Jack C. Westman, M.D., President, Wisconsin Cares, Inc., and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health seeks your advice. Here's the background:
Jack is writing a book that describes why we all need to care about the 4% of parents who abuse and neglect their kids, and in which he proposes solutions. He asks for help to find a title that would capture the interest of thoughtful people. Please read the synopsis and vote on a title in your comments.
Book synopsis:
This book begins with examples of how parents and fragmented professional care create troubled (and even homicidal) young men and women and contribute to our nation's social and economic problems. It ends with a plan for giving all children born in the United States parents who can give them a chance to become productive citizens.
The social/economic impetus for this kind of plan is that parents who raise a productive taxpayer contribute $1.4 million to our economy. Parents whose child becomes a criminal (or welfare dependent) cost our economy $2.8 million per child. (26% of state & 45% of county expenditures are used for this population). One solution begins with a Parenthood Pledge as a part of a birth certificate.
In your comments below, please let us know your opinion on which title would most attract your attention:
1) A Parenthood Pledge: The key to America's prosperity
2) Parent Power: America's problem and solution
3) Parents Matter: Incompetent parents cause social problems. Competent parents prevent them.
4) The Denigration of Parenthood: How presuming anyone can be a parent undermines our nation's economy.
5) Competent Parents: The foundation of America's economy
6) Any other title?
Jack is writing a book that describes why we all need to care about the 4% of parents who abuse and neglect their kids, and in which he proposes solutions. He asks for help to find a title that would capture the interest of thoughtful people. Please read the synopsis and vote on a title in your comments.
Book synopsis:
This book begins with examples of how parents and fragmented professional care create troubled (and even homicidal) young men and women and contribute to our nation's social and economic problems. It ends with a plan for giving all children born in the United States parents who can give them a chance to become productive citizens.
The social/economic impetus for this kind of plan is that parents who raise a productive taxpayer contribute $1.4 million to our economy. Parents whose child becomes a criminal (or welfare dependent) cost our economy $2.8 million per child. (26% of state & 45% of county expenditures are used for this population). One solution begins with a Parenthood Pledge as a part of a birth certificate.
In your comments below, please let us know your opinion on which title would most attract your attention:
1) A Parenthood Pledge: The key to America's prosperity
2) Parent Power: America's problem and solution
3) Parents Matter: Incompetent parents cause social problems. Competent parents prevent them.
4) The Denigration of Parenthood: How presuming anyone can be a parent undermines our nation's economy.
5) Competent Parents: The foundation of America's economy
6) Any other title?
