Too Many People Think Bad of Teenage Parents.
But Most of them turn out to be pretty good mothers. People think that we're too young to have chrildren coming from experiences i got judged getting pregnant at 15 i got judged by more experienced mothers. I just thinkthat the whenever you feel ready to have a baby it's up to you. But most teenmummy turn out alright and i give out alot of repsect to the rest of the teen mums out there. it's not easy but things gets easier.

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Too Many People Think Bad of Teenage Parents.
But Most of them turn out to be pretty good mothers. People think that we're too young to have chrildren coming from experiences i got judged getting pregnant at 15 i got judged by more experienced mothers. I just thinkthat the whenever you feel ready to have a baby it's up to you. But most teenmummy turn out alright and i give out alot of repsect to the rest of the teen mums out there. it's not easy but things gets easier.

Yeah, true, most teen moms don't leave their babies laying on lit stoves or feed them woodchips or let them fly an airplane because mothering is mostly common sense. Most drunk drivers make it to their destination without killing someone. Most soldiers come home from war. The thing is, no matter how the ends come about, the situation itself is far from ideal.

Most teen parents do not have the full responsibility for their children, they either get help from their parents or form welfare programs. They are also more likely to STAY on welfare programs.
Teenage pregnancy costs the government over $9 BILLION a year.

It all starts at the beginning, where teens are less likely to get prenatal care, increasing the chances of anemia, low birth weight, toxemia, premies, and even dying.
Only 50% of teenage parents graduate from highschool. Most intend to stay in school, and 80% actually do...for a while, but then the realities set in and they drop out. With no diploma, they have to settle for a crap job, that crap job puts them over the line to recieve bennefits, but keeps them embedded in poverty.

Only 10% of teen fathers support their kids leaving their "baby mommas" to fend for themselves.

Statistically, the children of teen patents exhibit less cognative abilities due to the environment in which they are often raised. They also are more likely to have chronic medical conditions, have behavior problems, participate in early sexual relations, drop out of high school, give birth as a teenager, go to jail, be unemployed, and be on government assistance as adults.


I know that most teenage mom's do the best they can, but advocating for teenagers to get pregnant is irresponsible. Children should NOT have babies whenever they FEEL ready. They should have babys when they ARE ready. Ready includes financially stable, emotionally stable, in a relationship with a willing partner that cares about them and is equally stable financially and emotionally. Anyone who plans to have a child ON PURPOSE without being ready is immature and thoughtless and shouldn't be a parent anyway.

Ok I have nothing against teen moms who got pregnant as a result of failed contraceptive it happens. I have a problem with teen moms who didn't use any contraceptive and had the nerve to say that they were not trying to get pregnant. That is crap if you have a period you ovulate and therefore can get knocked up and by not using anything then your taking the risk. I also have a problem with BAD teen moms the ones that makes even another teen think that the child is in danger. The final kind of teen mom that I have a huge problem with are the ones who say that it was a good thing that they got pregnant cuz they are ready to have a family. UM... what? How the hell are you ready for that at 15 I mean I understand it happens and you take responsibility for it but come on it's hard at any age but it makes things a bit harder when you aren't even legal age to drive or get a job. It is very rare for a couple to stay together from 15 til death so if you are already planning your life with him ask if he has the same idea. Sorry that was so long but it was also my opinion and 18 may technically be a teen but you're an adult at that age so in my mind it don't count.

I have to say I agree with Bexie...

I can certainly vouch for the statistic side of things....

My mother was 16 when she gave birth to me (only just) and I was 16 when I gave birth to my son (only just and unfortunately that was a one night stand I lost my virginity with aswell) Now my 15 year old son is about to have a child to a 15 year old girl and no matter what I did to prevent the cycle going it meant shit.....

I was on on welfare for the first fews of his life til I met my second sons father then he supported us for 5 years then again when we split I was on welfare til I met my husband and he has supported all of us including his 2 and half children...

I had all the intentions of completing school and never succeeded, I went back to school when my eldest was a couple of years old and that only lasted a few months cos my son couldn't handle being away from me so I have never completed my education, I have had some fantastic jobs over the years but I am very lucky to have been able to get those jobs with the limited level of education I have and other young mums are not so lucky...

To advocate having babies as a teen in my opinion.... IS THE MOST MORONIC THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!!!

I love my children more than my own life and no I wouldn't change a thing EXCEPT how young I was when I had my first... It is the hardest job in the world and is deffinately not something a teenager should take lightly or even encourage other teens to do...

So my advice dezzymae or whatever your name is, if you wish to be taken seriously on this site these particular opinions should be kept to yourself because no one on here is going to take it lightly anyone encouraging teens to have babies..... There are alot of teen mums on here who will say the same thing, it may have changed their lives in most part for the better but even they will agree it is best to wait til you are able to do more as an adult for your child because that makes it alot easier and why would you want to struggle and drag your kids up instead of raising them, why would you want to lose most of your friends because they aren't able to comprehend the way things are when you are pregnant or raising a baby and the difficulties that arise from such things and the limitations one has when they become a mother, why would you want any of the hardships that go along with being a mother when you don't have any life experience to help get you through all of that as a teenager?????

Do not encourage teens to have babies on here cos you will get shot down.....

I'm not going to repeat what everyone else said, but I absolutely agree with it.

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I just thinkthat the whenever you feel ready to have a baby it's up to you.

Hehe, well here's the thing about that...

Teenagers think they are always right. I'm a teenager. I know that I am right when it comes to pretty much everything. See what I mean? So, there was a period back there when I was sure that I was ready to be a mother. Thankfully, I've never had any form of a relationship and honestly have no means of getting pregnant. But that's not the point, the point is that every teen who thinks they are ready will not change their mind until it actually happens, when the majority of them think something along the lines of, 'Damn! I f*cked up!' (No pun intended) No matter how much they love their new baby. So going out and telling them that 'when they feel ready they should have kids' is pretty much telling them that, yes, they are always right, and yes they can handle it. Well, no they are not always right and no they cannot always handle it.

I agree with Angel here, save yourself the drama and keep these sort of opinions to yourself.

Celianne wrote:

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Teenagers think they are always right. I'm a teenager. I know that I am right when it comes to pretty much everything. See what I mean? So, there was a period back there when I was sure that I was ready to be a mother. Thankfully, I've never had any form of a relationship and honestly have no means of getting pregnant. But that's not the point, the point is that every teen who thinks they are ready will not change their mind until it actually happens, when the majority of them think something along the lines of, 'Damn! I f*cked up!' (No pun intended) No matter how much they love their new baby. So going out and telling them that 'when they feel ready they should have kids' is pretty much telling them that, yes, they are always right, and yes they can handle it. Well, no they are not always right and no they cannot always handle it.

I agree with Angel here, save yourself the drama and keep these sort of opinions to yourself.

If only the world had more people like you Miss Celianne!