HB46

HB46

__//**Title**//__: Learn the right way to parent

__//**Sponsors**//__: Brittany Hawthorne, MN, Moderate. Megan Vlach, IN, Moderate.

__//**Purpose:**//__ The purpose of this title is to help prevent child abuse. Parents should know the proper way to raise their children without harming them. Research shows that every 13 seconds a child is abused in the U.S. More than 5 children die every day from child abuse. We don’t want that to happen anymore. For this bill, any person who is expecting a child or has a child already has to attend a parenting class. This can stop parents from raising their child the wrong way. Therefore, the parents should attend a parenting class.

__//**Eligibility**//__: After the parents attend the parenting class, the children will be affected because they will be less likely to be raised the wrong way or be harmed.

__//**Terms and Benefits**//__: Many children are being raised in an abusive household. The problem is that younger parents especially do not know the proper way to raise a child. People are becoming parents at a much younger age than the people from 30 years ago and beyond. Sometimes, the person who is the abuser abuses the child and/or children because they were abused by their parents or another family member when they were younger.

The people that will be affected by this bill will be the expecting parents and also people that already have children. The bill is more emphasized on younger parents such as parents that are 25 years old or younger because they have less knowledge on how a child should be properly raised and could raise them in the wrong way. The benefits will be that the people that attend the classes will gain more knowledge on the right way to parent. The part of the government that handles the welfare of people will enforce the terms of this bill. Once this bill is passed, it will be in effect forever because there will always be parents who can improve upon their skills as a parent.

1) Transportation to and from the class will be the responsibility of the attendee. 2) Every parent is required to attend at least two classes. They can attend more if they feel they need to. 3) Each class will be two hours long using real examples of abused children who have been recovered that will help teach parents what they should do and what they should not do, as well as the experienced teachers. 4) After the parent takes the required amount of classes, if they want to attend more, they will have to pay of fee of $15 per extra class. 5) The people that are teaching the class will be experienced parents who have successfully raised one or more children.

__//**Fiscal Impact: **//__ -20 computers: $10,000 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-5 computer projectors: $3,000 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-5 computer projector screens: $500 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-Pediatricians annual salary total: $5,000,000 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-30 second ad: $142,000 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-Billboards all around the nation: $1,500,000 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">TOTAL: $6,655,500 We would have fundraisers and the government would set aside a portion of the government's money in order to pay for this. This is very important to pay for because the children now, are our future and they should not be treated in a bad way.