2006-11-24 23:29:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Absolutely not!! And definitely , no! Pregnancy is no excuse to get married!! Just because there is a pregnancy, doesn't mean they are ready for marriage!
2006-11-25 02:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, no matter what the circumstances. At 16 you're too young to tie yourself to another person like that. There are other reasons if they were pregnant. I got pregnant the same month as my 17th birthday and I'm just now beginning to even think about planning the wedding at 19. If you get married you have to find your own health insurance...which is near impossible in this day and age while raising a child on a low budget. However if you don't get married you stay on your parents much better plan and then pay them the smaller sum that they normally would have been paying for you. Also you should really only be getting married once and therefore your wedding shouldn't be 6 months pregnant in maternity wear in the local courthouse. That seriously doesn't sound like the happiest day of your life now does it?
2006-11-26 18:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by evilangelfaery919 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a big fan of children marrying. At 16 years of age your son or daughter is a child and is not able to realize the responsibilities of marriage.Additionally, pregnancy is no reason to get married. It is better to have a single parent, than to live with both of your parents who are not in love. Parents are supposed to model behavior to thier children. I feel it is better to have both parents involved with the child and co-parenting without being married, rather than marrying one another, "for the sake of the child." The latter situation often involves the two parents fighting or arguing constantly. This doesn't mean that the two children couldn't grow up and eventually get married, but to get married at 16, that is much to young.
2006-11-25 07:48:04 · answer #3 · answered by Richelle S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If my daughter got knocked up at 16, it wouldn't be my issue anymore as she's already decided to make adult decisions.
Her next one would be to decide on what menial part-time job she will get while attempting to find a cheap place to live.
Sorry. I know it sounds harsh. I'd help take care of the baby, because I don't think the baby should be punished for the parents' mistakes, but, if my daughter gets pregnant, she can do whatever she wants as I'm no longer taking care of her.
As my husband is in the miltiary, I believe he would attempt to "persuade" (if you get my drift) the young couple to get married, but I'm not sure I'd agree with that.
2006-11-25 14:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by katheek77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and No. Especially when they're that young, it usually always ends in divorce. Since child support will have to paid either way, it's not option I'd let my child exercise. I would have the baby's father name on the birth certificate and have the child use the father's last name, but as for marriage at 16, even if pregnant? Definitely not!
2006-11-25 12:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Alicia L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO way. The guy i was with at 16 i would have married at the time... and now only 4 years later im glad i didnt. Even if i was pregnant now i would not get married. its a huge life step and its for mature adults to take not children.
2006-11-25 07:35:25 · answer #6 · answered by ce_ben1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way! Pregnancy is no reason to get married, and people do it all the time...marriage is hard enough for adults who truly love each other...it would be virtually impossible for kids that young to make it last...marrying at that age (baby or no baby) is a divorce waiting to happen.
2006-11-25 10:59:32 · answer #7 · answered by єЖтяα ¢яιѕρψ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
16 years of age is still a child.. I'm 21 and still not mature enough for marriage. If the child was made out of wedlock then I see no difference if the child is raised out of wedlock. Marriage based on forced decisions eg. I'm pregnant i have to get married, will not last.
2006-11-25 08:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by nay_ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got married at 16 because I was pregnant which was a huge mistake I was afraid people would call my child a bastard the guy I married was 20 and he abused me and I was so dumb he told me he was my guardian and he'd put in me in jail if I left so I waited til I was 18 to leave i would never allow my child to marry.
2006-11-25 09:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by fluttergirl2004 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No and NO they don't even know what love is yet let them live a little and as for the baby if its your daughter i would tell her tough luck she shouldn't have opened her legs so soon and as for your son well guys are different...i think that you should have done a little better job keeping an eye out for them
2006-11-25 08:54:33 · answer #10 · answered by allymay04 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