Child Licensing

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An argumentative essay that deals with the problem of child abuse and proposes a solution that involves requiring parents to obtain a license.

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"Katherine Covell, a psychology professor, and her husband Brian Howe, a political science professor, believe that family life and parental freedoms are already regulated by the government. They maintain that the trouble is that the government only deals with the problems after they have already surfaced. They are also the directors of the Children's Rights Center at the University College of Cape Breton(Toronto). Child protective services was enacted in order to help and protect children who are being abused. I think that CPS Is a powerful and scary organization. They can take your children from you if they suspect abuse and keep them until you prove you are innocent.(other) I do not understand how it is possible that we as a society of intelligent people can let an organization like that exist without setting up some kind of system to educate future parents. There is no law that says who can and who cannot have children, and there probably never will be. But what about a law that says that all first time parents must attend a parenting class before their due date. Did you know that more children under the age of 4 die from child abuse and neglect than from anything else?(HHS)."

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