffee interesting, it’s LTWWB
Other new Halifax Licenses:
#4 License to smoke
#5 License to panhandle
#6 License to open a buseness on Barrington (the least popular of all)
When I was a toddler, I escaped all the time. With some kids you can’t turn your back for a minute. It DOES NOT make you a bad parent.
kay BTW it is illegal to have a lock on a childs’ door. Fire regulations, so go fuck yourself. Some kids just roam more than others, it’s fucking life so get a grip. kay your attitude is a hell of a lot worse around your kids than a midnight stroll.
That will be the day some gov’t official tells me what kind of locks I can use on the inside of my home, Bro. And Bro, you’re talking to a successful parent so STFU
kay do us all a favour and follow your own advice you crusty thing.
kay has a problem with locks because she was probably kept in a small cage for the early years of her life. explains a lot actually….
i would fully support a license to breed. some people should not procreate.
More new Halifax licenses:
#7 license to ride a bike on sidewalk/crosswalk
#8 license to skateboard (anywhere)
#9 license to respond in any way to a “Kay” comment
#10 bonus carbon tax on exhaling CO2
I digress…
Who would get to decide who does and does not get a license – our own historically uncorruptable provincal/municipal govt’?
Obviously the solution is a law which states that in any house that is the resident of a children the age of 17 and under there must be at least one fully awake and alert responsible adult, either a parent or legal guardiant, at all times to protect and nurture the child. Failure to follow this law would result in righteous parental lynch mobs and media frenzies.