Teen moms?

Question

i am 17 and have a almost 11 month old baby girl. i raise her on my own and do a great job at it. i live in my own appartment wiht her (youth building) and live off "the state" i am planning on giing back to school in september to graduate then i am going to do my RN course.... i am just wounder what other people think about this becasue EVERY time i go out with my daughter i always get nasty looks like do you think if people new my story they wouldent be so juge mental?

Answer 1

Unless you are acting like a child while you are out with your daughter, there's really no reason they should be giving you dirty looks. Let them stare. When she's older, just tell her the looks are cause they are sooo jealous that you have a beautiful little girl and they don't!

Answer 2

Who cares what they think. Being a mom is the toughest ob in the world. I'm mommy to a 6 month old and I'm 19... .Thank God the father is still around, although possibly not forever. I'm scared to be a single mom, it's hard enough when the dad is around!

Be proud, you're obviously a strong person, and good luck with pursuing your education!

Answer 3

s***w them...let them judge, people are ignorant and shouldn't judge anyone ever. They don't know what is really going on...

More power to you, keep it up. Go back to school and move forward in life.

Answer 4

Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs, it never ends 24/7!

Hold your head high and do what you think is right in the best interest of you and your daughter.

Good luck!

Answer 5

hi hun i can honestly say that if your coping to raise your child on your own your doing a great job at 17 your still a child yourself get back to collage and do your course get yourself a job ignore all the other people giving you nasty looks good luck

Answer 6

Well don't care about them... You are doing a great job by giving your child a chance to live in this world..... Also you are holding out on your own.... I would be rather proud to have a friend like you who is not afraid of the world and embracing motherhood... Maybe ... and I stress maybe.....it was mistake that got you pregnant but you accepted it and went about it rather admirably.... People will realise afterwards when they see you managing your child and yourself quite efficiently... Dont give any attention to them and rather pay all your attention to your child in bringing up in the best way you can.......

Answer 7

why do u need other peoples opinions

Answer 8

hey its all about you. you made the choice so they can just but out.

Answer 9

DUH! dont mind them. as long as they dont touch you just walk straight. youre proud to have a child and thats good.youre doing a great job.

Answer 10

You go girl, you continue to do you and you take advantage of whatever program/grant you can to assist you with your quality of life.  Hey there will always be those on the outside looking into your life, let them look, you do you.  I was a teen Mother back in the day, and yeah I got the dirty looks, etc., but you do what you have to do to make sure you and your child's needs are provided for.  I have a fellow old school Mother who received her Master's Degree back in the day while raising her daughter on government assistance, but she received her degree, got off of welfare and has been teaching for over 20 years now.  Public assistance and/or grants, etc., should be used as stepping stones and not as a foundation.  So if you have a roof over your head, you have food in your pantry which is under the roof which is over your head, and your clothes in the closet which is under the roof which is over your head, you can get up each and every day to go to school so that you can one day have a bigger and better roof over your head under which you and your daughter will continue to grow, continue to learn, continue to be nutured and to be loved, under the roof which is over your head, and if receiving public assistance gave you the means by which to improve your life under the roof which is over your head, you are BLESSED.   Blessings come in all shapes and forms and it is how you receive and accept the Blessing so that you will one day be able to be a Blessing to another, but no matter what, never forget to give thanks for all Blessings.   God Bless.