Based on my experience many failures in the black community come from lack of parenting. The boarding school idea is interesting but would take a lot more than $43,000,000. There are many programs in place to try to replace the lack of parenting at home: Communities in Schools, mentoring, Boys and Girls Clubs but these reach a fraction of the children and five hours a week with a mentor cannot make up for nonexistent parenting. I’ve tried to think of ways you could make getting food stamps and welfare dependent on actually acting like a parent but haven’t thought of a way to make it work. My experience in industry is that the vast majority of people want to do well and some can’t figure out how to do it on their own and need help. People like to be on a winning team. So if getting aid was dependent on attending parenting classes with your children there might be is better chance for the children. Too many of the mothers weren’t parented so they have no idea how to do it. I have been in homes with three generations of women and none of them is acting like an adult. I think welfare is a major cause of poor parenting - you can get money for being irresponsible. I think we are incentivizing bad behavior which is not good for the child, parent, or society.
Based on my experience many failures in the black community come from lack of parenting. The boarding school idea is interesting but would take a lot more than $43,000,000. There are many programs in place to try to replace the lack of parenting at home: Communities in Schools, mentoring, Boys and Girls Clubs but these reach a fraction of the children and five hours a week with a mentor cannot make up for nonexistent parenting. I’ve tried to think of ways you could make getting food stamps and welfare dependent on actually acting like a parent but haven’t thought of a way to make it work. My experience in industry is that the vast majority of people want to do well and some can’t figure out how to do it on their own and need help. People like to be on a winning team. So if getting aid was dependent on attending parenting classes with your children there might be is better chance for the children. Too many of the mothers weren’t parented so they have no idea how to do it. I have been in homes with three generations of women and none of them is acting like an adult. I think welfare is a major cause of poor parenting - you can get money for being irresponsible. I think we are incentivizing bad behavior which is not good for the child, parent, or society.