You can't force parents to do their job, such a short course would guarantee everyone has at least the dimmest clue.
Why can't you force parents to do their job? Enforcing current parental accountability laws and perhaps adding a few might help. Heck, make the parental tax relief directly dependent on child's performance in school, on the road, obeying law, etc. Parents might start paying more attention when it hits their wallet.
A market war between two satellite providers would only drive prices up and deteriorate service quality. How do you figure? "Market war", or competition, generally drives prices down, not up.
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You can't force parents to do their job, such a short course would guarantee everyone has at least the dimmest clue.
Why can't you force parents to do their job? Enforcing current parental accountability laws and perhaps adding a few might help. Heck, make the parental tax relief directly dependent on child's performance in school, on the road, obeying law, etc. Parents might start paying more attention when it hits their wallet.