Why are stupid people allowed to have kids?

some grow up to be president, like George W

badkitty1969

I think that everyone should be required to apply for a childbearing and childrearing license just like getting a driver's license. Just as a gauge of common sense.

Larry

And we can prevent this how.....?
We can't even prevent kids from having kids.

Crystal Violet

Many people are shocked to know that America did have a Eugenics movement back in the 30's. And the founder of Planned Parenthood was a high standing member.

I was shocked when I learned that because I had always been a suported of Planned Parenthood...But some of their early plans were to stop the poor from "outbreeding" the rich.

You like apples? How about dem apples....

bushfan88

if neddie breeds??? will she produce idiots??judging by her answer to this question...i would say...sadly...yes.

prancingmonkey

The problem is that stupid people often dont know how to stop breeding, and we cant create laws in our country limiting a certain groups right to breed. If we did that, an association of stupid people would form and get legal protection as a minority and then it would become a civil rights issue. These freedoms are part of the guiding principles of this nation. I see your point about stupid people not making the best parents on the whole, but I think my moms kinda dumb and I turned out okay. I vote, got good grades in college and I have a good job. yada yada. I would like to warn you about making sweeping generalizations. Its a bad road to go down. Having real smarts means being able to get beyond that type of thinking.

carolinatinpan

The American society is breeding stupid people by the very way our health care system is set up. The stupid people are on welfare. They get more money to breed more stupid kids. And we pay for it all. Intelligent people realize they can't afford more kids and they take precautions to prevent pregnancy. I have a 136 IQ and would love to have a son but i don't feel i can afford it right now as my wife and i are both self employed and have no health insurance. Its not American's duty to pay for my children.

King

OOO. This is deep now. Raise a thug? How in the world doyou raise a thug? Can you raise a thug in the country? I think it would be the surronding areas....ya know...the "enviroment" that leads to alot of the "stupid-ness". If someone is surrounded by people that dont care, the chances of them not caring themselves is a tad bit higher then most.

So...i think we should do the poverty thing first. Then figure out -who- would not care for their child. Then figure out who would -hurt- their own child. And then figure out who would raise a child to where...the child is...is what? Dumb? If a child is dumb, its the parents fault. So put them in jail, or cut off the love juice. Right?

Because we cant have dumb people.

The lack of something. A person is allowed to have children. Before the whole...finding out "beforehand" that a couple isnt the smartest people in the world, i think you should find out how they would treat their own child. Just because the parents arent the smartest people, that doesnt mean they want thier child to be that way.

I know alot of..slow old people AKA parents and they dont want their chld to be like them. I guess you could say...they want their child to have a better life.

Who knows...either way. I think you should focus more on the bigger problem's when it comes to the whole -who should be allowed- to have children...like child rapist and all that. I mean...really.

redunicorn

There is a bumper sticker that says: "God must love stupid people because he made so many of them."

Gardenfoot

Stupid and irresponisiable are different. There are some truely stupid people with some stupid children, although they are decent and law abiding folks, they are just plain dumb. "The First President was Abraham Lincoln during the Second World War against France and China" - A truly stupid kid. Genetics in that case.

Irresponisible people that let kids roam free or even learn criminal behavior from their parents have no right to be parents.

Godless

Anyone can have kids, and that means that anyone can be mean enough, drunk enough, or ignorant enough to give a kid a really lousy life. I agree - it should be licensed.

You should see some of the nutters in Glasgow - who have a tribe of kids - just so they can get a fancier council house .. and more Benefits.. the poor kids survive on Cornflakes..and dogfood.. What does the pink light brigade do about it .. Nothing ! because they cant as it might offend the feelings of the nutters,

katlvr125

because we can't stop them unfortunately

missmoon_1953

I think it would be a great idea myself! We need a license to drive a car, get married, own a gun etc...but the most important thing of all, bringing another person into the world...can be done by almost everyone.

redreverser

the human race would be extinct if they were not.

what_do_i_know?

Perhaps we should have a eugenics program like Adolph Hitler? I suppose the answer to your question is the same as the answer to Why Yahoo answers lets "stupid people post stupid questions"

double entendre

We need another generation of ditchdiggers, eh?

bostonianinmo

Hmmm... That was Hitler's rationale.

BTW, it's not genocide, but eugenics.

This isn't a good post to prove Godwin's law, as your question is directly related to Nazi practices on state controlled selection and breeding.

The fallacy with Godwin's law is that is specifically rejects the appropriateness of the argument. Had your question been along the lines of, "What color should I paint my car?" and someone made a Nazi reference then you would be on the right track. In this case, you're clearly not.

sway_ii

i think we should all have to be evaluated before we are allowed to have children. I have even said this before here on answers. you should be deemed fit in all areas of your life, emotionaly, finacially,and physically prepared to have children.

Oh come on people, if you decide to adopt you go through a long process and could possible be rejected, why not have that same process for people who want to have children?

chrisbrown_222

I thank GOD you are a young stupid punk and not anyone with power or position.

"Stupid" is a vaugue term in this case. Are we talking about parents with low mental capacity or people that are just uneducated? I think you mean the later.

Here is the solution: The capable parents should give up their vain standard of giving birth to their own children and adopt the children of women that do not have the desire to raise them half decently.

lee f

i understand what you're saying, but you sound MAD, you sound like the subject matter, that which you've written about. however, you are right in some of your statements, that is, if you are thinking on behalf of the childrens sake, not the "idiot parent", sake. did you ever stop to think some folks develop brains once blessed with kids. then on the other hand how would we know what a hooligan or a thug is without having one or two in existance. once again, my friend, thank all that is Holy that you are not the leader or decision maker of the process which makes the world go around...

Dirac

good question but i think it is impractical to even think of solutions to it. 'coz "who is an idiot" is unfortunately subjective... and frankly, criminals r the result of bad peers also, so although parenting affects the final outcome, it may not change it drastically!

Norskeyenta

Because to have a child is a God given right. When our Govenment says to abort fetus'es from parents that are not intelligent, then it is no better then what Hitler tried to do. He too thought that the less intelligent, should be done away with. I have heard that some of the less intelligent couples have had children that are genious. So who knows ? Even thugs and hooligans have been bred from real rich people too. Parent hope and pray that their child will become a good person. One whom they can be so proud of. But when you have a kid, who does not listen and goes his/her own way, then thats what ya got. It would be great if all parents could do what they need to, in order to have a well raised child, but once these folks have a child, it is their duty to raise them in the way they should go. Since the beginning of time, many parents are not acceptable. But it is theirs and theirs alone to raise their child. We don't know if the child will be a thug or a hooligan. Sometimes children from homes, like you insinuate, turn out pretty darn good.

Britt

Watch the movie, "I Am Sam." Maybe you'll actually learn something.

shrty0525

Because there are no breeders licenses.

Seriously, it would impinge on people's personal freedoms.

bikax1

relax dude.. its a big world and lots of different types of people out there!
everybody has a right to live and reproduce as we are biological animals, stupid or smart. i have seen a lot of people rise and shine inspite of "inferior" upbringing. lets be open to variety and people from diferrent walks of life, and let stupid people also have kids!!!

hahaha

well, you know that the world is not perfect, and honestly, I believe in society functioning as a whole, I believe that we need all types to function. really think about it, a lot of jobs come from people being stupid, indigent, drug addicted, homeless people.

Slartibartfast

Stop inferior people having children?

Selecting who can and who can't?

I think this was tried once before - around 66 years ago.
Thank goodness, the maniac whose idea it was - lost the war

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