Teen Pregnancy, Hollywood Style

My self being a teen mother of two, I disagree with many of the statements that have been said on here. I was 17 when I had my twin girls, I am now 19 and they are 17 months old. I had them in March, still went to school while i was pregnant and graduated in June.. Two of my friends were pregnant at the same time as me and they graduated too. I know many women that have become teen mothers, some continue with their education which is great and some work for minimun wage but are very happy about it because they get to spend time with their child and watch he/she grow??? I would much rather work for 8 bucks an hour for the rest of my life and be able to sit at home with my kids and talk about their day, and be able to watch them grow and teach them new things???Think about what our great grandparents were doing many years ago, Having 16 kids by the age of 30..Which means starting aaround 14..No one seen anything wrong with it then, so why is it so wrong now? I know some women that are 17 when they have kids that are better parents than some people i know who had kids at 30. It has nothing to do with age, it is all about their determination, and support around them. If a women at 17 has a kid she has the choice on how she wants to act with this kid and what she wants to do with her life..For all your people who think that teen pregnancy is horrilbe, think about all the older women who get pregnant, its not any different..And not every teen mother ends up on welfare so dont put the accumulation against all of them......Many people are starting familys at young ages and thats just something that everyone is going to have to deal with..

So many teen moms are bragging about their accomplishments, but what none of you young girls understand is that these welfare programs are done at taxpayer expensse. I have a child I would like to send to college, I am paying almost four bucks a gallon for gas, like all middle class taxpayers, and I am tired of having to support your children and finance your special help programs. THis has encouraged girls to think, gee, nothing is wrong with having kids at 15, look at all the welfare I got and now I am successful.

ok im a teen and i have sex, i think the problem is that the tv and media dont talk about how to obtian contraceptives and how the trend of teen sex is and always has been around. There is no getting rid of it and it is here to stay for a long time. All of this would and could easily be avoided if parents were more of friends than mad adults and let their kids go to the mall and hang out in groups, Or even go on guided dates. Thats all we want, and all we need. We need facts and we need parents to trust our direction, if we want sex we will get it, so why not try to get something like a trip to the mall or a movie in its place instead? I wish parents could see what i see and what i see is their misdirection and "know it all ness" that clouds their judgement. They arent in control, they can only try to control their kids, and let me tell you when that happens, its like saying to your kid "go have sex in rebellion to me." So have the talk, tell them about condoms and tell them where a planned pregancy clinic is and the prices of contraceptives, and if worse comes to worse get your daughter on birth control. Trust me its worth it and everyone can sleep safer. So please listen and i hope someone reads this and tells a friend.

The absolute most responsible thing a teen mother can do is to give the baby up for adoption. The majority of teen mothers do not have the means or responsibility to care for an infant and it is not the responsibility of the grandparents of the baby or the government to take care of the child. The sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and women (not boy and girl), lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Husband and wife - father and mother - have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and their chiildren. Husbands and wives - fathers and mothers - will be held accountable before God for the discharge of those obligations. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.

The most responsible thing a teen mother can do is give up the baby for adoption. Most teen mothers do not have the means and ability to take care of an infant. It is not the responsibility of the infant's grandparents or the government to take care of both children, the teen mom and the baby. There are plenty of married couples out there who are unable to have children of their own who are more than willing to adopt. The sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman (not boy and girl), lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Husband and wife - father and mother - have the solemn responsbility to love and care for each other and for their children. Husbands and wives - fathers and mothers - will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.

Having gone through the experience of being a teen mom, (now my kids are 21 & 23) I feel like hollywood and everyone else needs to stop glamorizing teen pregnancy. I LOVE my kids & would give my life for them, but if I had it to do over again would I have waited 10 years and gotten my degree? ABSOLUTELY!!!!!

As a physician, there is not a single week that goes by when we do not deliver at least 3 babies born to teen mothers. Usually the girls are 16-18 but the past few months we have delivered 4 14 year olds. Parents do not be naive enough to think that your son or daughters are not sexually active because it is happening younger and younger to kids who have no concept about the consequences of their choices. I see children daily in the office being raised by grandmothers who are tired and worn from raising their own grandchildren because the mother (and father) has shirked the responsibilities. It is so sad to see this day in and day out and to feel that you cannot change the events leading to this moment but have no choice than to respond retroactively. If anyone has any answers out there as to how to stop this rediculously tragic trend, I would welcome the input [regardless of your or my views on welfare, stopping welfare at this stage of them game would only cause suffering for the children so that is an unlikely solution]

Now let me set the record straight, NOT ALL TEEN PARENTS LIVE ON WELFARE AND ARE BAD PARENTS!! I got pregnant at 16, had my daughter, and raised her on my own, without the government, my parents, NOR YOUR MONEY!!!! Thankfully I was a smart child and did things like babysitting, mowing grass, and similar jobs and I could afford everything on my own. I graduated 4th in my class of over 450 students and got TWO full ride scholarships on an ACADEMIC basis, one of those being to UNC! I just recently got offered an internship at the PENTAGON! Please, tell me that teen parents don???t amount to anything because I am financially and educationally better off than most of the people I know. An old coworker of mine is 23, married to an E4, who also happens to be 23, and they get WIC, and she gets Work First! So what do you think of that?!?! Married, he has a job, she quit hers, and they still have less than I do. At 20, I own my own car, a new Passat that is already paid off by the way, and I???m almost done paying off my own townhouse! And please don???t feed me that crap that I???m unholy because of my past! I got pregnant at 16, so what?!? NOW I am an active member in my church and I am saved!!! But you know what, God said we are here to heal each other, as long as you have hands, you can heal one another. So here I am to heal you of your ignorance as it pertains to the topic. God bless!