Thread: License to breed- Do you think yes or no?

Yeah the system would be nice if more family's would adopt kids and teenagers. It's not just babies being taken out of homes, it's kids, and teenagers, and they're the most accumulative. These kids are the bigger issue... many of them are so traumatized by their situations that they develop personality and behavior issues, and many family's they end up with do not keep them for too long. A lot of kids are cycled through homes and eventually age out with no direction of where to go. Babies are easier to deal with, and thus are easier to adopt. Not to mention, there are some family's that are kid mills. They just take in the kids for the money the government gives them for taking in kids, and then proceed to neglect and abuse them. This is sadly more common than it should be. More idiots taking advantage of the government. This is why my parents took in my sister's kids when she and her husband were neglecting and abusing them. Which worked out fine because they were planning on becoming foster parents after I graduated. Those other 4 other people in my home are my sisters kids. We've had them for a little over 8 years now. So that's why they aren't contributing. They're just kids, and we're a household that believes a kids job is to go to school and learn. You may have started working at the age of 10, but my parents never wanted to burden the kids in any way. My oldest nephew wasn't even going to school when he was with his parents even though he was supposed to be. His dad would make him and the second oldest do work around the house and even come to work with him. I don't know where you live, but in the state we lived in, it is illegal to keep a child out of any sort of credited education from age 5 to 18. The kids were put through so much with their parents that my parents just want to give them as normal of a life as possible. They don't want to make them have to walk around and pick up cans and bottles to go turn in at the recycling center for money though we do do that when we happen to have cans and bottles because if it weren't for us, they'd probably be doing that while their dad spent his food stamp money on booze and chips, not caring if they were in school or not. The oldest one, my 15 year old nephew, mows lawns, and my parents have the kids volunteer at soup kitchens to give back to the community for the things we have been given and to remind them that even though we may not have fancy stuff like their friends, we could be worse off. Sure, we may not be up to your standard as poor, but again, I didn't define my family as poor. We are considered needy to the government, and we are grateful to the assistance we've received from the government and organizations. Though I do think this is getting a little off topic and sounding a little more like a lecture directed towards me on my family's lifestyle. My point still stands. Forcing people to starve won't make them work harder. They would likely just sit around and bitch about the injustices in the world. 'Only the wealthy and privileged get this and that'. Stupid stuff like that. We live in a world that no matter what our class, people desire the finer things in life, and will try their best to replicate that, be it wearing a fancy brand of clothing despite living in a shack, or driving a BMW even though you're thousands in debt. And then on top of that, it's in so many people's nature to blame everything but themselves. No one wants to accept that its their fault their life is the way it is. They will reach for any crutch they can just to convince themselves they're a victim of society. A lot of people are just plain stupid. I don't think its solely because of government assistance, nor can it be solved solely by cutting them off. That's why theories like forced sterilization exist. If they're going to act like a child, you gotta treat them like a child and that doesn't necessarily mean holding their hands, it more so means doing drastic shit such as dictating what they're capable of in life like having kids because they obviously aren't thinking logically.