i never though much about until recently i found out a friend i have on here for a long time, who is 15, is a mother of an 8 month old child. i think she threw her life away too early. Im sorry thats way to early for giving birth i think.

(this will sound corny since you aren't aloud to cuss at this site)
Spit happens!

It's definitely too young to have a baby. I feel sorry for children who have babies so early in life. A young lady or guy should enjoy her life before having a child. Life is too hard as it is, to bring a baby into the world. Alot of these young girls who have babies need parents to monitor their behavior. Or at least to give them protection (birth control).

Teens should not be parents. We have enough trouble with everything else about being a teen let alone adding a baby into the situation.

OMG, where I live it's pretty much the norm. Teens have babies around here all of the time and I think it's pretty sad. A girl got pregnant in 6th grade when I was in grade school! I think one of my teachers said that the county I live in has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation! I'm not proud of it, but it's the truth. There's a sophomore girl that's pregnant now, and there's a couple senior girls w/ babies, and a friend of mine has a 2 year old, so yeah it's normal in good ole Richwood :( I don't want to be a barefoot & pregnant teenage hick though!

I had a friend in my senior year of high school that had a baby. Every woman in her family, generation after generation, had a teenage pregnancy. So I guess for her, it was normal. But I don't agree with it. If you had hopes of going to college or anything, you can forget about it.

Originally posted by jimmiegirl48
I know a couple of teen mothers. One dropped out of school; the other one is still in school, but she has a lot of trouble keeping up. If you're a teen, it's definitely too young to have children because it's a permanent addition to your life and it can mess up your future. I agree!


I'm glad I'm a guy.


;)

Originally posted by Ralph Malph Ricardo

I'm glad I'm a guy.




Who do you think gets the woman pregnant? Guys are just as bad as girls dude.


My friend got pregnant a few years ago, I think she was 15 at the time. This guy got her pregnant and after he found out he dumped her. He didn't want a child. Then a few months later she miscarried and when he found out about that, he wanted her back. I don't know if she went back to him or not.

Originally posted by Ralph Malph Ricardo
I agree!


I'm glad I'm a guy.


;)

My friend's brother actually took in the baby that he had with his girlfriend. He's a true gentleman. My elder brother had a pregnancy scare with his girlfriend last year. I nearly had a heart attack, but when he told my mom, the first words out of her mouth were , "You're helping her raise that child. You will be a father."
Luckily it was just a scare cause my brother can't even keep his sea monkeys alive.

I dont think its right to give birth until ur married and have enuff time to take care of the baby. I wish i could have a baby now tho, i love babies!

Everyone thinks i'm miss perfect but i had my baby when i was 15 and i'm 17 now.So i think its ok heh

I think that it's up to the person who's having it, cuz there's nothing the rest of us can do about it. But if it was up to me, I would be using birth control...no way would I be 15 and pregnant. (LOL that's a Lifetime movie!)

Originally posted by Ralph Malph Ricardo
I agree!


I'm glad I'm a guy.


;)

Not bringing AIDS into the subject, that is one of the good parts about doing it with guys instead of girls, nobody gets pregnant!


Just my opinion


nate

well I think it is wrong because they are still babies themselves BUT it depends on the Mother because One of my Bestfriends sisters had her baby at 16 and she was VERY Mature for her age and made a great mom to her son

It's their choice. If they think they can handle it, well then they can. I personally wouldn't do it, I'd like to go to college and travel some.

one of my friends in middle school got pregnant when she was 12. It was awful, I still remember when she told me- it was in gym class and she was so upset and I thought I was going to be sick a minute after she told me...
The babys father was 15 and wanted nothing to do with it- she left school when it started to show and had the baby. Her parents have helped a lot but it prevented her from getting to be a teenager and have a normal life. Shes 17 now and her daughter is starting kindergarten next fall.

i love the movie 'too young to be a dad'. it's a lifetime movie, and i watched it. it freaked the crap outta me. so, i'll be using a condom (i don't know about JUST birth control...she might have some disease!)

One of my friends(16) just had an abortion..I don't want to have this discussion again

Originally posted by Babes_Kay
It's their choice. If they think they can handle it, well then they can. I personally wouldn't do it, I'd like to go to college and travel some. I'm with you on that one I'm of age now but even if I did get pregnant before I was married I'd wanna live my life (although I LOVE kids and wind up keeping the baby)

I will always have an open invitation to my children to talk to me about anything.

Some parents just don't talk to their children. (Mine included). Parents have the responsibility of setting their children on the straight and narrow so things like this don't happen. It's not fair to bring children into the world and not guide them.

I guess its whatever you want to do. When I was a Freshman in High School there was 5 people I can think of right off the top of my head that was pregnant. One girl I went to school with got pregnant in the 7th grade.

My mom had my older brother when she was 15. She was married at the time and had to leave high school. (The marriage didn't last.) Teen marriage isn't a good thing either. But my brother is now very successful.

Originally posted by Silver Daze




Who do you think gets the woman pregnant? Guys are just as bad as girls dude.


