All first time parents should be required to take a safety class for the emergency care of infant

<<- Look Candice your killing freedom that is why, your argument is not that allot of first time parents are inadequate to raise children. It is that "All first time parents should be REQUIRED">> So, are you insinuating that children should not be given every chance of health and happiness because YOU think that the government shouldn't REQUIRE you to do anything? Sorry to tell you, but that's what our government is here for. To insure that we live life lawfully, and treat other's around us with care and respect. Why should American children not get the same respect, and insurance of safety and care? < > Your tax dollars will be going to SOMETHING, so why not some to that? Perhaps we could tax cigarette's more so idiot's that smoke could pay for it. This will not be a parenting class, it will a first aid, and safety class. Things that ALL parents need, and should definitely be equipped with. <<- This is your problem my friend, you have it in your head that the reason the majority of people do not murder or steal or rape is because government says it's bad. This is not the case the reason these things are looked down upon is because they are morally wrong not because government says they are bad.>> I guarantee you 100% that if you legalized murder, murder rates would go up.Same of rape, same for burglary. I also guarantee you 100%, that if you made it mandatory to go to a safety class, that the survival of infants and toddlers involved in an emergency accident, or medical emergency would go up. Isn't that worth your tax dollars? More babies being safe and secure, that's worth the world! < > It might annoy those who must go to this class. Although, when an emergency happens and they know what to do… it will be worth millions. Those two hours could change your whole life. If you loose your baby, and latter find that if you knew how to handle the emergency they would otherwise be alive, it would crush you. Two hours and it can make or break your whole world. Accident's WILL happen. Some big, some small. Why not equip this country with the knowledge we SHOULD have to insure our offspring safe lives. Your right, American's do have brains. Some people aren't equiped with up to date safety techniques. The "big daddy government" wouldn't be holding your hand, it would be holding the hand of the innocent infants that cannot ask they're parents to please know what to do if they have a seizure, or stop breathing. <<- Of course not look at Hillary Clinton supporters.>> Insulting Hillary Clinton supporters doesn't help your case, Steve. Grow up. This safety class wouldn't infringe on American's personally freedom. We would be empowering all parents to be strong, and educated on how to make all of our children safe and secure. Whatever my opponent says about personal freedom is just a ploy. Yes, or Government shouldn't tell us what to do in all aspects of our life. We can make our own parenting decisions. How does insuring the safety of these children take away freedom? How does giving a mother and father information they might HAVE to use about third degree burns on an infant hurt our freedom? What you do in an emergency is important. You could either do something that hurts, or helps. Why not make sure that we all have the information and knowledge to help. America is a great Nation. Why not make sure we all have the fundamentals on child safety. It's a small and easy step that we all NEED to take. This will make sure that those who wouldn't otherwise would get important safety techniques to help they're babies. Would you want to not pass a bill that would save babies lives because of a threat that it would invade privacy? There would be nothing but good from this program. The government doesn't make you raise your family a certain way, and they shouldn't. All this would do was insure that babies get all the chance they need to live healthy, and safely. Protecting the rights of children that deserve to live healthy, happy, and safely. That is the purpose of our Government. To protect the rights of ALL.