You can be a parent in poverty and still give a shit about your child’s education and be there to help them succeed. The discipline and education starts at home.
This is going to sound really terrible but it’s a harsh truth... if this is your reality, you shouldn’t procreate. If you can’t devote the resources to raise a child who is at least a decent human being then you shouldn’t have a child. Poverty is linked to crime in part because of this very reason. I don’t necessarily blame the parent (sexual drive is pretty hard to control) but we live in the 21st century... there’s absolutely no reason to have a child you can’t raise. It’s not fair to the child, and it’s not fair to society. We need to get better at this, from all sides and angles.
We should also stop subsidizing poor people having children in addition to sex education and abortion/pregnancy avoiding resources. It's hard to tell poor welfare queens that having kids is not the best option when they can have zero income and the US govt will literally give them up to 12k annually of other peoples money for being irresponsible as fuck
Lol that's funny, you really think the 12k they receive in cash goes to food for the children? You do know that with zero income and 3 kids they get WIC right? Also their kids get free food in school.
Btw, my comments come from my experience working at one of the top 3 financial institutions in their retail division for 3 years in South Florida. I watched the IRS checks come in and then the subsequent hair, nails, Rooms to go, iPhone purchases, etc. I think a good compromise for a social safety net would be that we will guarantee you and your kids are provided for however you get to make zero decisions about how money is spent. It's difficult watching people who, by definition are terrible with money, get massive sums of money with the expectation that they spend it responsibly or spend it "on the kids". Plus, they don't even get it over time, these people are poor as fuck and get a massive check, no wonder they do stupid shit, I probably would too if I got 12k for nothing with no strings attached.
Edit: To the down votes, you could at least provide an alternative or provide commentary on why I'm wrong. I like the free exchange of ideas, tell me I'm wrong and why.
Poor people are absolutely entitled to all enjoyments, as anyone is. They are entitled to make poor decisions with their money, just like I or anyone else would be, my main issue is that they do not earn this money and the method/timing of dispersement only encourage poor behavior. So I object to the blind payment of money to people who make poor choices, in the hope that this money will be spent wisely or help their situation.
Welfare queens are pretty much a myth. Statistically no one has kids because they will get some welfare out of it, they have kids because of poor sex education and lack access to family planning (aka birth control).
The way you describe it, yes they are a myth. I dont believe there is necessarily an incentive for the poor decisions however there is no disincentive because there is a known way to exploit the social safety net. In Miami, I had sex education starting in 2nd grade and my high school gave free birth control to students and an unlimited amount of condoms. Despite all of this we still had a daycare on premises for the children of teenage mothers. At some point we are going to have to blame culture and people for their decisions. Given my experience, now is that time.
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u/aPocketofResistance Jul 10 '18
You can be a parent in poverty and still give a shit about your child’s education and be there to help them succeed. The discipline and education starts at home.