Should People Have to Get a License to Become Parents Essay

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Advancing Academic Language for All (pair with Word Generation 3.24) Should it be mandatory to get a license to be a parent? GETTING ORIENTED The weekly passage discusses issues about families in the U.S. Here is some information that might be helpful to students less familiar with the issues raised. Child Abuse Family History in the U.S. According to Childhelp, an organization founded in 1959 to help prevent and treat cases of child abuse, 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States every year. Child abuse or child neglect occurs most commonly in homes where parents are alcohol or drug abusers. Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions, and at all levels of education. When the United States was a new country, common law tradition determined that the male was head of the household and had the right to discipline as well as protect those who depended on him. He had to feed and provide shelter, but he was also allowed to control their behavior. Many people believed in severe or serious discipline when children misbehaved. When people began to notice that children were being injured due to this discipline, laws were made to protect them. At the same time, the laws were written so that parents can make decisions about how to discipline their children. Licenses Some hobbies and activities are dangerous and could result in injury or even death if people don’t know how to do them safely. Driving and hunting are good examples. Because of this danger, it is a law that people must get a license from the government that proves that they are qualified to carry a gun or drive a car. A license, or official permission, means that a person took classes or passed a test to prove he or she is able to safely do the activity. Teachers must have

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