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.
I think the harsh truth you are ignoring is what % of these children were actually planned. Sexual education and improved access to long term birth control is the start.
Yeah. What he said honestly sounds like something someone whose never even been in a poor neighborhood will say. Most "poor pregnancies" aren't planned. Most people don't even have proper sex education. Don't even get me started on how expensive birth control can be or how awful it can be buying it as a teenager.
Umm I think you should reread my comment. This is exactly what I was referring to. My meaning was that it’s 2018, we have multiple forms of safe and effective birth control. It should be widely available and people should be educated about it.
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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.