[es.c]

My question is:
Should young mums who are BAD mums be allowed to have a baby?

Its either unfair to the mother to say she can't, or unfair to the child to be brought up deprived of a childhood

[No Man]

No. If you're going to populate the world more than it is already, you shouldn't be incapable of bringing up the child properly imo.

[GuitarWorm]

I think they shouldn't have children if they can't look after them and therefore until they can prove they are capable of having children then they can. But honestly, I think social services do a decent job of making sure children go into a safe and caring home.


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[thunder_chunky]

(Original post by es.c)
My question is:
Should young mums who are BAD mums be allowed to have a baby?

Its either unfair to the mother to say she can't, or unfair to the child to be brought up deprived of a childhood

Bad mothers as in not strict? Not feeding them right or enough? Not looking after them? You can't really stop people from having kids btw.

[Popppppy]

(Original post by es.c)
My question is:
Should young mums who are BAD mums be allowed to have a baby?

Its either unfair to the mother to say she can't, or unfair to the child to be brought up deprived of a childhood

What about older mums who are "bad" mums?
Why do you assume that the younger someone is the worse a mum they'll be?
Yes they're less likely to have a large disposable income, but that doesn't mean they won't look after their child well.
Older mums can be bad mums, look at Karen Matthews.

[OU Student]

How do you stop someone from having children?

[roarosaurus]

Why specify young mums? If you're going to say 'bad' mothers shouldn't have kids, surely that should apply to all age ranges? I mean, if you're a bad mother, you're a bad mother, regardless of age.

And it depends on how 'bad' the mother is... I mean, mothers who are bad enough at parenting already have their kids taken away as the system stands (at least, in theory).

[morecambebay]

How will you know before the child is born?
Who decides what 'bad' is?
Why only young?
We already have a social services.

[Axion]

how the heck do you know if a woman is a bad mum until shes had children?

This is another one of those pointless topics that:

1. has no answer
2. will never happen

[Annie72]

No one can say for sure that they are going to be a bad mum until they have actually had a baby.

[Popppppy]

(Original post by Annie72)
No one can say for sure that they are going to be a bad mum until they have actually had a baby.

Agreed. I admit when I found out Peaches Geldof was pregnant, I thought "Oh no the poor child has no hope", but she seems to have really taken to motherhood.
Another example is Nicole Richie, she was a complete mess before having kids, and has now completely turned her life around.

[Herr]

What exactly constitutes a bad mum?

[ufo2012]

(Original post by Herr)
What exactly constitutes a bad mum?

One that ends up on the Jeremy Kyle Show and shouting at the kid and vice versa.