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What is your opinion on teen pregnancy? Is it really that bad?
Is teenage pregnancy actually a bad thing?
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What is your opinion on teen pregnancy? Is it really that bad?
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What is your opinion on teen pregnancy? Is it really that bad?
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47 119I had my first at 18, shortly after graduating high school, and it was planned. My boyfriend, later husband ( we got married just before my daughter was born), was working in a good trade and was 2 years older than me.
Most 17 year old lacks life experience, degrees, often don't know how to handle relatoinships without them ending and aren't in a place in life to be able to raise a child independantly. The very crucial aspects that are NEEDED to raise a child. Who has more life experience and can give better advice (in general)? A 30 year old or a 17 year old?
Why become a teen parent if you got so much living to do? A child changes a parent's life DRASTICALLY. You don't have as much free time and are constantly worried about your child. I know people of my age who became parents. I don't experience the worries that they do. I get to travel more and do more than them. The funny thing is, they admit to regret not waiting longer so they can focus more on school and enjoy their prime years.
I am busy working to improve myself physically, financially, mentally etc. By the time I am around or over 30, I have achieved more than I already have and will the capacity to raise a child properly. I don't get why people haste to have children.
I think it's better that I had my childern young. There isn't any life experiences that I can't do with them right there with me. Plus my only goals in life were to get married and have childern so it works out in my case
@apple1996 That may be the case for you, but not for the majority. We live in a world that a teenager has to focus on building their future, regardless of them physically being capable of giving birth. Most teenagers aren't ready for parenthood and they know it. That's the reason why it's seen as a taboo in most western countries.
My wife was pregnant at 14 with a 17 year old boyfriend. He took off after the second child when she was 17. Not uncommon in her country. Now we have two wonderful sons doing well in US school, but life was not easy for her as might imagine. Her parents in poverty were also now supporting more kids. My wife left school after Grade 8 and missed out on things other teens take for granted. She had very difficult and unpleasant work when she could find it. Now she is here in the US and going back to school, but for each girl in her position at 17, there are hundreds of girls who live the rest of their lives in poverty with kids who go on to be parents at very young ages.
Lot of times it is very bad but it doesn't have to be, some people come through alright and love their babies and act responsible.
I think it's at a time in your life where you at that age are likely not going to have the money to support a child.
You also are trying to finish focusing on finishing high school.
Spending time with your friends in high school and I'd argue you are not quite at full maturity yet...
It can be a bad thing, but not always. The problem is the major risks that come with it which is why it's looked down upon generally.
No if you have a solid SO and family to help... sadly most teenagers aren’t mature enough to do this otherwise ide be completely for treating anyone 15+ as an adult.
Yes it is bad in most cases.
Mainly as these kids (most are mentally just kids) get knocked up and even raped in some cases, but carry through more out of shame and family pressure than understanding.
The result being a feckless father, a bastard child and a mentally torn crack fiend mother. It's a bad combo all round.
That never happen when you were. In high school at the time. Times were perfect when you were in high school 15 year olds never got pregnant at the time when you were 15 . When you were in high school kids never made fun of teachers or bully other students.
Of course it is bad.
Girl still in school, not married.
It derails her life and usually the kid grows up poor, in a single parent household and will be more apt to drop out, have behavioral issues, join gangs, do drugs, commit crimes, be promiscuous and be a teen mother themselves.
Finish school, get a job, keep job, get married... easiest path to avoid poverty and have a stable life.
My son is a pretty big nerd so luckily dont think hell be a trouble maker
If you are married to a wealthy gentleman, then no. It is fine. But odds are, a teen girl will get knocked up by a teen guy who is poor and stupid. Then it is pretty bad.
If it was wanted or even a happy accident, then I see no problem with teen pregnancy.
I don't think it is the smartest decision because I think it will be better to first finish your study and have a stable home for your kid to grow up.
I wouldn't call it a bad thing, it is your body and your choice. But I would never do the same.
I couldn't image being pregnant now or already having a child around.
You know what is best for you and your body
It's not really that bad on its own, but it's often correlated with factors that are associated with worse outcomes. In an ideal world, people get stable relationships and stable finances and then have kids who are supported by a pair of loving and committed parents etc. etc. The world often isn't perfect, and how things actually turn out tends to come down to how well families can use their advantages to cover up their disadvantages.
I had the same experience as you. I’m very ambivalent on this issue. I wish I had been more careful, but if my baby had been born (I miscarried) I would’ve done what I could to give her a good life.
Absolutely I do. A child can't raise a baby to the best ability. Especially now a days
Yes, it's bad. A child is a big responsiblity and at 17, you shouod focus on your goals not a child. I can't imagine being a mom rn
My main goal for the future was to have children. Everyone has different goals tho
I agree with you 💯, build a strong life first before getting into more responsibilities
If it's not unwanted and the parents are very wise about it then sure but thats not mostly the case, I am just reading a book about how to be dad and I don't even plan to have a child any time soon, my point being that teenagers don't really plan for it and are just young and foolish so that's not optimal in my opinion
It is usually a bad thing but there are exceptions. Most 17 year olds cannot handle the financial burden of a child.
Teen pregnancy isn't bad my late Great Grandma got pregnant at age 13 well her Mother ended up raising the baby which was my Great Aunt, so it happens and I knew this girl was age 15 at the time and got pregnant to a guy who was age 29 but between her and her Mother they raised the baby and later she married a much older Man and he adopted her Son and she gave her Son his last name. So teen pregnancy happens nothing one can do