My friend got pregnant a few years ago, I think she was 15 at the time. This guy got her pregnant and after he found out he dumped her. He didn't want a child. Then a few months later she miscarried and when he found out about that, he wanted her back. I don't know if she went back to him or not.

Yeah, I know of a friend that had the same problem. She was about 17 or 18 when she got pregnant. She really loved this guy and she thought that he loved her too. She gets pregnant and the guy just dumps her and starts avoiding her. It really is a tragic case when something like that happens- especially if the father refuses to take any responsibility and denies the child all together.

I'm very proud of Tabitha, she's the girl I was talking about in the above story. She could've dropped out her senior year and missed out on getting her diploma, but she stuck with it. It's pretty rare to have cases like that.

Most of the girls I knew that got pregnant usually dropped out. I knew this one girl, her name was Leisa. I met her when we were sophomores and she got pregnant every year and dropped out every year and she'd miscarry every year. She dropped out in 10th grade, came back when she miscarried. She'd get pregnant again, drop out again, miscarry again, come back again. I think she finally had a baby right around the time I graduated. I haven't talked to her lately, but I think she finally did have a baby. Sadly, she had already dropped out again so she couldn't get her diploma. I hope she does manage to go to night school or something and at least get a GED. She might have to wait awhile, but I hope she does go back and get either the GED or diploma.

I wouldn't want it to happen to me, and I'd feel bad if it happened to one of my friends, but if it did, well...it just did. I would help her through it the best I could with whatever discissions she makes, and would be supportive NE way.

I know a girl who got pregnant when she was 16. She was a cheerleader, basketball player, softball player, and in the band. When she found out about it, she quit all of those things, except band and made it her full responsiblity to be a mom. She can tell you how hard it is to go to school, have a job, and be a mom. But she is making it through, and is in fact a good mother to her daughter. She will graduate this year, and is currently #4 in her class. She is very lucky, because most people aren't responsible enough or willing enough to juggle all of these tasks.

Teens shouldn't be having sex in the first place. I knew someone who got pregnant at 13.

Fortunatly where I live, teen pregnancy isn't that prevalent. I know one girl who had a baby at 12 and throughout my time in high school, only 2 girls have been pregnant so far. (I'm a junior.) I'm sure there are some teens out there that can be great parents but it's really hard and I feel sorry for anyone in that type of situation.

I think teen pregnancy is wrong only if the parent doesnt have enough time for her child. If she does, then i think its ok for her. Personally, I'm not gonna have a baby until im married, but thats just me. I love kids. lol

My brother is only 19 and has 3 kids he had 2 in the same year..
Connor is 2 then he had Cullen who is 6th months with my friend Abby who is 17 (they werent goin out they were drunk) Then he just had a baby girl in November with the same mom Connor.

so he ****ed his life up and abbys and Connor and Haley's moms life up so i think teen pregnancy is bad :)

today i saw my friend and her baby on webcam. i couldnt think of anything else to say except "shes beautiful just like her mom."

I think Teen Agers, should use protection so they dont have to get preg and waste there life away,cuz they are way to young ,cuz they are a kid themself..Its called birthcontrol....Or protection!
I just wish everyone that is preg has a teen i wish u all LUCK

Y'all will probably throw things at me, but I agree with Mandie. Teen shouldn't be having sex. Look at it this way, you will have LOTS of years to have sex. Why rush things. I know, sex is wonderful and all that, but it isn't something you can't wait for. Not that I'm perfect. My husband and I had sex a couple of times when we were dating. But, the whole pregnancy thing scared us to death. Not to mention the fact that we are both Christians and we felt that it was wrong. So, I know what it is like to be in that place with a guy and things happen; I'm speaking from experience. I guess what I'm trying to say is, think about it before you jump into anything. And, if you think you are mature enough, then you need to be mature enough to use some kind of birth control. But, bravo to those girls who got pregnant and have made the best of it. It would be a hard row to hoe. I'm proud of them for making the best of a bad situation.

What pisses me off is when some 16 year old has a baby and then offloads it on to her mother. That pisses me off! If you were responsible enough to have sex, you're responsible enough to deal with the consequences that having a child brings!

There was a girl I knew in High School who had a baby at 13, and never took responsibility, she would keep it home with her mother while she went off and partied for weeks and months at a time. I just wanted to grab her and say "Stop your fu(king partying and take care of your fu(king kid!!!".

I'm sorry for being so unpleasant, but some people make me so damn made!

Well I am an 18 year old guy who just graduated high school last year and I think teen pregnancies are wrong. There were seven girls that were in my class that gave birth in the last 3 years which is really sad and only two of them continued with school.none of the fathers were from my town of Holdrege,but I will say one thing if you were in my class last year or any of the classes now in Holdrege Nebraska and you notice your friend or someone else who is pregnant the other students will turn there backs on you and not help you. There was a girl inmy class who had a baby right after graduation and I have seen her around latley and nobody is there to talk to her,which is another sad thing. Why can't they just hang out with each other without doing anything until they are married or at least until they are out of school. I for one am going to wait until I'm married and I just hope most if not all f you will do the same.