Originally posted by: return_to_hades
I don't know how it works in India but in most countries the welfare system supports teen moms, orphaned/abandoned children, teenage delinquents etc. The welfare system is in turn funded by tax dollars of responsible tax paying citizens. Sometimes it is a vicious cycle of bad parenting begetting bad parenting. I don't like the idea of my hard earned money funding irresponsible losers. Either take care of your offspring and all their issues or don't have one. Do not burden the system with your incompetency.
Does the welfare system teach good parenting to those it suports or is it unleashing them into society to cause more damage?If the child is an adult then the parents don't need to bother. But as long as the child is the parents responsibility, I think parents ought to deal with it. Don't want to deal with pregnancy, get an abortion - teenagers shouldnt be moms anyway.Some children are born to be dificult. Otherwise we would not have black sheeps in a family. Not all siblings respond equally to their parents upbringing. Say the parents somehow coerced the teenager not to get pregnant a day before 18. Once she is 18 should they be relieved that they can now legally abandon her in the name of adulthood? Would she have miraculously attained wisdom having attained that magical age?
I accept that parents have a duty to care for their children but sometimes the children are simply rotten. A pre natal test might reveal the risk but such timely facility and cure or timely abortion may not be available due to say religious reasons of all. Who is responsible in such cases if not the society?
If tax payers want to save their money they should be fighting against all such causes than putting the full blame on the parents who in any case are doing a thankless job of rearing such children
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