Young People with Babies
By juliamae
@juliamae (127)
United States
November 18, 2008 5:09pm CST
My graduating class of 2007 has got to be some kind of record. I can only think of about 5 or 6 that have not had babies, are pregnant, or are not married or engaged. I admit, I am married now. The whole marriage thing is one thing. That is one thing to possibly mess up two consenting adults' lives. It is something else to possibly mess up a young child's life. I think that having children should wait until you are somewhere in life that you have some kind of security. I know there are a lot of people on financial assistance. I was recently talking to someone my age and they very seriously commented on the reason they were having a child. They said that when you have a child, you can get, "all kinds of welfare money," and I was at a loss of words. What are your thoughts on having children? Is there some certain point in life that you think would be more appropriate to have children?
3 responses
@jamesgrub (673)
• United States
18 Nov 08
i know exactly how you feel, when i was in the 10th grade there was 3 chicks in my class with babies and 1 girl was pregnant. it is shocking but ive seen so many people when i went to high school that were pregnant and stuff. its like people want to get pregnant now, like its cool or something. i think people should wait till there older to have babies.
@worldbestwriter2008 (1633)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
well, it is appropriate to have children, one's you are already stable. Having children at young age and at exact age or in a late age. brings advantages and disadvantages. The good thing here, is having a family after having your diploma in school. this is the best thing that singles could ever had. having babies while studying worries a lot, you are studying and at the same time you are thinking and take care of your baby so much responsibilities good if you hired a nanny. But in country's setting only few could handle situation like this and that if they have fortunate in life or enought living to survive.
@juliamae (127)
• United States
29 Nov 08
Most of the kids I know that were having babies were passing them off to their parents or grandparents and letting them babysit while they have their life. I think that if they had the child, they should have to grow up and have to take care of their own children like most anyone else.
@dncmanning (770)
• United States
18 Nov 08
Wow- can I ask how big your graduating class was- I'm hoping it was very small.
To the having children question- I think if you wait until you're ready- then you'll probably never have children because the truth is one can never be fully ready for what those beautiful bundles are going to do to your life. I had my 1st child at 20 and my second at 23- of course I was married at 18 and my hubby is 10 years older than I and we were READY. So I guess it depends on the person and I really don't think teenagers having children are a good idea (ever), but things happen.
Another truth is you don't have to be a young parent to screw up a child- you can do that at any age!
Good question and happy mylotting!
