Parental Qualification Certificate - chapter 124

In the interstellar era, an ordinary storage can hold a large number of books, but because of cultural and heritage reasons, paper books had not disappeared.

Of course, today’s paper books were all collector’s editions, much more expensive than e-books.

The third person to appear was Arnold.

That year, after Arnold was sent to the Earth Alliance’s border station by a flying saucer, the border police immediately blocked the border, searched the star field, and finally found the wreckage of the spacecraft and the body of Cui Linlin.

Afterwards, Arnold was sent back to Earth and returned to the Qiao family.

After Avril married Qiao Dongfeng, Arnold had a new mother and several siblings.

Avril Lavigne had always had a problem accepting Arnold, but she was not a person who would harm a child. As a stepmother she did her duty.

After understanding Arnold, she was very good to him and gave him a few siblings.

When he was in college, Arnold chose to major in social work. He was determined to devote his life to the cause of protecting minors.

After graduation, he became a social worker at the Xinhai Social Affairs Bureau. He wanted to use the same cabinet that Su Yutan had used that year, so he asked a senior to change to this cabinet after a month.

More than ten years ago, Arnold married a very cute girl and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Today, his two children were in high school, and the family lived happily.

Arnold never lost his temper against his wife and children. He left the environment of the misty star domain. The tyrannical tradition passed down from generation to generation had stopped abruptly in him and no longer existed.

In his documentary, Arnold had a big smile, “Today, Auntie Su, I’ll take this opportunity to say a few words to you from my heart.”

“Auntie Su, for every moment of great happiness, I deeply thank you for saving me and giving me the opportunity to have my present life.”

Su Yutan smiled and shook her head.

She said silently in her heart, no, don’t thank me! It was my duty to save you.

Arnold sighed, and said, “At the same time, I was always afraid. Because I would’ve missed my current life only by a small change.”

“If you didn’t save me in the first place, there would not be so many things that happened. Maybe you will still be a social worker now. But I don’t know what would’ve become of me. It is very likely that history would have repeated. After my mother, I would’ve inherited her temper and passed it on from generation to generation… ”

Su Yutan thought it was regrettable that she cannot continue to be a social worker. But if there were no subsequent events, she may not be able to get the “Parental Qualification Certificate”, and she may not be able to adopt children.

Therefore, things in the world were often dependent on one another.

Arnold continued, “But it doesn’t matter. You are no longer a social worker. I and many others like me can be social workers. We will work together to pass on the responsibilities and morals you have left from generation to generation.”

Finally, he made a “come on” gesture.

The documentary ended here.

Jessie asked Su Yutan with a smile, “Seeing the children you helped back then becoming happy, how do you feel?”

Su Yutan sighed, “I am very happy for them. I also feel a bit of regret… I have not been working as a social worker for a long time.”

“If you had more time as a social worker, would you help more children?”

“Yes.”

“What do you think is the most helpful for these children?”

Su Yutan said without hesitation, “It is a system. It is a gradually improved system of protection of minors, social welfare system and ‘Parental Qualification Certificate’ system.”

“Without these systems, one would neglect some abused children, abandoned and controlled by their parents or other guardians. There would be nothing one could do even if you know them.”

“For example: If a child is abused, who will find out about it? Who will handle it? Should they be deprived of their guardianship? Who will be deprived of it? If deprived, who will raise the child in the future? Who will provide alimony for them?”

“These issues are very specific and realistic, and cannot be properly resolved without a proper system.”

“That’s the reason why you support the Parental Qualifications System?”

“Correct!”

“But some opponents say that the birth rate of the population is so low now. Is the “Parental Qualification Certificate” worsening and making the birth rate even lower?”

Su Yutan shook her head, “The fertility instinct had always been engraved in our genes. The reason for the decline in the birth rate of the population had never been the ‘Parent Qualification Certificate’ system, but the economic level, living pressure, parenting conditions and our own psychological problem.”

“I think that the ‘Parental Qualification Certificate’ system is conducive to reducing the psychological problems of this and the next generation. In the long run, it will be beneficial to increase people’s fertility, and the desire to increase the birth rate of the population.”

“They also said that fertility was a basic right of a person. Is the ‘Parental Qualification Certificate’ system a violation of human rights?”

Su Yutan raised an eyebrow, and her face was a little colder, “Does an adult have the right to childbearing, but the child does not have the right to a healthy environment for growth? Where does the person who speaks such words place their rights?”

“When the rights of adults conflict with the rights of children, I am more inclined to safeguard the rights of children. Because adults can and must be responsible for their actions. When children are born, they are passive and cannot help themselves.”

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