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View submission: Good Parenting - can it be incentivized ?
Would never work for about a thousand reasons.
First of all, parenting style is determined by one's own upbringing, their parents (for better or worse), religious views, level of education, and moral beliefs.
Thus, it is impossible to even define what makes good parenting because it's entirely individualized and subjective, aside from not letting the kid die and not beating/abusing them (even physical harm is considered acceptable in some cultures).
Next, there are a whole host of issues relating to childcare that have yet to be addressed before tackling something like this (speaking for the US here). We still don't even have paid paternal leave for new fathers and for many lower income working mothers, public school is their childcare. And public education is currently in a state of decay, not to mention the already woeful lack of social safety nets in general. So I'd say those issues need priority before adding a financial incentive for existing parents.
Plus, when you consider that any social service always requires either additional tax or cutting other social programs to fund it, you have a nonstarter of an idea.
Comment by ChoiceReflection965 at 27/01/2025 at 00:50 UTC
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My city already has a program teaching good and healthy parenting skills. Parents are paid a stipend if they attend the whole program. It’s pretty popular and effective!