Many will not agree but what do you think? Personally I believe that therapy should be mandatory before having children. (If you cannot afford it, then government programs should provide it.) I am sickened by the constant news stories I see of parents killing their children, or abusing them. Therapy is a very helpful tool which can help people work through a lot of their issues before having children so they in turn will not inflict trauma onto their own kids. I come from a family with generational trauma, for example my mother was abused by her mother, and my own mother abused me and I am now diagnosed with complex-PTSD and I am in therapy so I can heal for my future children. What do you think, should therapy be mandatory?