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butterblocksmom (965.6 days ago)
They should have to write and pass a test with 80% or higher, lol!
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california-mom (965.6 days ago)
I think people should be screened prior to having babies lol!!!!
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jessberr31 (965.7 days ago)
Wow! I agree with a lil of everyone! =) I deff think people with prior Children`s Services involvment need a mandatory class. Obviously there was a reason for their involvment, especially if children were removed before. In that case they most likely need ongoing supervision/extended help anyways. An optional class is a good idea, maybe at the hospital. Theres a Newborn Channel at the hospital I had all my kids at and it teaches all the `basics` of newborn care. I think most people have enough common sense to do okay, but there is a lot of people who are nervous about taking the baby home and may need a little something to reassure them. I was nervous with my first, even though I had been around babies/kids all my life. If it would have been offered and free I might have participated just as a refresher, I believe I can always learn something new. As far as the parenting styles, I too think it should be totally non-biased.
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pooka (965.7 days ago)
I think mandatory is going to far. Everyone has a right to learn as they go and develop their own style. Who`s right is it to say `do this with your baby or do that` Obviously there are some basics we all need to learn but in most places hospitals ensure that all new parents know how to bathe, change, clean etc their babies. I think more effort should be made to insure young, experienced,challenged or support lacking parents have home support when they need it then forcing everyone to take a parenting course. What good is a parenting course when you come home tired, stressed, unsure, and thrust into parenthood like a crash test dumby meeting a wall head on if you have no support. Parenthood is not math or science it cannot be taught in a class room it comes from supportive experience. Sure have classes for those who want them or need them but honestly I think the majority of parents do just fine and those who don`t wouldn`t change their ways because if a parenting course anyway.
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tiffany2 (965.8 days ago)
Before My husband and I left the hospital we had to go to a class. It was only about 1 hour long and they just talked about feeding and diapering your baby. And they said don`t shake your baby about 10 times. My husband and I knew everything they said already but there was a woman in there taking notes lol.
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RobinG (965.8 days ago)
TX ((hugs))
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heathert (965.8 days ago)
robin- well said
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RobinG (965.8 days ago)
Some parts of parenting vary with each family and their views so those things cant be touched on as the only way to go but there are some things all parents world wide agree on ~ even if slightly different in their approach. There can be a class that discusses the many different typses of techniques, choices and options and then you can decide for yourself what you want to do. Hense the blog I started back a few months on Parenting with a Palette and what I refer to as the "Palette Method". Many choose only one method because that is the only one they were aware of, not because it was the one they necessarily preferred. And some parents misunderstand and think that if they choose one method it is an all or nothing approach. Again Parenting with a Palette. And any teacher can touch on ways docs suggest doing things to prevent SIDS, handling PPD, hormonal adjustments, how to avoid being a married single parent and how the father or SO can be most helpful by doing such and such. Shaken baby syndrome, CPR, Meds and dosages for those that choose them, what is considered a fever and what isnt, formula types for those that choose them, who to call in addition to your Ped (like early intervention) should you suspect a delay etc etc. Many for example dont evenknow that thier taxes pay for EI and it is for thier use up to age 3 if their child meets the requirements. I think guys are more apt to be helpful when a doc or nurse gives them some advice on how to be the most helpful versus us just telling them what they need to do. Selective hearing ya know :) There can be an effective class for all parents to take if the course was carefully selected. It should be a class on the many options out there, not just one way of doing things. Because the more we know the better will be at choosing what we prefer to use and not use. In a class room a teacher shares all they can regarding a subject, not just the part they like or prefer most so it should be the same idea. Even resources locally for that area, many moms need assistance and dont know what is our there.
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sheework (965.8 days ago)
I mean people take lamaze class before birth why not a parenting class after?
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sheework (965.8 days ago)
Yeah I can`t find the first one. I am talking about a class that would be the basics. I mean most people leaving with a new baby have no idea where to start.
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jpcm (965.8 days ago)
I think most controversial opinions/parenting styles, can be covered in one class, in an informative way, such as breastfeeding, formula feeding, what if you can` tbreastfeed, and have to resort to formula feeding? What if 2 days after having baby, you all of a sudden decide to breastfeed, but dont` know anything about it, it wouldn`t hurt to hear both sides, and have an understanding of both, same with circumsizions(sp), same with diapering, it wouldn`t hurt to learn to use both. Atleast you have an understanding of what both go through and how to respond and react should you have to do the opposite of what would normally be idea in your situation :)
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jpcm (965.8 days ago)
i think most parenting is common sense....but, on the other hand, i think, if you are under a certain age....yeah, a parental class wouldn`t hurt, or maybe liek a mentoring session...so you can see what is realllllly involved in having a baby, before leaving hospital with one. .when i first left hospital with my first baby...i was like..OHHHHH crap....they just let me leave with her!!!?????
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happyforest (965.8 days ago)
on your first poll i said no, but i just had an idea. maybe a `basics` class should be required by people who have previously had children taken away from them for neglect etc.
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thebigtomato (965.8 days ago)
I think that people who are truly bad parents wouldn`t take anything away from a class anyway so it would be pointless.
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happyforest (965.8 days ago)
did your other poll get deleted?
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~amy~ (965.8 days ago)
I am the second oldest of 9 so I didn`t think i needed a parenting class :) but I think some should take one just for their own learning. Not mandatory or anything but it should be offered.
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