what if your daugter got pregnant?
By ercsa2002
@ercsa2002 (163)
Romania
January 15, 2007 2:30pm CST
how would you react if your 14 year old daughter got pregnant? how would you help her? here in our country it happens in small villages because thay are not prepared right in school or by parents about the consequences. what is your personal opinion?
3 people like this
41 responses
@Strawberry_one (243)
• United States
16 Jan 07
I would make the 14 year old take care of the child as best she could on her own but I as the parent would make sure that neither of them were hurting for anything. I wouldn't be like one of these parents that are like oh your baby needs everything then run out and buy it for her...I would make her work, or do jobs for me that would earn her money to take care of the baby. I mean I would help her where I could but she's gotta learn that mommy isn't all ways gonna be there to be a mommy to her and her baby in buying them everything.
1 person likes this
@ajay_glarz (106)
• India
16 Jan 07
oh great man...bcomin pregnant in such a small age??i wil ask her to make record in guiness book.....hehehehe feel gr8
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
16 Jan 07
There are lots of girls that age that get pregnant. The youngest confirmed pregnancy was at age 5. I was just reading about it.
http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp
She went into puberty prematurely and someone assaulted her. She gave birth to a little boy when she was 5 1/2 years old. Of course that is like a once in a million chance thing. But age 11-14 happens more often then people think.
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
16 Jan 07
Girls 14 and under get pregnant all the time. Most girls hit puberty between 11-16 years old (I got my first period at 11 1/2). They can get pregnant at any time just before and after they get their first period. It happens. My husband's niece confided in me that she got pregnant at 13 and her parents forced her to have an abortion so no one would find out. She was 17 when she told me this and it was still effecting her. She felt horrendous guilt and trauma from the experience.
@mariam74 (555)
• Egypt
15 Jan 07
Here at my country it will be a disaster for the girl and her parents in the small countries the girl parents kill her because this is a shame for them, But in the big countries the parents take the girl to a doctor and try to get rid of this pregnancy by any way and of course they will treat the girl badly and they won't leave her go out by herself again and try to marry her to anyone even if it is not suitable to her. I'm from Egypt and people here are not open minded.
@lynn3024 (198)
• Canada
17 Jan 07
I would show her love and support and help her raise the child. as soon as she was old enough I would make her get a job to support her child. Parents who turn there back on there children when they get pregnant are in my eyes horrible. They are very scared , very worried and this is a time in there life when they need a helping hand. mistakes happen and they can happen to anyone nomatter how much they know the risks. I was 18 when i got pregnant with my first child. I was not married but i did have a job. my parents were mad but they got over it. I was scared but it was all worth it.
@flipincat (93)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I would be disapointed but after screaming at her untill I was blue in the face I would help her out the best I could
@LadyCroft (701)
• Australia
16 Jan 07
Whats the point in screaming at her.... ???? Whats done is done. I would personally place the blame on myself for not protecting and teaching her correctly.
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
16 Jan 07
I would hope that I had taught my girls (I have 3 of them) and my son for that matter to be smarter then that. But if it did happen I wouldn't yell or make her life worse. She would be confused enough as it is and would need my guidance and reassurance that it would be okay. I don't believe in abortion (I am pro-choice though because each person has the right to make that decision themselves) so I would try to dissuade her from that but if she truly wanted to take that route I would get her counseling to help her understand the consequences and help her heal afterwards.
If she chose to keep the baby I would help her as much as I could. I would not care for the baby and let her go on with her life because that just teaches her that she can skirt her responsibilities. But I also understand how tiring and overwhelming having a baby is at any age (I was 23 when she was born, 24 when my son was born and 25 and 29 when my other two daughters were born and each was exhausting and stressful). I suppose I would trade off and on with her with getting up with the baby at night so she could get at least some sleep for school because she would be back in school the next year. Or I would homeschool her to make things easier on us all (I'll be homeschooling them this coming school year but didn't plan to do it through high school).
