Mandatory Classes for Parents

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Source:

Dreyfus, Edward. "Mandatory Parenting Classes | Psychologically Speaking." Psychologically Speaking. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

http://www.docdreyfus.com/psychologically-speaking/mandatory-parenting-classes/


Summary:

Psychologist Edward A. Dreyfus,Ph.D, talks about how mandatory classes would be a good idea for parents due to the fact that most have no clue or experience on taking care of a child (Dreyfus). Dreyfus states that “We would not think of letting people drive a car without having had some experience behind the wheel and taking a drivers test. But when it comes to raising a child, many people, if not most, have never had any experience caring for a child,” which most people would say is pretty darn true (Dreyfus). Dreyfus also talks about how mandatory classes could be state funded and provided to parents who request government funded welfare payments (Dreyfus).

Quality:

A good ethos (credibility) for this article is the fact that Edward A. Dreyfus does indeed have a Ph.D. This article has many valid points like how we need license for multiple things that are important, but do not need one for taking care of a child (Dreyfus). The article contains statistics about the percentage of the percentage of children that are abused and neglected, which can be used as a good logos (logic/ statistic credibility).

Issues:

The website this article is on is a .com source which is usually for commercial or propaganda use. The psychologist seems to try to persuade people to listen to him and follow his web pages so that he becomes more well known. He has grammar issues, mostly just problems with beginning sentences. He is also quite biased and is totally pro-mandatory parenting classes. He does not talk about the opposite or negative aspects of parenting classes.



Key Words and Phrases:

Psychologist
Mandatory Parenting Classes
State Funded
Effective Parenting