Qualified

Cow stumbled across the 13-page application to become a Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in her state.

Pages requiring degrees, internships, passing scores on practical exams and supervised clinical experience. Fees required, transcripts required, testaments from other professionals required.

Cow wonders at the potential harm a poorly trained speech therapist could do, compared to, for instance, poorly trained parents.

To become a parent, doesn't matter if you have no job, no income, use drugs, want to abuse the child, am only becoming pregnant to get out of school or obtain a government check. Doesn't matter if you know nothing about babies or raising them. Doesn't matter there is no stable home or good example set. Nope, our government requires nothing at all for people to pop out as many babies as they want, and then let the taxpayer or charitable institutions support them, and later try to remedy the harm the parents have done to the child.

Cow thinks the requirements for things should be commensurate with their impact.

Moo!