teenage motherhood?

Question

hey every one i just wanted know everyones opinion on teenage motherhood and if the teen mother does not no where the father is or much about him.

please respond back

Answer 1

It's a BAD idea and says terrible things about the girl (and guy) involved.

Answer 2

Teen motherhood is often hard on the teen mother, her family and the child. If the teen has not completed her education, it falls on the family and teen to arrange for child care while the teen completes the education. And the financial hardship can make life very difficult for everyone involved. Especially if you are not positive of who the father is, but I would think you know who you have had sex with and those boys would have to have paternity tests to determine who is the father. Even after completing your education, you now have immediate extra expense of child care while starting at an entry level job. It makes it extremely difficult to find the money to save for a house, car, other expenses, when you are just scraping by. Sometimes the teen mother becomes angry with the child for "causing" all this strain. Before considering this as an option please talk to your family doctor or guidance counsellor more thoroughly. Good luck and God Bless.

Answer 3

It all depends on the girl. A girl can be immature about the situation or mature. If the girl is serious about having a baby then she will do what she has to do for herself and her baby with or without a man. Make sure you get a education most important!!!! You will need to provide a future for your baby and what you make of your life, your baby might grow up to follow. So make the right choices in life. Although it might be a "mistake" becoming a teenage mom, it does not mean life is over. A lot of sacrifice has to be made and if one feels that they cannot make this sacrifice then there is always giving the baby up for adoption. Remember....motherhood is forever...it is 24/7...no vacation...a lot of overtime.
As far as not knowing where the father is or anything about him...a teenage girl should not let herself get in that type of situation. USE YOUR BRAIN!!!!

Answer 4

well, my opinion is this i feel like everyone can have a kid....they just have to know the responsibilities behind that. As far as a teenage mother, they wouldn't know how much they are going to be missing out on life with a child. They can't do the things a regular teenager would do. The teen mother should go searching for her baby father it'll be a shame if that child has to grow up knowing little or much about their father. IF this is your situation honey get some help.

Answer 5

Being a teenage mother is a difficult road especially if you do not know the father of the child. My suggestion is to go to social services for financial help and seek the help of your family. You cannot do this alone. Also I hope you will consider finishing your high school education and get some college, as if you don't you will never get out from a life of poverty and heartache. Education is the key. If you have someone to mind the child while you go to school, it would be great. With an education you will be able to provide for your child and then in the future maybe meet someone special that will love you and your child.

Answer 6

I don't think teen motherhood is a good idea for anyone involved. Once you become a mother ... if you're a good mother anyway ... so much of your life is wrapped in your child that you really can't do all of the things you'd like to do -- at least not for several years. It's good to wait to become a parent until you've had a chance to complete your education, travel a bit, date and just basically have fun, because everything that you are doing now becomes that much more difficult to do when you've got a baby in tow.

Answer 7

I think that teenage parenthood is not necessarily a bad thing as long as those involved recognize the responsibility and the sacrafice. Realistically, we can't tell someone not to do it so u just have to let them know what they r taking on and what they r giving up. From there it's up to them. Since it is in most cases a choice there is no excuse for not being "prepared" for parenthood as an adult or teen. I hate when I see young girls and guys leaving their kids with their parents while they attempt to go out and enjoy a social life.

As far as the fatherless child goes, I know that alot of people will disagree but technically neither parent has to stick around to be with the child that they produce. It's not like there r any uncontested rules that say so. It is moral responsibility and attachment that keeps us (women and men) around to take care of our children. I think that any person who has a child and the mother or father leaves afterwards should place a great deal of responsibility on themselves for having unprotected sex with a woman or man who was not morally committed to taking care of a child if one was conceived. Don't get me wrong I would never leave my gf/wife to raise our child if that day comes. I'm just saying that there is nothing that says that u have to stay. Government creates laws to try to encourage it but morals are the only thing that can actually create that committment.

Answer 8

I think that it teenage motherhood happens when parents are too ignorant to teach their children about contraceptives and instead, take the approach teaching abstinance. Parents: You know your kids are going to experiment, it is part of evolution and hormones and life experience vital to their growth.
Then some parents and communities literally condem those teens and give them hell for it.
Regardless, It happens. If the teen wants to get an abortion, they should. They are old enough to make their own decision what to do with the baby. Society doesn't allow kids to get emancipated untill they are 17, and so, holds them back form being responsible. Let them take responsibility for themselves, and most people would be surprised what they can do.

Answer 9

I believe that if you can't take care of a child's emotional and physical needs, and that includes you can't support them economically on your own, then you shouldn't have a child.
Thus, since teenagers under 16 can't support themselfs, they shoudn't have children.
It's not fair to the child to have to live in a situation where her/his mother can't give him/her a good quality life. And further-more, the teenager won't be able to live a full life because she is too busy taking care of a child to experience being a kid, and most likely she will drop out of school, so she won't be able to get a descent education and end up working at a fast-food place for the rest of her life.

Answer 10

Teenage motherhood is definitely the girl who has to suffer and go through the pain.She has to say bye bye to studies , a life full of taunts and what not.Parents should guide their children about what is right and what is wrong.

Answer 11

there are so many people willing to adopt a baby and give it a loving home I think that a teen needs to grow up and be a teenager go to dances finish high school