What do you think of teen pregnancy?

Answer 1

It depends on how young the teen.. i think young teens have no buisness having sex in the first place, but if it were to happen, somebody needs to be there for them to help guide them... Maybe it is a blessing to them.. maybe having a baby will help them in the future.. I got pregnant at18 yrs.. I was on the wrong path, with drugs, hanging with the wrong ppl and doing bad stuff... Ever since i got preg and had my Beautiful daughter, my life has changed. I am 20 now and going to college working on my degree to better myself FOR my daughter. I dont do drugs or hang around with the same ppl anymore, i am careful on who i choose as friends because i wouldnt want to put "That" around my baby.
I am soo happy i had her ..even though i was 18 already and could make my own choices, i still am blessed i had my parents to help guide me through it. So again it depends on the situation and age... But its not always such a bad thing...

Answer 2

depends on the particular teen. If they are responsible, hold jobs, and have an education that is fine. If they are just some little girls and boys who thought it would be fun to play bump bump their parents are not very aware of how serious parenting is. I don't blame the teen, I blame the parents. But in a situation of some older teens who end up pregnant, things happen...and if they are able to support and care for a child, then there is nothing wrong with that. People need to learn to be more open minded and remember what is was like for them when they were a teen, because its like that now for kids that are only 10 yrs old. Life is getting more unfair for our youth, and if they were just paid attention to a little more we would'nt have problems like this occuring all the time.

Answer 3

I think that this is a thouchy subject for me. I was a teen mother at 16. I would NEVER recomend any one to go threw what i had to go threw. I got kick out of high school for being pregnant, and showing. I got some of the worst looks you could ever imagine, people would point and talk about me while i was standing in front of them in line at the grocery store. everything seemed to be 120 times harder than it should have been, I have to take off twice the amount of sick days than other employees. the chances that you are giong to stay with the father of your child is slim to none, so not only are you a teen mother you are single. if you are asking this because you are pregnant it is going to be HARD! but you will make it. I finished high school i am in college and working full time i feel as though i never sleep but i am getting things done. It is hard and i wouldnt recomend it to anyone.

Answer 4

If theyre married and devoted to the child and the family I see nothing wrong with it.

If theyre unsupervised, impregnated by a parents lack of care on the matter, and left alone to some how care for the baby and hash things out, I think the parent of the teen should be flogged.

I have little against the teens, and much against their parents.

Answer 5

I dont consider it a good or a bad thing. I would really not like to have my teenage daughter or son having sex, but hopefully I will raise them with the smarts that if they are going to, be safe. If it did happen, it wouldnt be the first. You deal wth what you are given, stay in school anyways because thats what is best for you and the baby. Just remember that if your going to play grownup... then you need to act grownup because now you have someone else depending on you and it is your responsibility nobody elses to take care of the baby.

Answer 6

I'm 18 and pregnant. However I'm married, graduated from school very early and went to college and we planned on having a child. We have time to devote to her and money to support a family. I see nothing wrong with a teen married and preg. But just girlfriend/boyfriend screwing around preg. doesn't seem like a good idea.

Answer 7

I think--why? It is never worth it. Why would you want to completely limit your life and that of your child? Even with great support from family, you are likely to not go to college and have a life outside of providing for that child. You are limited in life because you will not be able to experience and see the world outside of where you live. Your child is limited because he/she will not have the stability of a father (statistics show) and a mother who is working a low waged job and frustrated because she struggles everyday to provide the "best". But a teenage mother cannot provide all the best because you don't have the resourses (financially or educationally) to do this.
My mother was a married teenage parent, and she did a wonderful job with the support of my father, but their marriage is an exception to the norm (married 32 yrs). Yes, my mother loves and cherish myself and my siblings, but seeing the life I live, she knows she missed out on so many things in life as a teenage mother. I also had many high school friend who became pregnant as teenagers, and when I visit my hometown and I see them, they tell me all the time how they envy the life I have because I waited...I didn't get married until I was 27 because I wanted to receive a bachelor's and master's degree from college and have a career before becoming married. Now I'm married to a man with a PhD, living in D.C., and pregnant with our first child, and at the age of 29 I have experienced more and seen more of the world than my mother and that of my friends who became pregancy as teenages, stuck in our old town and not with the father of their child. And I will be able to provide (financially, emotionally, and educationally) for our child better than I would ever have been able to do as a teenage parent.

Teenage pregancy--it's just not worth it.

Answer 8

I think it's irresponsible. Teens have alot ahead of them and it seems that alot of times when they get pregnant then they never find the chance to make it to college and some can't even finish high school. This leads to a struggle for life. No money, no place to live, etc.

Answer 9

It's horrible! Their bodies still need growing to do and that's hard when their trying to grow a baby at the same time. Usually they aren't married and may not have the support they need. If it does happen and they can't take care of it for any reason then they should never abort though. Adoption is always an option.

Answer 10

It's a product of our focusing on teaching abstinence instead of focusing on safe-sex. I had middle and high school health teachers who were embarrassed to talk about condoms..... WHAT?!

A sick infant can be turned away from the hospital because it does not have health insurance. If we're going to keep our current health insurance policies, as well as abortion policies, then we need to really kick up our safe sex education.