how many people agree?

Question

how many people agree that all these fourteen or fifteen year olds having babies is ridiculous. i mean i had my babies young but for god sak where do you draw the line, they little babies themselves! i think it is absolutely disgusting what do u think

u know i have heard of teens gettin preg on purpose, i mean where i live i see congregations with buggies. it like a trend. i had my son and went on to uni but alot of these kids dont even realise what they got themselves into the grannies end up minding the baby to let them live their teenage years. i just think it wrong how do they know about having sex but not about using contraception i mean come on it thought in school.

i totally agree with deborah, i mean i had baby at 17 and went to uni am teacher now, good mother. but i think now it being accepted as the norm. i think it looks and is ridiculous how can you be the best mother to a child at that age u dont have the selfishness or willpower, when i was young i made mistakes nad even i think it terrible i had baby so young,.

Answer 1

I think it depends on the person. My sister and her now husband had their 1st when they were 16&17. Now they are 26&27, own 2 homes, have 3 kids, and are doing very well for themselves. Nobody thought they were going to make it, but they were determined. I think it's digusting that people are so judgemental. And what about the people who are an acceptable age who have children and don't take care of them? It's 2007, nothing should be shocking now-a-days.

Answer 2

Well it depends. I know I might get a lot of thumbs down. I know some very young mothers that if you didn't know their age then you wouldn't have known they were 14 and 15. They are still going to school full time and planning to make a life for themeselves and their children. Then there are the ones that pawn their children off on their parents to go out and party and have sex. Those are the ones that shouldn't be having sex. If it was a pure accident and they step up and be a good parents I think they should have the support of everyone. But for the ones that still think its not a big deal and they go on with their lives while other people raise their children shouldn't be having sex. Its a very touchy subject.


I agree with Hokie. Jessica is a VERY good mother. She is a better mother than some people I see.

Answer 3

I feel so proud that there are people on here that actually think I am a good mother. Of course I don't think I am a good mother, I know I am a good mother to be only 14:) But, I didn't purposely get pregnant either. I stepped up and took responsibility for my actions and I do not regret it at all. Yes, maybe I should have waited and sometimes I wish I had. But, I love my daughter and do not regret it. But, now when I got to the adolescents section I get SOO mad when I see 14-16 year olds TRYING to have babies. I guess it angers me because I am living it and know how hard it is and don't want them to have to go through it either. I am also still in school and trying my hardest to do ever thing I possibly can to get a good education now so I can go onto college.

Also, criticism doesn't help the matter, it only makes it worse. No one may like it but hello it is still going to happen no matter what anyone tries to do. I just try to ignore criticizing people and move on with my day.

Answer 4

I don't think age matters. I think maturity does, I know plenty of teenage mothers who are raising they're children and still in school. They're trying to make life good because of a simple mistake they made. Mistake not being having the child but having sex.

I do see it becoming a trend though but its not disgusting.

im 17 with a 7 month old child. Im still in school i have a full time job, other then being a parent, and i don't pawn my child off. I conceived him, gave birth to him, and now i get to raise him. Which im looking forward to by the way

Babies are miracles and should be treated as such not as toys. Age does not matter, maturity does.

Answer 5

To me it's just kind of disturbing to think of 14 and 15 year olds even having sex, because they still look just so little and young (especially the boys). However, if they do get themselves pregnant, not all of them have alternative options besides having the baby and either keeping it or giving it up for adoption. I'm just glad I never had to make such a difficult decision when I was a teenager.

Answer 6

I think it's sad that parents are not watching their children better, or that their children are not concerned with their own health and well-being. It's also sad that it's becoming more accepted in our society, or that a woman can become a grandmother at 29 (yep, it was in the news quite recently). It's a problem within society and while we can't always prevent it, we need to explore more options with educating others about practicing safe sex and the consequences of become sexually active before you can truly handle it.

**I also know olenty of teen mothers who are great mothers...but I think that the trend to have babies so young isn't such a great thing either. It's definitely a problem within our society.

Answer 7

I don't think you should generalize all teen mothers.

There's one girl on here who is 14 with a baby, and I honestly didn't know she was 14 until a few weeks ago. She stepped up and is taking good care of her baby. I don't necessarily think age makes you a better mother. Some young mothers are great mothers. I know at 14 I wasn't ready for a baby.

Answer 8

I think the birth of a child is amazing and for you to call it disgusting, no matter what age the mother is, is ridiculous. Im having my first baby at 19 and although im glad im old enough to be out of school and out of the house i would hardly consider it disgusting 3 years ago to feel my daughters kicks. most pregnancys are not planned and im sure you dont know any of these young mothers personally so dont judge. they may be giving a couple that cant have children the best gift they could ever imagine.

Answer 9

i agree that is a shame that young little girls lose there child hood at a early age so it make them dropout of school most of the time and make them become responsible early on only for themselves for the baby ... Parents cant watch there kids 24/7 the kids just happen to sneak out say there going here and there some where eles.

Answer 10

Well, the way I see it... they're already pregnant so why criticize them? I don't like it, either. I got pregnant young, too, but at least I was out of high school and living on my own.

The best I could do is try to teach my son the right ways and pray he doesn't become a teen parent.