Would you encourage your pregnant teen to marry?

Absolutely not. I would encourage both parents to talk about how they feel about keeping the baby or putting it up for adoption. If they care about each other then waiting to get married is not going to hurt anything and if they don't it will keep things from getting nasty at a later date.

HELL no. Even if they wanted to, I'd make them wait. If they're still teenagers, especially if my son was still living with me, he wouldn't marry. He'd take care of his child, that's for sure, but I'd make them wait till they were in their twenties, and if they were still together and content, I'd encourage them to marry. As a teenager, you still have so many more years ahead of you in which you change and your ideas and goals change with you. So why cage yourself when you haven't yet figured out yourself?

I wouldn't encourage my child to get married just because they were having a baby. If my son got a girl pregnant, I would encourage him to be involved in the pregnancy and help out as much as possible with the baby, but I wouldn't expect him to marry her, unless they both really wanted to, and it had nothing to do with the baby. If my child had a child while they were still teens, I would want to make sure that they were making the decision that was best for them and their child. Sometimes that involves marriage, but more often, it doesn't, when kids are still teens. I would help out with the child if they decided they wanted to keep it instead of giving it up for adoption.

No, I don't think that I would. If they felt that they should marry, then I would give them my blessing but if they didn't I wouldn't force it. I don't think that just because someone is pregnant means that they have to get married. I prefer that my kids wait until they get married to get pregnant. It is a life long commitment for both of them and I don't think that is something they should take lightly.

i won't. marrying just because she's pregnant is not reason enough. i dont want my teen to suffer or face a situation that he or she can no longer get out of when they realize that it should not be the thing for them. i am a single parent, although i am no longer a teen, i am still thankful that i did not marry in haste just to cover up the pregnancy. marriage is for a lifetime, you should be sure about it, sure about your partner and sure about your reasons.

I wouldnt because I was a young mother and if my mom had forced me to marry the guy I think I would have killed myself. At the time I thought I was in love with him now that I'm older I look back on it and think "What the....was I doing with him?" lol.-Amber

I would not. I think that having a baby early in their teen years would be enough problems for them to deal with little own a marraige at a young age. If they were for it then i wouldnt discourage it unless they were REALLY young, but i wouldnt try to make them stay together, i would be supportive of my daughter and help her out the best that i could. I hope my daughter will follow my footsteps though and wait untill she is older to have children so that she can enjoy her younger years and be ready to have children when she has them.

no, pregnancy takes a minute, but marriage is forever! i would encourage the girl to give up the child for adoption!

Actually I probably wouldn't. It might be making a bad situation worse. I do think kids need to think alot more before putting themselves in the situation where this is going to become an issue. Seems that there are alot of kids having kids with no idea of what lies ahead. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

This will sound terribly sexist, but I hope my explanation will excuse that a bit. If my daughter got pregnant, and wished to continue the pregnancy I'd support whatever choice she made in regards to getting married. If she didn't want to, I'd be perfectly comfortable with that. When my son's partner became pregnant I suggested they get married (they haven't yet). I did and I would encourage a male friend/family member more strongly than a female to do so. Men have very few rights as fathers if their relationship doesn't last, and they have even less if they were never married to their child's other parent. It seems divorced fathers are treated much more fairly than single fathers when child support, visitation & such are being worked out. I don't believe people should get married for the sake of the child in general, but that would be my suggestion to best protect my adult son's interests & wishes to be a father.

No. Coz if I did, I'd force her to get married for the wrong/unjustifiable reason.

I know someone personally who was forced to marry his at the time gf who got pregnant by her mother. He stayed married to her for 7 years for the kids sake. I dont think thats fair. Its the womans choice what to do with the child if the father doesnt want to have anything to do with it but marraige isnt the answer.

see, if the son or daughter is matured enough to understand and enter the institution of marriage, i would definitely go ahead. why unnecessary put the boy or his gf or the reverse into trauma. things can be sorted out in more amicable ways. with parents agreeing on both sides and there to care off the couple, marriage should be solemnized. but yes, if it out of a casual fling, i would say that they stay out of marriage. warning should be given to use pills or other contraceptives to keep them in safe zone.