Of course, moneywise, my husband and I would have to support them both. But she wouldn't be running out partying or spending her money on designer clothes for herself. She would have to learn about what it costs to raise a baby and would have to use her allowance to but things for the baby. But I would let her have time to do things other 14 year olds do. Maybe once a week going to the movies or whatever.
My best friend had her baby just after graduating high school. She was 17 and for many girls that would have meant the end of her education and life. But her parents were very supportive. The father of the baby is not in the picture (she hasn't seen him since her daughter was 6 months old and she is now 7 1/2). My friend graduated college in 2005 and is now a high school teacher and going back to school to get her Master's Degree (or she will be very soon). She went to college at night (her parents watched the baby) and during the day she babysat for her cousins to earn spending money (most of which she spent on the baby). She did do a bit more partying then I would allow but she never got out of the responsibilities of being a mother. Even if she got home at 3am after a party she still got up and got her daughter breakfast in the morning and took care of her all day. She is a great mother.
@lucyobythomas (276)
• China
16 Jan 07
the best thing is to accept her and help her take responsibilities.make her feel at home even if you are angry and correct her with love.
@julialaurene0206 (1262)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
as a parent that would be a difficult problem, but i believe having a baby is a blessing. ill help and comfort my daughter if that will happen to her.
@smartearnings (130)
• India
16 Jan 07
I cannot tell you what my reactions would if my daughter get pregnant at such a small age because i have a son but being myself a daughter i have experienced a incident at my home when i was 21 or 22 i got ill and i was vomitting continously and wasn't getting well so everyone in my house started suspecting and looking at me like they have seen a ghost and asking all kind of question etc and etc but thankgod it got over soon.
@itzicstrul (140)
• Romania
16 Jan 07
This is a hard question. I have 20 years and I don't have a kid.
But...if that would happen to me I think that I would kill the boy who did that, and forced my daughter to make an avort. It's unacceptable for a 14 years old kid to become a parent.
@mastrkeezr (53)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
wow. that is too much for your country. here is where parents must play a big role. yes, education is very important. im not a parent yet but i know how kids today behave. everything is so easy to reach and tested upon, lol. we matured people must keep on reminding them the consequences if they engage in such act
@hiyellowmoon (555)
• India
16 Jan 07
this can be an uncured offense,we cannot allow premature x it will destroy the moral of the society and its well being.the children must be provided with proper classes.and in a way this happens in every villages which are backward in all aspects.
@annieroos (1845)
• United States
16 Jan 07
Well first i would freak out.. and probably yell at first and yes maybe flip, then send her to her room.. I would have her leave the room or i would say something stupid.. but then i would calm down and well i would help her and love her in any way i could
@josan181237 (1204)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
i would totally scold her for doing such a stupid act at a very young age even with my guidance for 14 yrs! but after that i would help her be a responsible mom. in that way she would continue to love me and realize her mistakes. but i would surely beat the guy up who did that and let him face the consequences.
@dhawalkawade (17)
• India
16 Jan 07
i do not know.this is a very new topic for me. i would get the child aborted at first hand and then educate my daughter about everything. the children should know everythung.
@raveena (1353)
• India
16 Jan 07
IT is my responsibility as a parent to bring up my child in the proper manner and if this would happen I would think that I am a total failure as a mother and there is no use screaming or shouting at my child as I have not shown my child the right path. It has to be a abortion but the child is not even physically strong to give birth to a child leave alone take the responsibility and would surely find out the responsible person and put them behind bars so impregnanting a minor.
@oshoke (57)
• Nigeria
16 Jan 07
Well for me as the father i would very angry and more so i would wanna know who i responsible.
On how to help her, it left for her to decide, if she wants to keep the baby then its okay and if she wanna abort it, its up to her too.
But i know all her medication and other stuff would be taken care of by the guy responsible for her pregnancy.