Summary Of David Lykken's 'Parental Licensure'
David Lykken’s “Parental Licensure”, addresses an interesting idea and in my opinion does contain certain aspects that have merit for us as a society to consider. Personally, I don’t agree entirely on his points of view e.g. If the parents have a child without a license, the child would be removed and placed in permanent adoption (p. 26). However, I personally don’t believe everyone should have the freedom to continue to have children if they are unfit, financially dependent on others or government assistance, or lastly have an egregious criminal background. To Mr. Lykken’s original point, potential parents should be required to prove that they are able (financially, mentally) to take on the arduous task of becoming parents and being responsible