Should parenting be licensed?

Should parenting be licensed?
“Most people think it’s obvious that we have a right to procreate and raise children. In fact, many people think reproductive rights are among the most important rights we have… However, undertaking to raise a child is an act with vast consequences, for good or ill—far greater than those that result from driving a car, for example. Yet society requires a license to make certain that people are at least capable of driving safely, let alone practice medicine and law or give psychological counseling. Why, then, shouldn’t parenting be an activity that also requires a license or some sort of assurance of minimal competence, as much as driving or counseling should be?”1
In his article “Licensing Parents,” Hugh LaFollette suggests that “we should require a license for activities that: (1) have a high potential to harm innocent people, (2) require some competence to perform, and where we (3) have a generally reliable method for determining that competence beforehand

Explain reason for vitamin K, eye treatment, hepatitis B immunizations, and heel sticks.

Write a brief summary explaining the rationale for ongoing assessments & newborn care. The nurse must always be alert for signs of change in the newborn’s condition. Include the following in your summary:
• Obtaining VS/Measurements.
• Provision of skin care and cord care.
• Identify the appropriate positions of the newborn to facilitate drainage, improve respiratory function, and prevent aspiration.
• Assisting with feedings, positioning, diapering, and protecting the infant.
• Identify interventions that will prevent heat loss in the newborn.
• Explain reason for vitamin K, eye treatment, hepatitis B immunizations, and heel sticks.

List and describe internal (online) information security risks and mitigation tactics and how they will affect decision-making strategies.

Discuss some of the key issues to be aware of and the best practices to mitigate them. Discuss strategic analysis decisions in the next five years, what we need to watch out for in the information technology (IT) field, and how these decisions will impact the overall company. Examine potential changes in IT related to innovation and organizational processes. List and describe internal (online) information security risks and mitigation tactics and how they will affect decision-making strategies. List and describe external (building) information security risks and mitigation tactics and how they will affect decision-making strategies.

How and when the media began to over-hype storms (hurricanes) in florida in order to obtain more viewers.

How and when the media began to over-hype storms (hurricanes) in florida in order to obtain more viewers. The ethical dilemma in this as it applies to utalitarianism, virtue ethics, SPJ code of ethics.

Your topic should utilize the knowledge you have learned so far this semester to analyze an issue where you beleve media ethics–whether related to news, entertainment, advertising, or public relations–comes into play. It may derive from a topic we’ve already considered that you feel desereves more research, illumination, etc. It could expand upon the use of classical theory or the SPJ Code of Ethics to make sound ethical decisions in a specific situation. For example, you might analyze news media coverage of an issue like immigration (just for instance) to determine a more ethical approach to covering the story. You might also critically analyze one or more Codes of Ethics used by journalists to determine if you think they could be amended to reflect today’s digital media platforms. Another idea might be to compare/contrast multiple versions of a news story and decide, based upon the criteria we’ve established, which is more or less ethical in its approach.