do you believe that teenage mum should go with out the baby bonus?

Question

in my country we have is what called a baby bonus at the moment it is $7000 by the year 2010 it will be $12000 any way the goverenment has decided that teenage mum's won't be quilfied for it as they believe the teenage mum's are not spending it on their babies but the ones that will be quilified are going to get it insalaments what do think on this matter and some say they are only having babies for the cash , give me your opinion on this matter.

Answer 1

I think all the rude, mindless people that state "Discouraging teen parenting" or anything along those lines need to think before they speak.
Parenting allowance and help for teen mums should be awarded. Just think about it, some of these kids may not have had children through the nicest kind of situation....Yet they do a mature thing anyway, and shouldn't be given any help or support?
I agree, some teen parents wont spend allowance on their children, that doesn't mean all.
Anyway, to answer your question in a sentence - they should get the money.

Answer 2

I watched a programme not to long ago,about teenage mums who got themselves pregnant, on purpose,so that they could get the baby bonus,and how after spending the money straight away on themselves how they regretted getting themselves pregnant.I had my children in a country that has no baby bonus what so ever,and since coming home,I have also met adult women who have had babies or are pregnant for the exact same reason,so it's not just teenagers.To me the baby bonus is for the child,not to be spent on new outfits for the mother,and what ever she can think of to spend it on.To me the baby bonus is to help the child have a better start in life,and spending it they some people do is not helping the child have a better life.To me the money should be put into a account for the child,and can only be spent on things that will benefit the child,or can be spent on a down deposit on a house or to pay off some of the mortgage on a house,but that's just my opinion.

Answer 3

In the UK we have childrens bonds which are £250 and have to be paid into an account to start a stakeholder pension. This is a good start in life for the child.

It depends what the bonus is for - is it like our child benefit which is £11 ish a week. I personally have never spent this money specifically on my child but she gets all she needs through our wages etc.

If the money is to help bring up the baby and you have no other income then of course teenage mums shouldn't use the money for nights out.

Answer 4

Wow what a plan. That's a hard question though...we would all like to think that people have babies because they want babies but with that plan in place you are bound to have many teens and adults having babies for the money. I see why they would only allow installments for teens because it might lower the number of teen pregnancies looking to get the money but it does have it's downfalls since some teens just end up pregnant and they money would help but certainly installment payments are better than nothing. It almost sounds like a better idea to do installment payments for all births since it's for the baby and even some adults would have a baby just for the money and a lump sum of money wouldn't go to the baby like installments would. I think it sounds like a good idea.

Answer 5

ok here we dnt hav that but any ways!im a teen age mother and i had my son aged 15!altho it wasn planned from the word go iv loved my son. his father isn around and altho im wit my fella because hes not my sons da i recieve benefits!im am still in school and doing my last yr then aftr i wanna become an a accountant. y im sayin all this is cuz without my benifits i wudn be able to survive wit havin a child. my son cuz he is only 18months old doesnt need all new trendy stuff but even still this money is put to brill use for paying for food a roof over our heads his creche and clothes. if that was the case ere my son wud hav none of these so personally i feel its wrong to do that because everyone situation is different and without this help there wud be highr abortion adoption and homelessnes rund!and i no ya cud jst say dnt get preg but sometimes mistakes happen and personally i feel its up to every one ta live with the consequences of there own actions!so in my opinion this shud be given to every one with kids as even if u go to college or dnt its their choice!!!!!!!

Answer 6

i don't think we have anything like that here in the UK, but i don't think it should be based on a group of people, more on the individual needs, but i can see where the government gets there idea, youngsters these days are just doing stupid things to get gain only for themselves.
a few years back i broke my wrist and couldn't work, when my money ran out i went to the government for help and they said i didn't qualify unless i had a child or was dependant on drugs, what does this say about our world we live in today???

Answer 7

I think that not all teen moms are going to waste it. I was a teen mom and got a lump sum of money for my baby so i started a bank account with it for my baby. Some older moms are likly to not spend it on there babys maybe the answer is for #the goverment to supply nursary equipment instead of money

Answer 8

Where I come from in England there are many girls (some of whom I went to school with) who got pregnant after college because they knew they would be givin a house. I agree that teenage mums shouldn't be given a baby bonus, not so much because it encourages them to get pregnant, but it certainly doesn't discourage them. It is also terribly unfair to those of us who wait until we are married and financially stable before we have children - we don't get a free house!

Answer 9

well I'm a teen I'm 16 and i might be pregnant but I'm not sure this was totally unplanned like most young teen mums they dint plan on having kids but like me most of the grls here don't agree with abortions it is cruel
i think it is fair and not fair because not all of them spend the money on other things and then they will be missing out on bringing there baby up rite and fair enough most of the teen mums spend it on there selves's getting there selves new clothes and yer spending a little on there baby's but we cant change that if u take it from the bad mums there also taking it from the good mums

Answer 10

i think that's wrong just because you a teenager it doesn't mean that you don't care for you baby, and that is what this is saying, i was 19 when i had my daughter! i would put the money in a savings account for my daughter, or i would use it to buy her essentials, i think that saying teenage parents should get the money is discrimination, there might be a few out there that only have baby's to get houses, money etc but not every teenage mum is like that i wasn't. i didn't have a baby to get money or a house, i was living with my partner at the time and we were financially stable.