Should You Have to Get a License to be a Parent?

The thought of parents needing to get a license or permit to become a parent has crossed my mind as a machine tool teacher when I see parents who are not good to their children or don't take good care of them.  However, this is mostly just a snarky comment that I think in my head, but do not actually believe.  I think this should be left to God because even when it seems children are raised in a less than desirable home, they still have a purpose in life from God.  Many of these children rise above their circumstances and go on to be some of the greatest people in history.  It is not for us to decide who can or cannot become a parent.  Even when foster parents or adoptive parents go through an extensive screening process, they can still be bad parents.  This is evident all the time with children who are in foster homes where the foster parents are terrible to the children.  A license or permit does not mean that you will be good at something.  It only means you were good at passing the test or questionnaire that you were subjected to in order to pass the screening process. If we were to entertain this idea, where would it stop?  How many more things in our lives would the government try to control?  Being able to obtain a permit, does not make you a good parent.  Let's leave this one to God.