WHY do kids have babys so young?

Question

why do kids have babys so young and they know they cant take care of it

Answer 1

Because they think having sex is "grown up" and then they get themselves in trouble. Terrible isn't it?

Answer 2

I had my first child when I was 17 years old. When I was 16 I graduated high school, and I also obtained my CNA and CMA in the same year. Not every person who is young and has kids are unable to take care of them. Some people are ready for the responsibility before others are, I know people who are much older than me and have several children who are less able to take care of them than I am of taking care of my own daughter. But then again where I went to school it has become a "fad" to have a baby. Its the thing to do. A lot of girls get pregnant on purpose not realizing the responsibility that comes along with being a parent, or they just don't care. There are a lot on insecure teenagers in the world, maybe they think that a baby will love them when they feel like no one else does.

Answer 3

i had a baby at 19. i have never thought i made the wrong decision. to ask this question, and to answer it the way a lot of people have, is ignorant. you know nothing about the love or the feeling of bringing a baby into the world. just because im young doesnt mean im dumb, or neglectful or missing out on life. i did not ruin my life. in fact, i made it better. i was a partier and a drug addict before i got pregnant. i turned all of that around. i dont drink, i dont party and i dont do drugs. i am in college i have my own place, my own car, a full time job and i support my child just fine. becoming pregnant at 18 maybe was not the most responsible thing i ever did, but everything since has been amazing. just because someone is young does not mean they cant take care of their own child. you should look into it a little more before posting questions like this. if you did, you may find that a lot of young parents are more fit than most adults who have kids.

Answer 4

maybe they are trying to get some of the attention they missed out on in early childhood but then realise they cant actually cope with the situation. Ive been there, i was 16 when I got pregnant with my first and didnt cope cos I was without a partner and my mum was pregnant at the same time, we were due a day apart. But the thing is, because my mum has so many babies of her own, i felt like I was completely neglected and so sought after attention from numerous guys and landed myself pregnant. I'm now very much coping and have become a very mature adult and my 3 yr old is a happy little boy.
Not all "kids" who have babies make bad mothers, some do a very fine job.

Answer 5

Because some girls think it's just so cute to push around a baby stroller and dress up their babies.

Of course it's not so cute to deal with puke, leaky diapers, no sleep, and god-forbid a serious life-threatening illness that requires a lengthy stay in the NICU. Then it's not so cute to be a teen parent.

With that being said, I have known some young ladies TRULY step up to the plate and go on to become excellent young mothers. They put their education on the top of theit priorty, and enroll themselves into a local parenting program. They earn their diploma like any other student and can also take satellite correspondence college classes. Plus this program also includes teen dads.

However, you'll find crappy parents at all age groups.

Answer 6

I really would love to know the answer to this one. With birth control as advanced as it is today there really should be no reason for it. I think that todays kids are well educated in this area and just choose to ignore it believing it would never happen to them. Others just think it is cool to have a baby because their friends and peers have one. I met a girl the other day at the doctor's office who was 17 and had three kids there is no way that is just an accident.

Answer 7

My first child I had at 16 years old I wasn't dude, ignorant or uneducated like some of these morans are saying. I'm not going to lie I struggled but I wanted a baby, I was in love and wanted that love to last forever and now that we aren't together that love does live on in my daughter. People who have no experience with being a young mother shouldn't comment on the matter, because all they're doing is putting down us that have been there done that. I don't regret having my daughter at a young age I loved it we grew up together, she gave me the strength and reason to succeed. So for all of you that are talking down on young mothers walk a day in my shoes and then judge.

Answer 8

My first one was a suprise not an accident.. Because I wouldn't give her back if i had to..

1. They want the boy/girl to like them...
2. They wanna be like everyone else who is doing it. And end up pregnant.
3. They want to trap there boyfriend of girlfriend and in hopes the baby will keep them forever which if they saw maury they'd know better.
4. At young ages hormones are flying, songs turn them on to having sex with there "Shawty's or there Boo's"
5. Its like pringles once you pop you can't stop and they really don't know when to stop or the fact they should of never tried something that they know they shouldn't of been doing.

thats why it p*sses me off when teens are like I am pregnant I am scared and I am alone because no one put them in that situation but themselves..

Answer 9

Its the parents fault? not enough education and involvement in their teens lives. I find Teens who get pregnant are often very insecure about their lives and their relationship with their parents, so by having a child they think that that will in some way help their insecurities. I guess. I was a teen mum at 18. I know this was the case with me, Im only 22 now with child number 3 on the way, I have a very supportive husband and we take care of our kids just fine.

Answer 10

Kids are influenced to be sexually active at a very early age; everywhere you look, you see people dressing in a provacative way, sex is encouraged and talked about on many programs and in the movies, the people that teens look up to are very sexual and many have children without being married. Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and many others influence the style of dress and the behaviors of our youth. Listen to the music; it has a lot of sexual connotations and that is another one of the influences of children who try to mimic the actions, dress and style of what they see. When children start having sex at an early age, they are not thinking about getting a sexually transmitted disease (which large numbers are now affected by) or believing that they are going to be the ones to end up pregnant (which many are ending up being). It is a shame that this is the way things are happening. You read in the paper and see the number of unmarried teens giving birth to babies and it is shocking. Moral values are not encouraged. If you have higher standards and show that sex is wrong when you are young and unable to face responsiblities involved in raising babies, you are ridiculed for being one of the "religious right" or for being prudish. Kids do not realize sometimes that they can be caught in a bad situation and end up with more than they can handle. It is a shame that some have to end up destroying their lives and their futures by not taking their own personal choices and responsibilities seriously. By the time they get caught and find themselves pregnant, they are faced with some very hard choices; keep and raise a baby, give a child up for adoption or have an abortion; none of which is an easy choice to make and all of which have major consequences.

Answer 11

My 19 year old friend just had a baby so that she could have the guy as a part of her life "forever" and to get money from him. This is a typical case. That and a lot of girls are stupid dont use condoms or birth control. Im 20 years old and have never once had a pregnancy scare, theres no need to if you use common sense.