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Article Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribuneadvertisement
The beating death of little Demond Reed has shaken all of Minneapolis but especially a group of North Side parents, who are taking a 10-week course to become better and wiser moms and dads.
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{"commentId":1481839,"authorDomain":"azsky13"}
"We cannot be afraid to lean on each other for help," Garrett-Akinsanya said. "We are here not just to survive, but to prosper."
Sounds like an excellent program that could also be useful in other communities.
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#1 - Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:55 AM EST{"commentId":1482188,"authorDomain":"drdianewakat"}
Every community should have this type of program to support current parents, to educate them and to provide them with the skills to raise their children in a difficult social setting. IMO, every pregnant woman and the father of that fetus should be required to take a class such as this BEFORE the baby is born.
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- 2 votes
#2 - Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:12 AM EST{"commentId":1482657,"authorDomain":"azsky13"}
I totally agree! Although requiring the class might be difficult to implement. People would likely rebel with this type of government intervention into their lives.
Thank you for your comment!
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1482852,"authorDomain":"drdianewakat"}
To me it's just like having to take a driver's ed class before getting a driver's license - only even more important.
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{"commentId":1490360,"authorDomain":"kylen"}
I can see the grey area around funding such initiatives publicly, but requiring a government run indoctrination course is going way too far. The drivers license analogy fails because there is a right and wrong way to drive - we make all the rules so knowing them is important and possible. But there isn't a 'right' way to raise a child but many right and wrong ways.
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{"commentId":1490760,"authorDomain":"drdianewakat"}
No, but there is a 'right way' to protect a child from harm, in all its various parameters. That should be the focus of a mandatory class.
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