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One of the inherent problems in any "parent license" attempts is deciding what exactly makes a good parent. Many of the qualities of a good parent aren't there until the parenting has already started, they are learned thru trial-and-error.
Another problem is deciding who says whether a couple can be parents in a system like this. Some bureaucrat? Someone who couldn't cut it as a real doctor? Someone who got the position as a political favor/payback?
Yet another problem is how are you going to enforce it? Prevent unlicensed children from extering school? Stop tax breaks for those with unlicensed children? Forced abortions? Infanticide?
What needs to be done is those who have proven that they cannot be trusted with children should be sterilized and separated from society (imprisonment of one form or another, exile, or execution). The children of those people need to be given help so as to try to break the cycle. There does need to be a greater emphasis on teaching teenagers some parenting skills (those that can be taught in the classroom anyway) and how to avoid becoming parents until they are physically, emotionally, and psychologically ready for parenthood.
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