How is it that 13 yr olds are on the internet asking about if they are pregnant or not.?

Question

Where are there parents when these children are having sex at such a young age? My parents never had to worry about this with me. What has happened to this society? Do parents care anymore about there kids?

Let me elaborate. I am not saying that every 13 yr old is pregnant. I am saying when I was 13 yrs old I was afraid of that word, and I was still playing with dolls. Why is it that there are so many young girls giving away the most precious thing that she has at such a young age.

Answer 1

it makes me wonder

Answer 2

So many 13 year olds want to have sex but are still uneducated of safe sex and end up pregnant and some get pregnant on purpose because they think babies are fun and cute because they see them on TV, in magazines or a mother with one in the store but what they do not see is the crying, the diaper changes, waking up all hours of the night, the money it cost and so fourth and they do not think about how the babies are going to grow up very fast. They basically think there cute little dolls that will stay babies forever.

It is hard for parents to keep an eye o there kids 24/7, with the way things are going with prices for everything getting higher and higher most families have to have both parents work and it is hard to keep a eye on your child when your at work not to mention the easy lies kids come up with such as they lie and say they are going to the mall with some girlfriends when they really are going over a guys house..

Answer 3

i was wondering the same thing. it's like these kids just never know what theyre getting in to and throwing their lives away.... i was watching the news the other day about kids drinking at that age too and i remember how people did drink at that age! it was a big thing, but a lot of them did it. kids are growing up WAY too fast, when did just hanging around without all the sex and drugs and alcohol become such a way of life for such a small age?

Answer 4

My mother was working her butt off at three jobs and my father was drinking and smoking weed when I was 13 (Of course I didn't really KNOW that til I met him when I was 19).
I don't think it's the parent's fault really. My mom was never promiscuous when I was a kid and she always tried telling me that your virginity is precious. Sex has become such a common topic, it was all over my school, I knew about it via a kid at school when I was in first grade and asked my mom all about it. My mom always offered especially once I was getting interested in boys to help me get on birth control but I never asked.
I ended up pregnant when I was 14, and it happened at my boyfriend's house after church where my mother thought his parents were watching us. No one's really to blame but society and the make belief world that whoever you have sex with, you will be with forever. But I definitely don't feel my mom was to blame because she did her very best to raise me right and I was the one who failed her.
However I did grow up quick when I was 14, what with a baby and all and I think it's the best thing that ever happened to me. I now have a beautiful 7 year old girl who is the apple of my eye.

Answer 5

Unfortunately times have changed. Also, most mothers don't think that their chid would be having sex at 12 or 13. It's an awful truth. I think the majority of moms and dads say practice abstinence (which in my opinion is a great practice) but hesitate to mention that if they did decide to have sex to come to them and they would put them on condoms and birth control. I think abstinence should be taught, but I also believe a parent should tell a child that if they do have sex they will provide them with condoms and birth control and explain to them why. I honestly do not think it is from not caring on a parents part. It is just a them thinking that innocence is still there. Girls are more prone to fall victim to peer pressure and the fact they feel every girl is having sex is not easy. It's not so very new (the peer pressure part anyway) that teenage pregnancies are on an increase.

Answer 6

You were playing with dolls when you were 13? Look times have changed. Kids think that it is cool and mature if they have sex that young. Then they realize they are dumbasses and they get pregnant. What I still cant figure out, is why they are asking on Answers if they are pregnant or not. Really just take a pregnancy test (they arent that hard to find) if you test positive a couple times, then go to the doctor. Dont ask people on here.

Answer 7

It is sad, I know when I was 13 there were alot of pressures from friends peer pressure and from my boyfriend but i just couldnt, and im so glad that i didnt. I read a couple of weeks ago that there were 2 13yr olds on here pregnant! i would have been killed by everyone in my family if i had gotten pregnant at such a young age!! its horrible

Answer 8

OK.... Number 1) 13 year olds WANT to get pregnant. They are still playing with dollies and the idea of a baby is just a live dolly. This is a natural mental state. That's why I always promote getting a puppy/kitten/small animal that needs attention for a young teen to mother. She will learn what it means to be responsible for a living thing w/o being shackled for 18 years+. Number 2) Parents of today grew up in the 60's and 70's "Make love not war". They were the irresponsible generation. Also the 80's generation "Generation ME". PLUS, we are in the era of no fathers. The dead beat dad laws are soo one sided that a man can't afford to stick around when his baby's mommy tries to suck all his hard earned money away. So children now are being raised by women who are working at least 1 job and are too tired to actually be MOTHER. 3) The media is becoming more and more sexually free in nature. Even the new series about catching sexual predators is one sided. You see the hetero sexual predators (Men after little girlies) BUT you hardly ever see the Chicken Hawk/Mambla side of things. Sexual freakishness and promiscuity is making big $$'s and we are allowing it. 4) Question - do smoker's care if another person can get lung cancer from second hand smoke? Does a successful middle-class person care about welfare for the homeless/immigrant's? I'm sure some parents care about their children - but they have no way of dealing with the child protection laws - at least Nevada allows a parent to spank their child, but other places do not. By the way, my parents never had to worry about stuff like this from me either... I was too scared s*less about getting the belt to do anything too outrageous. And YES society is going downhill. Everything is about self-satisfaction not about self-responsibility. When was the last time YOU hollered at some strange kids who looked like they were up to no good. I do it all the time. Society raises the children, not just the parents. It's all our responsibility to keep chidren out of harm and out of trouble.

Answer 9

I am wondering the very exact same thing. Of course if the parents are not monitoring their computer use, you know they aren't paying attention to whether they are being sexually active or not. It is sad as they are having sex so young, getting pregnant or exposing themselves to STDs, HIV/AIDS and the Papilloma Virus. An example of the state of blame that is put on everything and everybody else but the parents. If the discipline and correct teachings are done at home, and we monitored the television program watching, the music they listen too, the clothes they wear, and the kids they hang around with, we would be doing our best to take responsibility to rear them right. We need to tell them no and not listen to "well everyone else is doing it." They need to be taught limits and boundaries and not allowed to do everything they want. Usually the children who behave like this have parents who behave in the same way, and they are not taking responsibility to their children to make sure they are being properly taught at home.

Answer 10

Some parents may not be around enough to actually notice these things and some just may not care. You never really know. Some kids are just careless they don't think of what they're doing and what the consciences are of what they are doing and when they find out they are pregnant they may be afraid to tell their parents. But most of all these 13-year old kids getting pregnant are just plain stupid.

Answer 11

parents do care about their children, it's just that the children are influenced by negative people, such as on television; the music industry has seemed to cause all of this. Teenagers seem to choose celebrity role models. Thus, they desire to do what they do, like dressing like them or becoming rebellious like them. There are many various factors to this sort of problem, but in most circumstances it is not the parents' fault.