what do you think of teen pregnacy ?

Unfortunately, I think that a lot of teens think that if they have a baby then they will have someone that will always love them. some are neglected at home or the parents are just trying to be friends to their kids instead of being a parent. Teens don't think about babies being up every two or three hours needing to eat and babies crying all the time because they are either wet or hungry or need attention or sometimes have colic which can last forever it seems like. it's sleepless nights and tired days. i really think that the maturity isn't there for most teens to be able to actually raise a child. they are still a child themselves. having a baby should be done when they are older and with someone that they really love and will spend the rest of their lives with. There are so many parentless children out there and it's really sad. either the dad takes off because he couldn't handle it or the mother does the same thing. you need to be older before taking that giant leap into motherhood. thanks for sharing and God bless

uqh; there is so much controversy with all this. some teens get prgenat on purpose because they want love in thier life. cuz a quy can say whatever he wants to get what he wants,yeah diqq? so some qirls fall for it an then qet preqnant and feel as though the baby can love them unconditionally,and that is true . . . onli if you take care of it right.

I was a teen parent myself...twice actually but the second time I was 19, graduated from high school and married which is a different situation from the typical teen pregnancy. Now that I have teenaged step children and am older I can see the whole thing from a different viewpoint. What I see with my 17 year old step son and his girlfriend of a year and a half is that they truly believe they are in love with each other and are anxious to have a life together. As of now she enjoys coming over, doing his laundry, cleaning his room and making meals for him. They play with the baby (my youngest, his baby brother) and just what I call "play house". The can only see the fun side of it because they don't have any of the real responsibilities. I truly worry that in the very near future (since they will both turn 18 this coming summer) they will announce that they have gotten married and/or are expecting a baby themselves. It in my opinion is because they view life in a very unrealistic and idealistic way. They want to be together all the time so they can "play house" and be each other's 'family'. They think that loving each other is all that's needed to make that work. Sometimes I wish it was possible to do an experiment with them. Allow them to stay here together with my baby for a weekend with no other adults. Remove all the food and diapers from the house and give them a specific amount of money to buy groceries, diapers and necessities for the weekend. Well there are a lot of other details to this experiment but I won't get into all of it...basically just put the full responsibility of a household, child and relationship on them with no outside help so they can see how 'fun' real life really is. I'm willing to bet that by the end of the weekend they wouldn't be so interested in rushing into anything. I can't even say it's the parents fault in any way in many situations. Again going back to my stepson, he has been talked to and warned so many times but he's just so sure that he is different, that he could handle it and his girlfriend is the same way. I'm thankful that her mother had the foresight to get her on birth control but it's still up to her to use it properly which I have serious doubts about. Parents can only do so much and even in the best of circumstances the teens can make their own decisions.

this is because most of the teens do not think the result of what they are doing...they don't think the responsibility if they have kids...they only think about happiness...roaming around with friends and their boyfriends...but this will not happen if proper discipline from their parents since birth...i have so many friends who apply good discipline to their children, the children grow with high moral and god -fearing individual.