leopard_eater t1_isn2l2r wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:18 AM

Reply to comment by MaximilienHoneywell in Child reportedly stabbed to death by her mother at NW Harris County park, sheriff says by OrigamiKitties

I know, it’s so hard to understand what to do.

It would be nice if there were more parenting classes that could simply be sent to your phone if you subscribed. I also know in Australia there used to be a parent line where you could call at any time and say that you couldn’t handle your child screaming or you were feeling depressed, and they’d give you strategies to calm down or send help out to you if you needed it. I also know that Utah had a ‘baby return slot’ in the side of some hospitals where you could essentially surrender your baby by putting it into the slot, ringing the bell and leaving, no questions asked.

Some of these sorts of things can help parents that just can’t handle it. And that’s ok if they can’t, I’d rather their child be safe and them not having to be a parent anymore if they don’t want to be.

But agreed, there really isn’t a way to ensure that a parenting license doesn’t become eugenics or christofacism, though I wish it wasn’t so.

SleazyMak t1_isp28re wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:18 PM

When all proposed solutions are worse than the problem they’re trying to solve, you’re left with finding another solution (there is none) or accepting that some problems can’t be fully solved.

Better education and free access to mental health services would help this problem - but there’s no solving it as Americans would revolt if you tried to ban certain people from having kids. And they’d be right to do so.