Why are we able to get pregnant so young?

Question

People say that we shouldnt be having sexual relationships when we are 11,12,13 years old, but WHY, if nature is so precise and so accurate, we are able to have kids at that age??
Are we supossed to be having children at that age?

First of all, im not 11 or 12 or 13, im asking because the question poped into my head, im 25, and second of all, YES we are able to get pregnant, it doesnt mean its ok, but if it is or not ok, wasnt my question in the first place!!
And thanks to the ones who undestood the question!

YOU DONT HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO HAVE SEX!
AND YEAH,CONDOMS??!! THATS AN INTELIGENT ANWER!!

Answer 1

no! definately not and especially not with all the stupid decisions that kids make these days like not using protection and getting pregnant and deadly STDs...even then you should at least be 18 or married when you first do cuz i promise it means so much more when you wait until your in love but alot of the problem kids have today is that they all think there in love.....a word of advice not meant to be rude but NO ONE falls in love at 12-14yrs old....good luck and i hope i helped.....♥

Answer 2

It's SOCIETY that is screwed.

We infantilized our youth, make them go to school around ten years longer, treat them like idiots, etc.

300 years ago, women did not go to school, and were considered adults at 14. They learned to be "women". The AOM was higher, but they were given ALOT more rights than youth today. It's a common mistake to say, oh you have more rights today than 300 years ago. Because they don't. They have NONE of the rights they had 300 years ago, all they are is protected about 10x more from abuse. If society actually kept up with the harsh treatment of youth, teaching them responsibility at an earlier age, then maybe at 13, a child would actually be ready to take on more responsibilites. Society has created "children", 300 years ago, they were small adults. Teenagers are a pure and simple creation of todays society. at 16, a woman had kids, and was raising them, and how did we turn out? How did the future turn out? Goddamn fine. You didn't see those kids breaking rules, because they were beaten if they did.

The problem isn't kids today, it's how society has made them out to be.

Answer 3

Traditionally, puberty was a right of passage- achieving it meant that you were a "man" or a "woman", and accepted as an adult member of the community. Not to mention the average life span used to be much shorter- when you only live to be 35, 15 doesn't seem so young, right? Because of progress of our society, "childhood" has become a more and more extended age frame. First compulsory education to 8th grade, then into high school. Now, it's becoming just as necessary to have a college degree to be considered a proper, adult, contributing member of society- so we have people in their early 20's still living off their parents or scraping the bottom of the barrel to get by- extending "childhood" way beyond the body's idea of adulthood.

However, because of this extending childhood, it has become less proper for early teens to be having sexual relations- society has not prepared them for the task at that age. So now we have the challenge of teens having to balance the body's natural tendencies to reproduce with the reality of the culture in which they are being raised.

Answer 4

People's life spans used to be much, much shorter...even only a hundred or so years ago (and in some parts of the world, many still do have short lives). When people used to live to be only 40, marriages and children at a young age were common out of necessity. The quality of life for these people was not good - little or no education, no medical care, squallid living and working conditions, etc. Human biology/evolution has not changed even remotely as quickly as our culture and standards of living have changed. These days, our society considers those who are older than 18 to be "adults" and able to make their own decisions (legally). Anyone younger than that is in the care of a parent or legal guardian who makes decisions on their behalf.

Long story short, it is not in the best interest of society at large for people as young as 11 or 12 to have children even tho they are biologically able to do so. Having kids at that young age places a heavy burden on the greater society because those young people are not only draining common resources to raise their kids, but they are not contributing to the greater good (by not getting a full education and/or working for the advancement of the culture).

In my opinon, having children so young is a selfish, often misinformed, and irresponsible choice. Everyone suffers - the young parents, the poor babies who can't be cared for properly, and society as a whole.

Answer 5

I second the answer about our lifespans. From Wikipedia:
"Average life expectancy before the health transition of the modern era is thought to have varied between about 20 years and 35 years."

If people were dying around 20, they wouldn't want to wait until they were 18 to have kids. Now that we have long lifespans, we have the luxury of waiting to develop emotionally a little longer before having kids. After 35 the risks go up a little, but if people plan on having their kids between 20-35, that still gives them 15 years.

Evolution works slowly, and since extended lifespans are a relatively new development, it isn't really reflected in our biology. That is why we can theoretically have kids at a much younger age than would be ideal for our current lifespans.

Answer 6

Evolution is a long and slow process, and in the past few hundred, even few thousand years come to think on it, has seen an explosion of social changes... and evolution just hasn't had the chance to keep up. If we keep changing at this pace, it never might.

Once upon a time we lived in tribes, and children were raised by more than one or two people. You could have babies at any time and the tribe would manage. Then civilization rose, and so did how we raise families. Education became an issue, which it never was for primitive anscestors.

So nowadays we have this long and painful adolescence, in which people are physically capable of reproduction, but arent' financially or socially ready to support them. Fortunately with the help of science we've come up with the answer ahead of (and inspired by) nature - birth control.

UNfortunately, there are so many social and religious issues surrounding it, many people are not educated about it, don't have access to it, or are too afraid of rejection by their partner to use it. This is something we have to work past for the health of our teen population.

Answer 7

if you are that ignorant about everything in life you will be very misserable. A baby takes alot of responsibility, which it is no way possiable for a 11 -13 year to have. First off you can't even get a real job at that age so then you have to rely on mom or dad for support, that is not showing responsibility. And you could not even give consent for a doctor to treat you or your child, again you mother or father has to do that. Therefore it seems to me as it would be your parents responsibility not yours. worry about school not boys education last a life time and can better your future or ruin it. So worry about school thne get a good job then think about children.

Answer 8

Because the only real reason not to at that age is that it's bad socially. From an evolutionary standpoint, most animals start reproducing when they are physically mature enough. People didn't used to live very long, and the only purpose of living, is to further the species really. Physically, you are ready to have kids when you're like 12. And if you were just in nature, you would and should be having kids. But as we are already established as a species, it's not necessary to reproduce as much and quickly as possible. But seeing as some girls insist on being dumb and having kids at that age, natural selection and evolution can't have us not be ready later.

Answer 9

because in the olden age it was okay for women to have sex because they were usually married by the time they started there period, god made women so Adam would not be alone and to have children so we are able to have kids and like i said back in the old age we were meant to have kids at a young age they all did

Answer 10

Because you cant at that age you can get pregnet and your not to responasble TRY carring for a child be up all night..Wat about school. No not kids at that age...... And sexual relationships can cause problems at a young age....