Okay this question from 'pregnancy' has me a little 'puzzled'- whats your reaction?

Question

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I'm not sure I know what to say to this girl.

Answer 1

I remember myself at that age, and somehow then I had an illusion that I understand and can do anything I put my mind to. It is a tender age, when children are looking for their place in this world. Someone might not know the difference between her dreams for a distant future and today's reality. Most likely she has no idea what exactly having a child involves. There is a huge difference between playing with a good behaving baby for a few minutes at the time and changing his / her diapers, dealing with your own fatigue and his / her tummy colic's, sleepless nights and teething etc... There is also the little problem of completely forgetting about her own self in favor of  the well being of her baby.Teenagers are the most selfish people in this world, so she would not sacrifice her self centered existence full of childish fun for a desperate situation of a single under-aged mother. Not many girls are that stupid nowadays. And that is a very good thing for the tax payers.

Answer 2

Yes its normal. Your biology and hormones don't give a c**p about you "legal" age.

Answer 3

Is this good enough?

Edit: I hate to say it (and I never thought I would say this), but I have to agree with Mike T. I even caught myself thinking about babies when I was that age. But the taught of my mother and father kicking my @$$ changed my mind really quick. And I had already planed my life out for myself, so children at a young age what out of the question.

What a lot of people don't understand is that most of these girls only give into what they see other girls their age do. They assume that because all the other girls have babies, then it's normal for them to want to the same. So do it as an attention getter, some do it looking for love, some have ti happen to them as the end result of peer pressure. All in all, we can't put the girl down, we have to be the voice of reason for her (even if she isn't our legal responsibility) she knows it's not a good idea, she just doesn't know how to deal with it. Lift her up, don't put her down.

Answer 4

For those who say it's natural....her body isn't even fully grown...she's may be having a period but her hips and t*t's haven't developed.  She is still growing.

NO

Talk about a guaranteed child on welfare....I don't care what she thinks she wants. NOOO Babies having babies.

Answer 5

Hmmm, yes it is a little creepy, but some women seem to be more maternal than others, so we cant really say its 'wrong' for her to feel this way x

Answer 6

A middle eastern man's dream girl

Answer 7

Our putting numbers on being ready or not is only a social construct. Sounds like this girl is ready to have children and who are we to say that she is not?

EDIT, i thought it was ok for women to do whatever they want whenever they want? All about choices right? We didn't ask for a world in which a child can't be afforded unless both parents are working full time.

Answer 8

My reaction is it's a troll.

Answer 9

I'd say that te feels are normal, she's gone through puberty and her hormones are affecting her. She's starting to get womanly feelings, a lot of girls at tht age become intersted in babies and think they are so cute. BUT do not act on it, it's great to know that she wants to be a mother one day and is feeling like a woman.

Answer 10

The best answer is to say that sometimes our fantasies do not equate in the real world.  For example. I would love to drive a Mercedes sports coupe.  But this would mean that I would have little or no money left for other things.  What about the insurance on the car -- what about maintenance?

This girl is clearly not thinking about being up every other hour in the first few months, changing hundreds if not thousands of diapers.  And what about the cost of a baby.  I'm sure a 13 year old can hardly afford her own lifestyle.  Now she's going to have to feed and care for someone else that she is clearly not financial or emotionally equipped to nurture.  So she'll have to quit school and become a loser.  She'll hurt that baby more than she knows by living in poverty.