Mandatory Parenting Research Paper

Write Your Own Bill
PeeJay Nowling
Argosy University Online

Abstract
As a newly elected Member of Congress this author as a Representative from Washington State, has made important promises during the campaign. Now that this writer has taken a seat, she needs to show the constituents she represents that she is going to fulfill at least one of these promises with a bill she writes and introduces into her chamber.

Write Your Own Bill
This author is a Representative from Washington State. At present there are no laws in Washington State that provides mandatory parenting classes in public schools. There are parenting classes outside of the schools but they are for adults or teenagers that have children or will be giving birth to children.
They do not know how to cope with a child and it can lead to child abuse. Yet again there are parents that would welcome parenting classes for their children. Perhaps they did not know how to properly raise a child either. You cannot teach a child to be a parent if you yourself have not known what it is to be a good parent. We must break this cycle.
Our community offers parenting classes but teenagers most likely will not seek out classes. They assume that because they have a natural right to bear children they can produce them at will without properly knowing how to raise a child. Parenting classes would give teenagers a taste of what it is like to have a child and what some of the problems areas might be to raising that child and how to cope with that child or children.
If we had a law that would provide classes for our teenagers before they got pregnant it would possibly reduce teen pregnancies and cut down on child abuse and or neglect. If there are concerns parents could talk to the instructors of these parenting classes and reassure themselves of its propriety. Perhaps they themselves could learn much by asking questions and creating a better environment for their teenagers. This is could be a win-win
PeeJay Nowling
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Don Benton
Secondary Sponsor: Rep. Doug McClanahan
AN ACT
1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to prevent child abuse and neglect by increasing the knowledge of our youth with parenting skills and also to decrease child abuse and neglect in our communities. This bill is to provide the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and our school districts with taxpayer’s funds and their own to provide programs for youth of child bearing age in parenting skills to help prevent child abuse and neglect.
2. The purpose of this bill is to increase the knowledge of our youth of child bearing age in preventing child abuse and neglect by proposing new laws to give stiffer penalties for those who are convicted of child abuse and/or neglect.
3. The House of Representatives of the United States of America hereby enacts as follows:
4. SECTION 1: This act shall be known and may be cited as the “MANDATORY PARENTING SKILLS” Act.
5. SECTION 2: