Your opinion on teen motherhood

[saratogadreamin09]

So today I got my new issue of seventeen and theres this whole section on teen pregnancy and motherhood

 

[jbcheerchick93]

honestly. i dont think that its anyone else's business but your own. adriela, BTW i love that name!, you and your son seem to be doing fine together, and you and his father are in love and married. if you two are in love and stay together then there is no reason that your son will have a different childhood, maybe even a better one, than otehr children he will grow up with. there will undoubtedly be inconsiderate and rude people that will judge you, but i think that if you care and want your son to have a good life then he will have one.

i have a friend who got pregnant at the age of 15, and had a beautiful 16 month old baby boy now. he is adored by his mother and his father is unfortunately out of his life now, but no one treats her different because of the baby. he is healthy and her mother doesnt try to help her out that much, so that she knows that she needs ot take care of him on her own. as i said, he is beautiful and healthy, adored by all of us (her teammates) and her friends. she spends a lot of time with him and spoils him rotten.

if you can take care of your son and provide for him with your husband, then good for you you are brave and i know that if i ever found myself pregnant i owuld have the baby and take care of him or her.

much love and sucess to your family <3

 

[♥Ariel♥]

this is my opinion and i dont care what anyone else thinks : If you are irresponsible enought to get yourself pregnant, you are certainly not responsable enough for raising a child.

I do have a friend who has gotten prego we were not close so idk what happened but all i know is know she is single.

 

[BabyPiglet]

this is my opinion and i dont care what anyone else thinks : If you are irresponsible enought to get yourself pregnant, you are certainly not responsable enough for raising a child.

I do have a friend who has gotten prego we were not close so idk what happened but all i know is know she is single.

What if a girl was raped and had a baby? It's her fault because she was irresponsible? You can't blanket statement these things.

Honestly, I can't get past that you called it being 'prego'. Pregnancy is a beautiful, natural thing, and it's being called a pasta sauce now.

 

[StitchfansJr]

What if a girl was raped and had a baby? It's her fault because she was irresponsible? You can't blanket statement these things.

Honestly, I can't get past that you called it being 'prego'. Pregnancy is a beautiful, natural thing, and it's being called a pasta sauce now.

 

[imabrat]

What if a girl was raped and had a baby? It's her fault because she was irresponsible? You can't blanket statement these things.

Honestly, I can't get past that you called it being 'prego'. Pregnancy is a beautiful, natural thing, and it's being called a pasta sauce now.

I call it prego. Better than preggers.


Big whoop, forgive me for using slang once in a while.

 

[saratogadreamin09]

this is my opinion and i dont care what anyone else thinks : If you are irresponsible enought to get yourself pregnant, you are certainly not responsable enough for raising a child.

I do have a friend who has gotten prego we were not close so idk what happened but all i know is know she is single.

I think rape is different and requires different circumstances, but I see where your statement is coming from. But I dont 100% agree

 

[PebblesMK]

I had my daughter when I was 19. That was nearly 9 years ago. I speak from experience when I say that "babies" shouldn't be having babies. I'm not saying that because it's not the social norm, I say it because you lose so much of yourself. There are many things that you end up sacraficing. And while I know that this will offend many, the truth of the matter is that when you're so young you have no idea how life works. So many of the teen mom's will go on some form of welfare and a lot won't finish school (I'm speaking of the demagraphic of where I live...it may vary elsewhere)....they will be stuck just trying to survive from week to week. And because you miss out on being a kid/teen/young adult, there are often feelings of bitterness or maybe the desire to go out and do that, leaving your child with whomever.

Then again, different people offer up different situations. I was young, but it happened (which literally saved my life)...and I have done the best that I could possibly do because I didn't want my child to suffer because of my carelessness. There could be 15 year olds who would be amazing parents....but generally speaking, there isn't enough maturity to handle it. I find it to be a very sad thing and don't think kids should be having sex...but when it's sensationalized by magazines and news stories, it's bound to happen. There should be massive thought put into these things though......and I do mean MASSIVE

 

[pigletgirl]

To be honest nobody younger than 18 should be having babies. Plain and simple. I just remember being that age, and I could barely take care of myself! I also had baby siblings and just taking care of them for a few hours was exhausting. I couldnt imagine that huge responsibility at those ages. Kudos to those girls.

However, nature has a different plan and I feel as though it is the parents responsibility to educate their child about the consequences about sex. If they get pregnant, they will have to endure the big consequence. Working, going to school and raising a kid. Not an easy thing to do I would imagine.

 

[saratogadreamin09]

To be honest nobody younger than 18 should be having babies. Plain and simple. I just remember being that age, and I could barely take care of myself! I also had baby siblings and just taking care of them for a few hours was exhausting. I couldnt imagine that huge responsibility at those ages. Kudos to those girls.

However, nature has a different plan and I feel as though it is the parents responsibility to educate their child about the consequences about sex. If they get pregnant, they will have to endure the big consequence. Working, going to school and raising a kid. Not an easy thing to do I would imagine.

I like how you put this

 

[PebblesMK]

princess_adriela....I failed to offer up encouragement to you. What is done is done and I really hope that you cherish your child and do the best you possibly can. Sometimes we're so negative with these things but it does take a village to raise a child and I hope you have all the support that you need and I hope that baby has all the love possible. I wish you luck in your future, but also hope that you don't fall into the category of mothers that will continue on having babies instead of waiting until you've had some time to enjoy life.

 

[Sparx]

Really? I did not know that. I remember being told $250 by a friend who knew someone who had one.

http://www.volunteermedical.com/abortion.html#fees this place is 650.00 at the most expensive, 450.00 for the cheapest.

http://www.volunteermedical.com/abortion.html#fees 850.00 at most expensive.

http://www.atlantasurgicenter.com/fees.html this place can cost as much as 4500.00

planned parenthood is usually >400.00

 

[Mrs.Musso]

I think my views on it depends on the person and how they handle it.
Some people can make the best out of the situation and have a supporting family/friends.
Yes, I may think they're a bit irresponsible, but giving them dirty looks isn't going to change what they did. All it does is makes them more miserable, and that is not productive, or worthwhile.

Giving someone dirty looks isn't going to fix anything at all, so it's a bit pointless, IMO.

 

[Mrs.Musso]

this is my opinion and i dont care what anyone else thinks : If you are irresponsible enought to get yourself pregnant, you are certainly not responsable enough for raising a child.

I do have a friend who has gotten prego we were not close so idk what happened but all i know is know she is single.

It doesn't always mean your not responsible enough to raise the child.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Here's my opinion on it:

Teen Parenting: You are very brave if you attempt it.

Abortion: Killing a baby is killing a baby. I am anti-abortion, but I believe that if you are raped you should be able to get an abortion. While I fully believe that you should have to pay for your own stupid mistakes, rape is not a mistake or a choice that you made.

 

[WDW Girl]

its up to you i guess.
but i think its wrong.

 

[Tinkerbell94]

I think it is very very wrong. I have a cousin who did it and i saw how it effects people around them. I deffianitly think you should wait until you get married but hey, its whatever you want to deal with and I wish both you and ur baby the best. It also depends on ur situation.

 

[disash6]

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[AliceinHalloweentown]

Why on earth was this bumped up?
I can't even read the above post.

 

[GoofysOnlyGirl]

I was thinking the same thing