true or false: college graduates make better parents

I don't think this is true. One thing parenting and rearing children is not taught in the university or is not one of the subjects in college. I would always believe good parenting is something that you learn from your parents. If you were rear to be a good person and seeing how your parents raised you, when you become a parent yourself you try to see the weaknesses and strengthen of the parenting style of your parents and you follow the good ones and try not to repeat the not so good ones. I know of some well educated people where they were not able to imbue good traits and attitude to their kids. Being a good parents doesn't only mean you can well provide your kids like the materials stuff but being a good parent takes emotional, spiritual, psychological, physical and mental wellness to your kids.

I have to disagree with that. Not all college graduate turns out to be better parents. Parenting is not something that you could actually learn in school. Its about nurturing and taking care of a child, its instinct. And I think its totally unfair to say that under grads cant take care of their child.

I think education is a factor that makes parents good in terms of parenting... but that is not actually the end all of things... i had co-teachers who have master's degree... but they act and treat people like they are dirt... i also met parents who did not finish their highschool education... but are deserving of the parent of the year award...

I have been a successful businessman for 60 years. ( I have a Grade 8 education) One of my best employees, a single woman with 6 kids decided to upgrade her life style, go to University and become a Lawyer. She finished her first year with good marks, but never went back. I asked her why and she told me. She said the University course is just $hit. You go to a lecture and its mostly bull. Its for kids, and they don't take it seriously. She told me she just got so sick of the whole thing she couldn't take it any more. Its all about money, and the learning comes last. Now I ask you? what does this say for Higher Education?

I agree education has some role to play in rearing chiidern, but education only cant do that, rearing children also depends on the attitude of the parents and in the kind of environment they live in. So it wil not be fair to say that graduated parents look after their childeren in a better way than the parents who are not graduate, i say this because, my parents are not gradusted persons, but still they are taking care of me very well, they are giving me freedom to improve my existing talents, to develop my new talents, to choose my carrer, infact they are ready to spend for my education until i finish my post graduate courses. So in such cases the role of education in parenting fails, so wat i mean to say is , education alone cant decide that whether a child can be brought up in a good way or not, its attitude which matters. If the parents have right attitude towards parenting and better understanding between the children and parents can only lead to a better children-parents relationship.

I am an excellent mother and have not finished college. I disagree

I think being a good parent has nothing to do with being a graduate or not. So I don't believe for one minute that a college graduate is a better parent just because they graduated college...

In some ways a college graduate makes a better parent. He or she would have developed patience at collage and be able to draw on knowledge previously gained when helping with home work. He or she would probably have gained a decent career after leaving college and possibly be in a good position financially. A college graduate is likely to provide a rich learning environment with books and more educational type of toys. The children are likely to be intelligent if they take after one of their parents. I am a primary school teacher and I taught a Year 1 boy than did Year 4 Maths. Both his parents were teachers and had little time for him at home. He got bored at home and adored hard work at school. Some college graduates with important careers might ignore their children sometimes. If parents haven't had good schooling they might have poor spelling and not provide a rich learning environment for their children. They might struggle with Maths and think school is a horrible place because of their lack of success there. They will probably not bother overseeing their children's home work.

I don't believe that at all. I think good parenting has to do with what kind of person you are, not the amount of education you have had. I also think it has a lot to do with how you were raised and how good of parents that you had. Chances are if your parents will were good parents and set a good example that you yourself will likely be a good parent too. Some people who have bad parents even become really good parents, because they have learned how not to be. I think the ability to be a good parent is natural, and has a lot to do with one's ability to have emphathy, great love, and to be selfless. They don't teach you in college how to be a good parent. I think by the time someone reaches college age they already mostly the person they are going to be. If they are a selfish, self serving person, they are certainly going to not learn to be so in college. I believe that good parenting has more to do with how you are raised and by what kind of person you are, rather than how educated you are. If you want to argue that educated people get better jobs and make better salaries and can therefore provide better, I would say statistically you are correct, but sometimes people without higher education can do just fine financially as well. When it comes to parenting I say it is more about the person and their growing up environment than their education as to how good of parents they will be.

well in a way i consider education as the base that it makes a good parents as education will teach them the way they should behave and also teach their kids to behave but well character is also as important as education , some times it so happen that the person is highly qualified but well he lacks the language of talking which shows how his character is and well kids will be learning the same from parents.

partly true and partly false...true because being a college graduate, they can provide better for their family, have further knowledge in life, will teach their kids good values but also false because there are a lot of parents who did not able to finish their studies but became good parents...not because of their college education but because of their hardwork and discipline in life, added with the wisdom they gained not from this world but from the Word of God, being able to know the right from wrong and what is pleasing to God, makes them better parents.(^_^)

I have to disagree with your parents, I don't think that an education is what makes a good parent. I have graduated from high school and I am a wonderful parent to my two beautiful daughters. I also know a University graduate that has two children of her own and I have to say that she is one of the worst parents that I have ever met. Being a good parent is dependent on you caring, compassion, love, patience and other traits. Not how smart you are.

I found your question and the responses very interesting. The folks who believe that education did not influence parenting ability cited reasons such as: 1. Good parenting has to do with what kind of person you are 2. Good parenting has more to do with how you were raised 3. Being loving, nurturing, and attentive make you a good parent Odd how none of these factors would have been discussed if your question had been, "Does being heterosexual make you a better parent?" When we discuss gay parenting, the skills and traits listed above aren't brought up. Doesn't seem to matter to most folks that a gay parent can be loving, nurturing, and attentive. We just say, "Nope. You're gay. You can't be a good parent." Fascinating, though, when we talk about education level, all of sudden being nurturing, loving, and attentive are important qualities and we don't mention being heterosexual as quality making someone a good parent.

I believe is really untrue that college make better parents.. Cause I believe only from a family make a better mom or father/

Honestly, it doesn't really matter. I have known many parents who have had college educations (my father for example) and they were terrible parents. My mother had little college education (she did not have a degree) and she was a pretty good mom. My father had two degrees (and Engineering degree and a Psychology degree, and a masters) and he up and left my mother when she was pregnant with me. Just because a parent has education does not mean that they will be great parents. My niece's mother (she is considered my step-sister) had a BA, had five children, and she is a terrible mother. She forces religion down their throats, she yells at them all of the time, and she leaves them to take care of themselves. Tell me what kind of mother is that? My cousin has twins, he has a Engineering degree, his wife is also educated, and my cousin's parents (my aunt and uncle) do most of the raising. My aunt takes care of the kids much more than anyone else does. My cousin is always off at sea, and his wife is starting her own business. They really don't have time for their kids. Now, I am not saying that everyone with a degree forgets about their children, but I am saying that quite a few that I know aren't great parents. I think that it comes down to time and values. How much time do you have to devote to your children and how much do you value them? You can have little to no education and still be a pretty good parent, it just depends on how much you love and care for that child. How much you value that child.

This is nonsense. It is the person you have to see, not the education.

i think a man‘s ability is important