Teenage pregnancy,what do you think?

Teenage pregnancy is an everyday occurence in our society. One thing I don't like about this is the abortion part. You already made mistake by being pregnant at an early age. You have no right to kill an innocent unborn baby. You must face the responsibility of your action. It's the only way to make the mistake right.

I think that teenagers need to realize that having a child is not a game. That baby needs you 24/7. You can't just say, well i don't want to be a mommy today. You don't get that option. I think a lot of teenagers think that having a baby is easy. Well wake up call it isn't. What hurts me, is when teenagers find out they are pregnant and get abortions. There are so many couples out there who are unable to have children and are looking for babys. The least one could do is to put it up for adoption. I agree with you that if the couple feels they are ready, and are mature enough then they should have a child.

Teenage pregnancy is a very scary thing to me. Although I'm 21 my sister is 15 and I'm worried that she may make some wrong choices. Her best friend just had a baby and got pregnant when she was only 14!! In my opinion, teens who are able to get pregnant at 14 are not being monitored enough by their parents. Plus most girls who get pregnant in high school never go back to school and end up on welfare. This is simply something that has been proven and why birth control education is so important.

The teen years cover a span of a decade. Physically it depends on when during those teen years the pregnancy occurs. My granddaughter was pregnant at 14, gave birth at 15. Her health has suffered. She's had pre cancerous polyps removed from her uterus, and just this week had her gall bladder removed. I feel very strongly that both of these situations can be attributed to her pregnancy at such a young age. As for the emotional side, that also depends on where in that span of a decade it occurs. A 14 or 15 year old is mature enough to have raging hormones that may be mistaken for love, but it isn't usually a love that is lasting. Now if the girl is in the later teens I think it depends on their mental, emotional, and physical development whether they should have a baby. I don't feel that an abortion is an answer. I feel that prevention is what we need to be stressing to our teens. Having a baby forever changes your life. Is a teen ager really ready to voluntarily give up the freedom of being single, going to parties, hanging out with their friends? Unless they are, they really need to think about birth control of some kind.

I do not recommend teenage pregnancy. I think everyone should experience their teenage years and have fun. But also if it does happen I think that if they really wanted the could raise the baby with an almost normal life and there is nothing wrong with loving your child dispite the situation.

There is a huge difference between Jamie Lynn Spears (and other celebrity teens) having a baby and the "average" teen. Spears has enough money to afford whatever the baby needs and all the help she needs to raise the child. The average teen is in a far more difficult position. Finishing high school, going to college, holding a job all can be struggles-- more so if her family and the child's father are not supportive.

I think it's tragic. Mostly because it's usually unplanned and the parents are mostly not at that stage of life where they can responsibly take care of a child. It's alright to have one 'as long as they are happy staying together'? But people change a lot during their 20s and so do their relationships with people. They may turn out not being happy but remaining forced to stick together in the end. Also, teenage pregnancies often hurts the mother's prospects of a good education as well..I wish they'd just use protection and have a little more sense.

well,shocking news to me!maybe i am just making a fuss in you opinion,but i don't think it is a wise desicion for a teenage girl to have to baby. i mean the mtther herself is a baby too,she can not shoulder the burden to afford the little baby .and since she is a teenage girl,she has to go to school not at home as a mother.

I do think that teenagers these days are starting too early. They really do not have a chance at getting the maturity that they need to make decisions that we adults have to make. I feel that it is hard enough being a mature adult having a child and raising them. I had my son who is almost five years old at the age of thirty five. I am now forty. Kids don't come with a book of how to deal with everything. And I really don't want to judge anyone on the other hand. I have made mistakes in my life as a young girl. Maybe some of the younger generation can handle such things as becoming parents but their chances of making it work aren't always too good.

Its good! I got pregnant at the age of 17...but no husband. Good thing there is you will become strong and resposible at a young age. Because you have to raise your kid by yourself. Of course my parents also supported me raising my child. Im now 29 and my son is 12 yrs old. And I have no regret having him at my early age. He is just like my brother or bestfriend to me.

teenage pregnancy is not rarly heard in the society,i dont know from when did this become more and more common~~~ teenagers do not have the capability to raise babies,so i dont think it is wise do some special stuff at teenage and take the risk to bear the responsibility~~ if they "bear the responsibility" for the baby and give birth to it,how can the parent be able to bring it up?

teenagers nowadays are more aggressive and they are in the stage of experimenting and trying to have some experiences and they want to test everything... these may lead to abortion ,because of unwanted pregnancy... but it is all in the hands of them

its incredable trying this ........no elder is gonna agree u ...,,,well hving kids while ur still a teenager it really ......means ....lolllzzz.,,,well no harm in trying it ...,,,but still when ur a teenager u hvn't gon thru much of the fantasies ...,,which a mature person wd hv faced in his life ...,, i think its n't good trying ths ur kids after hearing there mom dad story ......wd for sure try doing the same .....is ths gd ....on ur part....,,, ur kids wd n't be bewared of there responsibilties....!!

It's hard for the parents of those teenagers to have a daughter who is pregnant. Instead of studying at school they will now enter a new stage of life which is parenting in a very young age. Who they think will suffer most?! Eventually the baby! They don't have the 100% assurance of the future of their baby even they are financially stable because they are immature. Maybe they need their parents to guide them into entering a new phase in their lives.

Hey there I think that most of the time there to young and immature and more or less just think of them selfs until they get waken up to the realatey of all of a sudden being a mother or father but in saying that a few of my friends became mothers and all ways are such good mothers.

yenwie it all depends on the teen, some teens are smart enought and wise enough to go through the pregnancy and care for a baby but most of them are not, mom gets to tend the baby. I think the majority should wait until 18 or 20 and they are matured a bit and are past the teen hormonal years. they need to have some stablity in their thinking and most teens just dont have that yet.

I think that some teenagers will make better parents than some adults that have children, there are advantages to have children when you are young compared to in later life: 1) Your body will bounce back and there are less risks to the baby. 2) There is not as much of a generation gap, so more understanding and a "friend" relationship can be made. However there are advantages of waiting before having children: 1) You can set up your own career and be financially stable. 2) You don't miss out on your own childhood. I think that as long as the child is having a good life in a loving environment then I see no problem with the parent being younger than normal.

Teenage pregnancy is very popular now a days maybe because there are lots of reading materials which are not capable to the teens...like playboy magazines that really caught their attention. Another thing is the x-rated films that you can buy now in the streets. That's the one thing i think that costs of teenage pregnancy...because teens are very curious that kind of things and sometimes they wanna try it that's why at the very early age they've got pregnant!

Yes I agree with you that having a baby comes with maturity and from the way I see teens now I don't think they are mature enough to be parents. I mean if they were they wouldn't have engaged in such activities right? Also the teenage years are the most confusing years in one's life so I think that being insuch state won't be good for the baby

Teenage pregnancy is really inappropriate. But everyone has choices, and we decide for ourselves. Teens should be enjoying their lives and make the most of their teenage life. We build our identity and personality during this stage. When you're in love, it's not all about being happy or the feeling they have but what's best for them and for the future that awaits them. But young as we are, we don't realize that. But who are we to judge? Whatever their reasons are, I respect that so long as they stand on it and do the best for it. Parents also should be there and understand them and help them go through these changes. Personally, I must say that teens should enjoy their lives. I always think that I should not regret the things that I did but rather regret the things that I didn't do. Life is young and short, so we must enjoy.