What is your opinion on pregnant teens ?

Question

What is your opinion on pregnant teens ?

Answer 1

Doesnt matter about the parents raising them. Teens have their own minds and peer pressure and temptations and hormones racing. Some can't handle it.. some just want someone to love them.. things could be bothering them and they just want to GET OUT..have fun. i understand that s*x is something some people wanna try and do.. but i think its also extremely stupid. they should learn how to take responsibility for their actions and know their consequences. mommy and daddy arent always going to be there!! they need to grow up.. stop fooling around so much.

Answer 2

I really don't care. I don't think it's a good idea but it's none of my business and I think it's wrong to judge people for things like that.

Answer 3

ok so im a 17 year old momma and my parents were disappointed but happy also, i DID finish highschool, i DO work, and im in college. well managaing raising my lil girl so never let anyone tell ya that teenage mommas are to immature because not all, the way i see it is if ur a pregnant teen step up to your responsibility and be a mom. ya ask help from ur parents as in what to do if u dont understand it but u will catch on i did and my lil girl is almost a year old now

Answer 4

i think they should learn how to use a condom and how to take the birth control pill, they don't want that responsibility then don't have s*x, if you get pregnant you can take care of it just like a normal person, there not cripple or handicaps, they can do it

Answer 5

i think they are strong and though the act of getting pregnant wasnt responsible but by taking care of themselves and their kid(s), finishing school, working, and taking care of what matters makes them mature.  

Answer 6

They can be just as good as fully grown adults, even better in some cases.  

Answer 7

I think its not really anyone elses business weather a teen girl is pregnant or not.

They obviously made their own decision and i think teen mums have alot of courage and are really brave girls!

Teen mums can be awsome mums and some are better parents then those older woman who are having babies later in life.

Answer 8

That they are just as capable of raising their kids the right way!

Answer 9

I've just decided to stop sharing my opinion on this. Let them get knocked up. its a perfect example for young girls about to stop using birth control and what not.

its pointless. Lots of College, a career in business all over Europe and Asia and wealth are what my parents plan on for me. and i plan on that for me because i want to follow in their footsteps.  I'm not going to stay home and  breed like most girls. I'm pretty cosmopolitan. i like the dark cities. i like being alone.

the teens who get pregnant are just the kind of people who constantly need love and compainionship in their life. thats not me.

Answer 10

If they aren't using protection, preferably both condoms and the pill in case one of them fails then they really shouldn't be having s*x. It's as simple as that. It's not that hard to obtain protection and if your too scared to buy protection your obviously not ready for s*x.

Answer 11

it really is no ones business, im a pregnant teen. 15 and 12 weeks along. im going to finish high school, im financially/mentally stable enough to support the baby, and i have a loving family who is gonna welcome the baby into this world with loving arms. seriously, a lot of pregnant teens are better parents that are in there 20s and 30s. and honestly there are a lot of them that finish high school and college and they live a perfectly normal life. oh, and honestly the parents arent the ones who should be blamed me and my parents have a very good relationship and they are a big part of my life. and we have a very good program in school about this kinda thing. so i know everything about what the outcome would be. pregnant or stds? yeah i know all about that.

Answer 12

Well, I was a teen mother and I made it work... I'm 20 years old and my daughter Kennedy is 32 months old.

I got pregnant when I was 16 and a senior in high school. I graduated high school second in my class with a 4.1 GPA when I was 17 and 4 months pregnant and Kennedy was born on November 4, 2005, when I was 17 1/2...

I started college in January 2006, a semester late, but I'm already through my third year and I'm graduating next June.

I am independent and extremely self sufficient. I work hard, on top of going to school, and my daughter has everything she needs and wants plus much more. Some (including me) would say that she is spoiled...

My daughter and I live with my mom, sister and nieces, not because I can't afford a place of our own, but because I think it's great that my daughter is able to be with her cousins everyday... And I love being with my family! Neither my sister or I are living off our mother for free, we both pay rent, we split the bills and food costs...

