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[quote=Anonymous]My mother taught court ordered parenting classes in the 80s and the level of instruction needed was astounding.  Many of the new moms didn't know that they needed to feed their infant several times a day, or change a diaper more than 1x a day.  They had no idea how to mix a bottle of formula and couldn't read well enough to understand the instructions on the bottle.  She let the moms know that they shouldn't feed their infants ice tea or kool-aid.  She explained that they needed clean clothes daily and to be held and rocked.  She told the moms to talk to their babies.  She explained how to use a car seat and how to give a baby a bath.  She explained when a baby needs to see a doctor.

Despite the remedial level of instruction, she always emphasized just how much those moms loved their babies, but also how their own neglected upbringing left the entirely unprepared to be a parent.  She tried hard to help them.  But the system isn't set up to fix decades and generations of neglect.  You can't turn someone so unprepared into a fit parent with one class and monthly visits from a social worker.[/quote]

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