"Teen Pregnancy" what do you think ? Is it Okay..

I think it depends on the individual. I know a girl who at 17 is a better mum than one of my 35 year old friends. Just because someone has a baby doesn't mean their life is over by any means. I'm so fed up with people looking down their noses at young mums. I think it's more unfair to wait until later on in life to have kids, when you're getting too tired to run around and play with them.

This is truly sad that it is happening, but unfortunately it is in growing numbers. Although there is so many available education tips and tools on prevention they still come up pregnant. Unfortunately they are not absorbing the information and well get messed up in the end. For a 19 year old to get pregnant a second time around makes absolutely no sense. As she apparently was younger and should have learned by now that caution needs to be addressed. But it is happening and well what can anyone do to prevent it is beyond me.

Hello!For me, its not okay because as we all know, being young and single was the perfect time to enjoy and experience the whole bunch of fun that this stage of our lives could offer. This moment is so perfect to be independent and think of nothing but to improve ones' self, career and let your being "single" passed for a few moments before entering one serious relationship. Our lives is a cycle, it has different stages and we must enjoy each and every stage of it for us to savour life's real meaning first before jumpig into another one. So, to all the girls out there, be smart enough to hold on and wait for the right time to enter into married life and eventually into adulthood after wards. Have a nice day!

you have a point to your says. teenager has a stage of learning and enjoyment. but if you had a wrong way. you dont do this again. for me teen pregnancy is not okay because it is too young to become a mother or father. but i think the lord had a reason to that situations.

No. For me its not okay because at a young age you are not yet ready to handle that kind of responsibility. Having a baby at a your age is not easy because this is age wherein all you want is enjoyment in life. The reason why some girls get pregnant is because of curiosity and to much aggressiveness so that they were not able to control themselves and consider what will happen afterwards. This is the age wherein a parent must take a very close guidance so that their teenage child will not be mislead.

I think for that an age it's not a problem to get pregnant. I've met with so many teen girls got pregnant on that age and so far that's okay! :)

One of the problems is we have created a false safety net for these girls. In effect we are saying that if you get pregnant, don't worry the government will take care of you and your child. In the case of the 19 year old having her second child the government will be providing for the girl and her child until the girl is 37 (when the child turns 18). At that point in her life the girl has to start a new life without any job experience. Having worked with such girls trying to get them jobs later in life, they tell me that when they were raising their child or children they were told don't worry we will take care of everything by their social workers. Many of these girls are encouraged not to work, and to stay at home and not get job training. In some cases the Social Workers have helped the girls stay dependent on the government and avoid facing the realities of their situation. One girl told me she had to fight the system to more education so that she could get a job (at a lower rate than she was making on welfare) that had a future. When she did get a job she took a $6,000 cut in benefits to take a job but now 3 years later she is ahead and has a retirement program that she is building for her future. The dirty secret is that the government welfare programs are designed to keep you in poverty and not to improve your life.

In todays world some teenage girls do get pregnant. Some of them juggle being a good parent and continuing their education. Others become a parent and have time to study when there child is grown up. If a girl gets pregnant at 15 years old and has a baby when she is 16 years old she will be 34 years old when her child reaches 18 years of age. Sometimes getting pregnant is a happy surprise for a young girl of teenage years or an accident that she makes good out of and she becomes a loving parent. Being a mature student can mean more success and I have seen that because I went to university in my mid twenties. Learning and enjoyment are possible at any age. I don't think abortion is morally wrong so I am happy to see the teenage girls that are going to be a loving parent. In my teaching career I imagine some of the children I teach are the oldest child of what was a teenage parents. Now the ladies are aged in their early twenties like age 20, 21 or 22 years old. They have two, three or four children and seem happy. I know a teacher that has been trying to get pregnant for the last ten years. I once taught the triplets of a lady that had IVF and it resulted in her three boys. If a teenage girl gets pregnant that is much happier than a lady that wants to get pregnant desperately and isn't able to. Sometimes in life it is the cart before the horse.

it is bad. we know that teen is time to adventure, to know more things surround us. they will miss their teenage time by taking care the baby

This news is never good. These girls will be forced to be responsible at a very young age. I just hope they don't take their child forgranted. That'll be two strayed lives more added to millions already out of place.