I'm not on any kind of government aid, not even financial aid for school... In fact, if you look at the statistics you will find that there the majority of mother's on welfare are in their 30's...

I'm not a s**t or a w***e, I've only slept with one person, my daughter's father, who I was with for over a year before we decided to have s*x... And we did use protection, I was on the pill and he always wore a condom, but one night it broke... I didn't think anything of it because I was on the BC, but then 6 weeks later the stick turned pink...

I wasn't planning on getting pregnant at 16, but it happened and I'm so glad it did... My daughter is my everything and I couldn't imagine life without my little angel!!!

I know a lot of older mother's that are a lot worse parents than I am. I know that I'm a great mother and my family knows it and most importantly my daughter knows it! My little girl is happy, healthy and smart and I know I am doing everything right! It's not always easy being a teen parent, but at the same time it's not easy being a parent at all...

Now, I don't reccomend it because it is an extremely hard job, but it is so worth it and most of the teen parents I know are wonderful parents...  I don't think it's so much the age that matters, as much as the person's level of maturity. I know some 20 and 30 something moms that are still way to selfish and immature...

So yeah, don't typecast people because they have a kid... People shouldn't judge other people without knowing the stories behind their lives... Don't judge a book by it's cover, ya know?

So yeah, that's my opinion on teen pregnancy, it's hard and scary but it is also the best thing that ever happened to me. Teen mothers are not just some stereotype, we are mothers trying to raise our children and doing the best we can!

Answer 13

They want to grow up too fast. Even though at the time, being grown up seems great, you have much more time to be grown up and be responsible than to be a kid. A kid has only 20 years, tops. An adult has the rest of the time. They are trying to grow up and it annoys me very much. Maybe, if they are in college and are planning to get married or something, and they are very good people, then that could be an exception. But generally, it is an accident and is so normal now that I want to ask those kids what they were thinking.  

Answer 14

Its none of buisness really, unless  its my son or daughter who are expecting

Answer 15

About 8 months in is the sexiest. After that I gotta find a way to ditch 'em.

Answer 16

Every pregnant teen tells a different story

Some where raped (know someone who was)

Some thought they were ready to be a mom

Some thought they were ready to have s*x

Some are just in it for the s*x

But pregnant teens who can provide for their baby can be or are good mothers. So what if theyre young? If they fall into this situation on accident or on purpose and they can provide they are perfectly fine

i just wish society wouldnt call every pregnant teen a w***e

you dont know them

so stop judging

its their life

let them live it how the want too

(bring on the thumbs downs its how i feel)

Answer 17

i think it would be really hard! growing up you get and have to make a lot of choices for yourself, and i think that once you have a baby, your choices are taken away because you life is now devoted to raising that little baby. i think pregnant teens miss alot of fun things. and i dont think that they get to have as many choices in life! i defiantly think its worth waiting!

Answer 18

I'm a 17 year old proud Mommy. Nope, not single. Me and his Dad are still together and we love him very much. I'll be graduating high school in January instead of June. I will be going to University to study Youth & Child Care Work. Me and my boyfriend are able to support our son 100%. I don't recieve unemployment, welfare, etc. We're doing great as parents!  I don't see anything wrong with it as long as you are ready for a lifelong commitment and are responsible enough. Just because i'm young doesn't mean I love my child any less.

Besides, how many adults are horrible parents? A lot of them are drug addicted and have 50 men coming in and out of their house a month. A lot of them neglect and abuse their children. We all know it happens.

Besides, if all teenagers were to run out and have abortions or give our baby up for adoption, you would probably have something to say about that too.

It was an unplanned pregnancy. I didn't have my son because I was "looking for someone to love me", or to "keep my boyfriend around". Why do people always assume that those are the reasons teenagers have babies?

Answer 19

Where are their parents?

Answer 20

I think most of the time they made a dumb choice by having s*x too soon, unless they were raped, but I think that if they work hard and get an education they can probably be good parents.