Who's to blame for 17 girls pregnant?

Question

Is it the movies like Juno and all the other good stuff

society anything

By the way Juno is my favorite movie. That movie is Boss!!!

Answer 1

I think it is not only parents but also our society. As parents we need to teach our children morals and values. Parents need to talk to their children about s*x, std's, pregnancy, ect. before they learn it from other outside sources. Parents need to be more involved with their children. Our society puts such an emphasis on s*x that it gives young females the notion that it is okay. My daughter is only two but i am scared to death of the way things will be in another 14 yrs.

Answer 2

The fact that they said they wanted unconditional love from someone, it just makes me so sad that these girls felt so unloved that they needed this to make them feel loved.

Parents spend way too much time working, and worrying than they do with their kids.

No child should feel that unloved at 15.... The entire community should feel ashamed for themselves that these girls felt so unwanted.

Answer 3

No one is to blame, except for the teens.

Answer 4

I dont think its Juno cuz Juno gives the kid up for adoption and obviously that was a hard thing to do. I think its the fact that the girls wanted to do some thing together instead of playing sports or any thing they all wanted to raise a kid but they dint think it out.Also its kinda the mens fault for going along with them even knowing they where under age

Answer 5

It's ridiculous to blame the media for teen pregnancy; besides, Juno was a movie about a girl who got pregnant and gave her baby up for adoption.  Why would that make a teen have s*x?

There are tons of different reasons teens get pregnant; peer pressure to have s*x, mistaken knowledge about safe s*x, and others.  It's a combination of different factors, really.

Answer 6

We are all to blame.  Our society is so engrossed in being s**y, and having s*x, that kids think it's the way they're "supposed" to feel.  You can't look in any direction without seeing some kind of encouragement to focus on our bodies.  Specifically, being naked, being s**y, being attractive to the opposite s*x.  Parents are no longer teaching their kids that marriage and/or s*x is sacred, and is an adult responsibility.  It came out of that whole 1960s revolution thingy, when the battle cry was, "if it feels good, do it!"  What a bunch of hog-wash!  We need to be teaching our kids to love their bodies, and respect themselves and their bodies.  Not give it away bit by bit for free.  We've taught kids to think of themselves as objects; s*x objects.  Not cool!  We've failed them, and in a big way.

Answer 7

utter stupidity as well as peer pressure is "to blame"

Movies are movies... by the time you're a teen you should have enough common sense to know fact from fiction.  It's not celebs and their baby's on the hip thing going on, it's not these teen movies...

It's 17 teens having a chat about something extremely stupid and taking it WAY TOO FAR... and chances are none of them were "smart" enough to speak up and say how stupid this pact is...

Answer 8

I think that no one is to blame.  It has been happening forever...nothing today in society has changed that.  It happens... it gets dealt with... and life goes on.

Answer 9

Juno doesn't encourage girls to get pregnant, i thought the movie was good because it looks at the options and everything.  I don't think any movies are to blame it is just that society is more sexual, you can't even watch movies like Toy Story without them putting in sexual stuff in it.  You have young girls wanting to look "hot" for the guys because of the guys talking about hot girls.  There are so many different reasons teens give for why they have s*x or why they want a baby so soon.

Answer 10

their parents. Their parents should be on top of it and should have talked to their children about s*x and birth control, and should have put them on the shot so there would be no way of the child to "stop" taking it without the parent knowing.

Answer 11

I'd say their step fathers are the most likely suspect