The Current State of Evidence-Based Parenting Support Programs

Annotated Bibliography Author Name Institution Affiliation Sanders, M. R. (2017). The Current State of Evidence-Based Parenting Support Programs. Oxford Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1093/med-psych/9780190629069.003.0044 According to Matthew R. Sanders, parents should be certified because taking care of children is a huge responsibility. Those who are not licensed or have not received education may never be able to raise their children properly, and it will be really difficult for them to decide what is best for the little ones. Thus, certain strategies need to be implemented in order to urge parents to receive certification before they could give birth and raise a family. Just like a license is mandatory to drive and to use a gun, governments should only allow certified couples to have babies. In the meantime, they should be told how many babies have to be produced. It means a newly married couple should be taught why it is important for them to have a baby or two and then focus on raising them well. The expert further says that the notion that parenting is natural has nothing to do with reality. This because only educated or certified parents have a broad mind, and the others may not be able to provide as many facilities and comforts to their children as are needed for their bright future, health and wellbeing. Thus, there is a strong need for certified couples to have babies while contributing to the progress of the nation. Sechrist, J. (2017). Sharing Lives: Adult Children and Parents. Journal of Family Theory & Review,9(3), 407-412. doi:10.1111/jftr.12209 Some experts suggest that parents should be licensed or certified in order to protect their children by setting a base minimum skill set about good parenting. However, Jori Sechrist argues that parenting skills can be learned by anyone and that there is no need to be certified or licensed, as a significant number of people living in different parts of the United States and worldwide are non-certified. Still, they raise their children well and many of them know how to plan their families. Another argument of Jori Sechrist is that young couples should not be forced to receive certain certifications before they are able to have babies. However, the fact cannot be ignored that certified parents are better able to educate their children than those who are non-certified couples. This is because they earn a living and have knowledge of medical sciences, which make it easy for them to provide care to the children at every stage of their development and growth. In the meantime, they are better able to plan families than non-certified couples. Thus, the value of being certified and knowledgeable cannot be ignored, and this must be a condition for young couples before they could have babies or plan a family of their own. Dwyer, J. G. (2018). Sparing Children from Unfit Parents. Liberal Child Welfare Policy and Its Destruction of Black Lives, 128-160. doi:10.4324/9781351109994-7 In 2018, James G. Dwyer published an article titled Sparing Children from Unfit Parents in which it is clearly mentioned that parents who are unfit or illiterate must be kept away from their children for a specific time. This is because they will not be able to raise or educate them and may cause problems ...