What is so wrong with teen pregnancy?

Question

If you have the financial support then what is wrong with it? I heard people in the south start families in there teens! And there perfectly fine.

Answer 1

Nothing. I actually had a lady at work tell me this: "It's a shame that I've never been able to have children yet you can pop them out at your age." I'm 20 with 2 kids that are 1 1/2 and 2 1/2. their father and I both work, have never been on welfare but we get comments made to us like we're the scum of the earth. I personally don't think it's anyone's damn business what you do as long as it isn't a burden to them.

Answer 2

I am twenty one. My husband and I met when I was sixteen, we had our first child by the time I was seventeen, our second was born before I turned twenty. I can tell you from the perspective of a teen parent that it was and still is the hardest thing I have ever done, but that is true for most parents. Now five years after meeting we are still struggling to get by. I love my children desperately, but I can't say that it wasn't hard having to change diapers, do homework, learn how to cook and clean for my new family, master breastfeeding and hold a job. It was hard watching all of my friends go to prom and having to stay home because couldn't find a babysitter. Being a parent especially while your a teenager, means giving up so much and you have to be willing and able to change who you are. I did marry the father of my children and I love him very much, I would also like to say we never went on any kind of public assistance or welfare, I have to much pride. The only good thing about having babies very young (every woman in my family has) is the fact that my children get to know not only there grandparents, but there great and great great grandparents.

Answer 3

There is way to many teens having babies these days. Babies are so much responsibilities. You learn alot more when u are older and more mature,and thats when u should decide to have kids. Teen moms are normally on their own,most of the time the daddy goes out 4 a pack of cigarettes and never comes back. R u ready to give up parting?school?friends?R u ready to start working full time pawning your baby off on people all the time just trying 2 support it?? Im speaking from experience at least wait until your 21 to decide to have kids

Answer 4

I live in the south. We don't say things like, "Mom, Dad I'm 16 and I want to have a baby." No that doesn't happen. People in their teens have sex but don't plan on getting pregnant. Plus if your in your teens your Parents are really taking care of the baby unless you drop out of school and have a job.

Answer 5

There is nothing wrong with it if you are willing and able (financially and mentally). However raising children require time and a lot of patience. You have to keep in mind that all those parties, clubs, bars, and basically anything considered fun, will all be long in the past once you have children. There are so many reasons to wait even if you are financially ready.

Answer 6

I suppose these teens started families in the south because their parents let them. They cant be married because lawas prohibit that. The childs parents are irresponsible. How does a 15 yr old on minimum wage have a home/children/family and support them with out being in extreme poverty?

Answer 7

Most teens are not mature enough to handle that kind of responsibility.

There was a parenting class in a local high school
where the students had to carry around a egg for three days and pretend to feed it, diaper it ect.

After 3 days of that, most kids don't want children too early....

Answer 8

Majority of all teens do not have a job, health insurance, their home (not living with mom and dad), their own anything and living off welfare.

Teens need to be thinking of getting an education not having babies. Teens do not need babies. Teens are just children not adults.

When you are a teen and pregnant you can cancel hanging out with friends, some even drop out of school because they have to raise their babies. Teens have no teen life having babies because they are just babies themselves.

Teens need to stop rushing trying to be grown.

Answer 9

Then I guess it's OK if you can afford it. But you also have to have the maturity to mold your child into a good person. Sometimes those skills come with age as most teenagers are still trying to find themselves.

Don't rush it. Enjoy your youth because, if you're a good parent, all your partying and things stop when the baby comes.

Answer 10

It takes a lot more than a stable financial situation to be a parent. Can you support the child physically and emotionally when they are screaming and 2am, 3:30am, 4:10a.m........ then still get up, go to school, then go to work and then go home and start all over again?