That many of us should not parent
Hypatia 21 (4):40-57 (2001)
Abstract
: In liberal societies (where birth control is generally accepted and available), many people decide whether or not they wish to become parents. One key question in making this decision is, What kind of parent will I be? Parenting competence can be ranked from excellent to competent to poor. Cassidy argues that those who can foresee being poor parents, or even merely competent ones, should opt not to parentReprint years
2006
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10.2979/hyp.2006.21.4.40
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