What do you think about a 13 year old being pregnant?

Question

Some think its not hard at all when you are pregnant and think that after they have the baby it wont be hard at all.
When it is hard and a challenge to take care of a baby and having to support it with everything, it takes ALL kinds of money to have a baby.

What do you think about a 13 year old being pregnant at a young age?

I'm not 13 i'm 18 years old, but wondering about what you other peoples opinion is on 13 year old girls being pregnant.
I never was pregnant EVER, but i will after i get married and stuff later on in life.

Answer 1

I got pregnant at fourteen and I have a very supportive and loving family. I love my son and I have raised him with all the same love I got growing up. Your age or marital status has nothing to do with what kind of parent you can be. It happens and they have some difficult decisions to make. Don't harp on them anymore then what they are doing to themselves.

Answer 2

I think it is sad that the adults in her life did not give her enough information on the topic, or was just not doing a good job parenting (i.e. this does not mean stalking their daughter to make sure they don't have sex) Just have an open relationship. I know this is not the only circumstance in which a girl can get pregnant at that age, but it is the circumstance I am most familiar with (I have discussions with girls like this often)

Answer 3

I think its terrible. My od I remember at 13 i was a kid, out with my mates etc. Im 26 and pregnant and believe me its scary and I've the support both financially and from my wonderful husband. There's no way a 13 year old can cope mentally with a baby or should have to. A childs all about being a child not bringing one into the world! x

Answer 4

I wouldn't ever recommend it, physically it's quite dangerous for mother and baby, and psychologically and emotionally a huge struggle. Having said that though, I have a friend who fell pregnant at 13, and chose to go on and have the baby. She's now 25, with four children, and a qualified nurse AND a wonderful mother to all her kids. It was hard for her don't get me wrong, but with the support of her parents, her friends, family, school and the father of her baby, she has made a good life for herself and her children.

Answer 5

Something that few people consider in this little debate is the health of the 13 year old. Even if she had help with the baby and stayed in school, and did everything right, just having sex at that early of an age puts her at a higher risk for cervical cancer and STD's. Having a baby at that age can put her at higher risks for health problems later on.
Bottom line to me: Having a baby changes your body forever, so before having a baby, you need to have an adult body.

PS Most babies born to young mothers end up being preemies, so it isnt easy for them in the beginning either!

Answer 6

I blame the parents for not teaching their son/daughter that it's important to wait/abstain from sex until they are older. I'm not a prude, but 13 is WAY to young to be having sex and where are the parents? Are they leaving young teens home alone while they are at work? It's just asking for trouble.. When I was 13 I was involved in volunteer programs and YMCA programs so that I wasn't home to my own devices. I think that nowadays parents are lazy and dont' want to keep their kids involved in activities so "bored" children/teens occupy themselves...Also, teaching teens/young adults about safe sex practices would also help- that way at the very least they would know how/when to use a condom ! I think if it were my daughter I would make her get an abortion. 13 is too young to raise a child and the parents would just screw it all up or maybe even give it up for adoption that way- the teen would have to carry the baby and give birth maybe that would be a wake-up call as well..

Answer 7

A 13 year old is a child - no child needs to experience child bearing until they are of age to understand what it is to bring and raise a child in the real world. No 13 year old can support a child on their own. It is not fair to taxpayers and to their own parents to have to raise a baby that is brought in to the world by a child.

Answer 8

I feel terrible. I think, for a girl of 13 to get pregnant speaks bad of careless parents and the rape for the man who did it. A thirteen year old mother is a child, needing childhood and a good parenting herself and not to get involved in parenting.

Along with the man responsible for pregnancy, parents, espacially mother, should also be punished for ruining two children's life.

Answer 9

i think it's not good. it shows the amount of pressure teens are under and how they can't take it. it really does suck form them. im not mad at them, just disappointed. disappointed that they had the chance to say no, (the girl always does) but don't. even though they are aware of the repercussions of their actions.

Answer 10

That 13 year old child should NOT have that baby. It will change the teenagers life forever. It will be extremely hard to support, dissipline and educate that new child when the teenager has not yet finished with hers.