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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 119If you can emotionally and financially support yourself and child then it's up to you
Depends on your circumstances.
In most cases, it is a very bad thing.
If you are ready to give yourself to that child than it doesn't matter at what age you become mother...
I know that must of been a very challenging. But did you keep the baby?
Omg yes lol I have two kids. They're 5 and 3
Good. Thank you for giving them a chance at life. Statistically speaking people who have children out of wedlock, before graduating from college or worse before graduating from HS are much more likely to live in poverty. Now I don’t know your situation. Sounds like it’s not too bad. If you can make it by and support your kids being a good mother than I’m proud of you. But in general this is not a good idea.
Short answer yes.
Yes.
I think it’s better to be more mature to know their responsibilities and how to creat kids
I know I had friends who gotten pregnant at 17-18, and many did alright. Some went to college still. Everyone's situation is different. But it's certainly much better than getting pregnant at say 15.
Fifteen still is a teen lol
@Jack9949 but 15 you are still living under your parents roof and still going to high school versus diploma and college age.
I think its too soon 'cause the teen should enjoy being a kid and not raising one but at the end of the day its their choice
It’s not a good precedence to set to children growing up watching and emulating our actions and repeating our mistakes and choices. However, one cannot determine it’s a bad thing for every
teen that became a parent. For some it was a beautiful and maturing turning point in life.
Just as marriage cannot be determined bad because of the majority’s view of marriage.
its bad because the chances of you being finacially stable as a teen are rare and well you need money to take care of a kid, makes shit harder
Yes, it really is that bad. But not for YOU, for your CHILD. You're in no place to raise a child, so it's clearly not fair to them, nor in their best interest.
Falling in love, marriage, and bearing children, isn't about YOU. It's not about what you GET out of it, it's about being in a place in your life where you have so much to GIVE.
Some people just never get there. For most teen pregnancies, they just kill it. Sick.
Yes but it can be bad for her later in when she wants a top shelf guy for serious because she will be at the back of the line behind women with zero kids. And by the time her kids are grown & that’s not an issue she faces age obstacles
@hahahmm - What they don't really get is they have ONE priority, and that is their children. After working and running a household by themselves, whatever time they have left they OWE to their offspring. But you'll hear them whining about their entitlement to have ANOTHER romantic relationship, AFTER the one they already fucked up. It's lunacy. More importantly, any new guy will NEVER be the priority - those kids will come first, then her job, then her mother, then her friends. It's a lose-lose proposition all the way around for any guy.
True. And even if they put in 100% that kid isn’t getting as good of an upbringing as they would with a strong male role model at home. Not good.
My older sister had her first child when she was 15 (I was 5), so I've seen how difficult and stressful it is. But she worked her ass off to make sure her kids had everything they ever needed (she still managed to finish high school on time, by the way) and they both turned out amazing.
That being said, I don't usually judge girls for that sort of thing, but it's the ones who are actively trying to get pregnant without thinking about the consequences or how stressful and difficult it will most likely be that piss me off.
If you have goals of anything beyond being a parent for the next 20 years it is. Just depends what your priorities are I guess, but I would never say it’s ideal
Not if it changes their lives for the better. I know one girl who got pregnant at 18 and she's now married with a military boy and a mother and is very happy. Is gonna complicate your life but if the father is a guy who ends up taking responsibility then you gonna have your family way earlier in life and by the time you're in your 30s you gonna start to focus on your career. If you have zero support and father bails then yeah is gonna be hard. I don't know I feel like if girls were smarter about the guys they picked and guys were taught to take responsibility for children is probably gonna free a lot of time for later in life for both.
If you have the emotional stability, financial security, physical durability, a responsible father, and the ability to live on three hours of sleep a night, then go right ahead.
The problem is that very few people do.
Oh gosh 3 hours of sleep? My babies allowed me to sleep much longer then that
Speaking as someone who didn't really grow up fully until i was 27... I would say its bad.. thats not saying it was bad for you, just bad in general.. Girls that young haven't had a chance to grow up.. teens who get pregnant are far less likely to go to college, less likely to be able to hold a stable job, More likely to resort to alcohol, drugs, and even suicide.. Not saying you did.. its just what i have read about it.
Yeah maturity happens at a different age for everybody and that is something that is very important to be able to raise kids
agreed..
If you don't have a proper support network, yes, it sucks. If you have a wonderful family who supports you unconditionally and also have the means to support the child and the baby, then the situation is more bearable.
Let's say I just finished high school and am pregnant, my parents can't support my child and send me to college at the same time. Then I must halt my studies to take care of my child, but I also need to work to buy diapers and stuff.
Which, as a person who barely has a high school grad, most likely will be a minimum wage job, which, won't ever suffice to pay for college, so it will be very difficult.
In my country teenage pregnancies in poor or medium-low families are one of the factor with perpetuate poverty.
"one of the factors which" sorry
It's bad! Person who is pregnant in teenage can face many mental health issues. In teenage were are not fully mature, we can be implusive with our emotions. Suddenly you get crowded by responsibilities for which you are not ready. It can affect both mother's and her baby's life and health.
For the most part it usually doesn't work out well. There are some instances where it it works if you have the support you need.
Most of the teens I knew that got pregnant it ended up working out for them
That is good to hear. One question though was it family support or welfare that got them through in the end?
I'm not sure about others. I know for me I wasn't allowed to get welfare or food stamps. Trust me I tried and they denied. I basically got kicked out when my son was 2 months old and had to stay with my inlaws which really all worked out for the best.
Thank goodness your in laws were more understanding & helped you through the difficult times. I am glad it worked out for you.
douride2 At the tine when you were in high school teenage girls never got pregnant I bet not one single girl got pregnant at the time when you were in high school.
@Butterflies1995 You couldn't be more wrong. I would say at least 6-8 that I know of every year I was there. Possibly more.
douride2 But when you were 8n high school at the time teenagers at that time never clown around much less goof off.
@Butterflies1995 back in the day most girls got pregnant young since there wasn't much assess to birth control
Wrong birth control was easy to access back in the 80s & 90s.
If you couldn't get the pill condoms were every where.
not by default. if you are done with education and have a steady job at 17, that's ok, i guess.
however most teenage pregnancies are a huge burden on the parents and end up in single parenthood, which is AT LEAST less then optimal for the child.