Hi Crazy Poster: I think that teen pregnacy is not idealistic. It's better that people end their studis to be more mature and then they could take these decitions. That's the best way to be a good father or mother. However, if teens get pregnant I think they can go on and this would be a challenge for them to grow up and be better. So, it's not what I think it would be the best but if you make that decition it's not like the end of the world. Thanks for asking us this question. Have a nice day. ALVARO

I have seen cases when 10-11 year old girls are giving birth, and I think the youngest girl which had a baby was 6 or 7 years old. That girl was from Peru, if I remember well. I also think that it is a waste to be mother at an age when you are a child as well. I also think that many girls don't want to loose their partner and that is why they get pregnant, for not to be left. I think this is a wrong reason for giving birth, a child has to be the result of a common decision, whenever the couple or the parents feel that they are able to provide the child whatever he/she needs. But if somebody decides that she is ready to be mother at a very young age, then it is her decision and should be respected. And there are cases when the overconfidence is the reason for becoming pregnant. I mean the partners don't use protection because of the lack of pleasure and they are sure that nothing can happen, and after a while they have an unpleasant surprise.

Hi Crazy_Poster. First of all the girls would not be mentally, physically, emotionally and financially good to handle pregnancies. Secondly, their life would come to a standstill if they get babies at an early age. This is the age when they have to work harder and start working towards their career or further studies which will help them land good jobs and a great future. But if they take on the responsibility of kids, then it would be highly impossible for them to pursue anything and end up feeling miserable later on. And what good would it do to the kids anyway if their mother could not even provide proper food and education for them? In my opinion, even married women need to plan beforehand when to have babies so that they will be ready to take care of themselves as well as the baby when she/he arrives. They need to be prepared to take up the responsibility of bringing up a child. Otherwise, it could be a disaster.

No way. There are a lot of girls being pregnant at an early age and the guy usually leaves them behind. Girls shouldn't be treated that way. We should be independent as any guy could be.

It is not good to be pregnant so early. As you are not mature enough when you are so young. So it is not easy for you to be responsible for your baby. And you may be still a student and if you have a child, that means to probably you have to leave school. Today's competition is serious, it's hard to find a good job when you don't have a good certificate. And since you are so young, perhaps you will meet someone who is much more suitable for you. However, at that time you already have children. Then everything will be suffering. I love China

Hi Crazy Poster, Well, I would not want my teen daughter coming home pregnant. With all the birth control available, you would think this would be happening less and less. Raising a baby is a lot of work and takes a lot of money. I think that some of the girls that are deliberately getting pregnant have no idea what they are in for.

I don't necessarily think that it is right for very young ladies to have children. The reason that I feel this way is because of the fact that many young mothers haven't had the opportunity to experience life. Besides that, I also feel like young mothers don't really have the maturity that is necessary to be a mother. That said, I would never chastize someone that is a young mother because there are some very young mothers that are very good parents.

I don't think that it's okay. Perhaps the old age seemed to be more capable bearing the prenthood at that age. But in our generation right now, there are tons of young ones who thought that motherhood is just kind of a game, or somewhat like that. I hate to say that this is happening in my generation. And I'm hoping and praying real hard that this won't happen to me. Thank God, I'm 22 now and have held on myself very well. The parents are to be given the credit for they were awesome advisers to me!

That is very true. Only girls who are not using their heads will fall into this. You see, after the delivery of the baby, the girl's life will never be the same again. As to her future, it will be a lot of struggle. Education will be stopped and the poor girl can never turn back the hands of time.

Definitely not ok. Girls who get pregnant at a very young age have more tendency of getting cervical cancer because their body is yet to develop. I am saddened by this fact though and hope that they'll be guided somehow and be educated about teenage pregnancy.