I myself am fed up with so many teens being pregnant these days. What's so wrong with waiting until marriage? Or atleast using birth control! Just curious what others think and if people are okay with it, making young couples think it's okay as well.
Thanks.
2007-08-12 18:45:33 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Wow! So far the response shocks me...but in a good way. I really enjoy listening to your ideas, keep them coming!
2007-08-12 18:56:27 · update #1
In my opinion, teenage girls who feel a need or desire to be pregnant are craving attention with shock value. OR, they don't know what real love is (thanks to their parents) and they so desperately crave to find out. Either way, it's disturbing. A teenager raising a child is not only scary for the mother, it's scary for society. These girls are children themselves (although they won't admit it until they are much older). In a way, we can blame the media for the disillusioned views of teens today. The media makes it seem as though this type of thing is accepted and common. I was a teenager once. I hate to admit it, but I also wanted to be pregnant (and tried) when I was 15. (thank god I didn't succeed!) My advice to these girls is to focus on bettering YOURSELVES. Educate yourself. Empower yourself. Learn to love and laugh at yourself. Never compromise yourself for ANY man, and always keep your head held high! Then and only then, will you be ready to raise a child.
2007-08-12 19:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by munkees81 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are just looking for love in all the wrong places they are trying to fill a void in their life. I got pregnant at a young age (20) And to be honest I didn't know that it was wrong I didn't know what the Bible said about it I was only doing what I thought was right. See the world paints the picture that it is ok to do what ever you want to do as a teen just look at the TV shows they have out most of the TV shows now a days promote pre martial sex. Now that I am older and wiser and know what God says about it I don't think it is right but I also don't think it is right to judge them. Instead of putting the teens down more people need to be encouraging them and telling them what the right thing to do is. I wish I had someone like that in my life.
Yes I do believe that they should wait until they are married both hubby and I wish we would have waited.
2007-08-12 18:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The other day my gf and I were out shopping.. right in front of us was a teen no older than 13 and very pregnant with her belly sticking out .. she was with her mother.. and nothing seemed to bother them..
I found it very sad.. and I agree with you 100% as they have no clue what having a baby is all about..
The work involved, the cost etc..
They don't realize it changes your life for good and you lose all your friends and most times don't go back to school and end up on welfare.. or worse.. some just give up on the child and a lot of times the parents raise it..
Most of these girls will be alone as not many teenage boys will be sticking around..
I hope someone reads your question and the answers who is thinking about becoming pregnant and really thinks twice about the lives they will be ruining.. Theirs, the baby's and probably the parents..
2007-08-12 18:52:31 · answer #3 · answered by Rebel 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
These days I have heard about kids as young as 10 who are sexually active. I am a teenager and I am a virgin as well. I don't know if i will wait until marriage because I don't know if I will ever find the right person to marry, or if it is my fate to marry. I wouldn't just marry any man unless I knew I would be with him HAPPILY forever. But as far as being sexually active, I think they need to grow up first before they do that sort of stuff. There are way too many mini Paris Hiltons around who are sleeping with so many guys. I think you have to find someone you love and care about. I feel that being sexually intimate especially for the first time you are giving apart of yourself to someone and you can't just go give that to anyone and/or everyone, or at least I can't. My sister got pregnant at 21(she will be 24 in November) And she wasn't even in a relationship, and I think she was too young to have a baby, you have so many responsibilities and you don't get to go experience life as you would without a child. I don't know why they have to go out and sleep with people when they are so young, it sickening. But, its their life not mine. Plus there are so many diseases out there. Ew.
2007-08-12 19:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Teens are not even equipped to look after their own selves. Not responsible enough. So how will they take responsibility of children.
If they do have an abortion, they are probably risking so much. They do not realize they may not conceive again.
I wish they would do something to their lives.
They do not know they are wasting their own and more lives.
Those who do have kids cannot have enough education.It is always the Mother who suffer.As very often, she is a single parent. And if father does marry, he too cannot study; has to have a job to support.
Single parenting is difficult.
I think Parents need to pay more attention to children and their needs; as also give them enough love. Then this "seeking for love" will decrease.
2007-08-12 19:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really just don't think teenagers are ready to have children. It's not necessarily a maturity thing either. I'm turning 18 in a couple weeks and I know a few teenagers -mentally mature- enough to handle raising a child. It's just that, having a child so early in your life really limits your choices. I don't think anyone should have a child, regardless of age, until they have a stable lifestyle.
If you're still a kid, and teenagers truly still are, focus on achieving your dreams and goals before raising a family becomes your number one priority.
2007-08-12 18:53:31 · answer #6 · answered by enhancedbycolor 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you on this one! I mean what is wrong with sex after marriage, it's ridiculous at least use a condom and take birth control. It is sad that they will do it for attention 60% of teens that get pregnant will drop out of school.
2007-08-13 12:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Everything's Magic♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is stupid for teenagers to be having babies so young.... but i got pregnant with my first child when i was 15 had him when i was 16 ..for my sweet sixteen i got a lot of baby stuff.....but i don't regret it for one second. i love him just as much as i would if i had him at 25.......what i don't get is why teens have 3 kids before they turn 18... we were using condoms and one broke, so i say i was meant to have him b/c when i was a month preg. my b/f left for the navy and the stuff he was working with did something (i dunno what , i don't even really understand it) so it would be really hard for him to have a boy. so i say it was meant to be... the only bad thing is it was so long before i had another baby so him and his sister are 5 years apart.. i dunno how that will effect them.. i hope they will still be close...and if you want to know i married the guy who got me preg, we have been together for 8 years and married for 3 ...altho we did split up for a year b/c i was unsure if i really loved him or if it was b/c i had his child... but anyway my situation turn out really good... but most the time when teens get pregnant they don't want the baby.. or can't take care of it either b/c they don't know how or just don't want to......something does need to be done to stop all the teen pregnancies
2007-08-12 18:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by country_girl23 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok, im just gunna say a couple things;
teen sex creeps me out-always has i think
teen pregnancy creeps me out-same, always has i think
honestly, i dont think its any better suggesting birth control/condoms/whatever & calling it safe when ppl ALSO keep saying THERES NO SUCH THING AS SAFE SEX!! i am TOTALLY w/ every1 that is against it 100%. im 18, virgin(dont think it has ne thing 2do w/ my religiousness), & have always planned on abstinence.the only way thatll change that is if sum1 rapes me! i am thoroughly disgusted w/ ppl who insist on-as i put it- "insist on risking getting knocked up & ruining their lives JUST so they can have sum STUPID orgasims, when they could simply hide away in a room & masturbate the feeling off"!!! its SO simple, yet they wanna do it the hard way instead!! i dont understand it @ all!
hm, i guess this turned into a little more than a couple of things. owell, thanx 4 asking! luv getting that off my chest when i can!
2007-08-12 19:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by Tiff 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
too many teens getting pregnant nowadays is not a good sign, it only shows that teens are not adequately educated about population education, birth control techniques and they lack parental advice on the disadvantages of teen pregnancy, the effect on their education and becoming a parent whose income will be inadequate because of lack of education. Government should augment the education that they give to every high school student by holding symposiums on teen pregnancy, maybe we need psychological experts to conduct such symposiums to increase the awareness of our teen society about how early pregnancy ruin their good future.
2007-08-12 18:59:21 · answer #10 · answered by Puzzledmind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