Licensing Parents

by Jack C. Westman

Westman (psychiatry, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) advocates eliminating the enormous waste of human and economic resources that results from incompetent parents who spawn society's criminal and welfare dependency problems, by licensing parents. He presents a multi-level approach to families that demonstrates society's respect for parenting and provides help for floundering parents, and calls for national policies that support parenting. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

347 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1994

About the author

Dr. Jack Westman is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is president of Wisconsin Cares, Inc., a nonprofit advocacy organization for families, and has been president of three professional organizations. He has written more than 150 professional publications and 12 books.