What do you guys think about teen pregnancy?

[PowerC]

Oooh, there was a girl in high school (she was eighteen) that was pregnant! It was lovely, really. In her case, she went through the year like nothing was wrong, she got good grades and when the baby was born all the class brain-stormed to find a name for the kid.

This is to say, I don't see what the problem is.

No, I'm not saying "let our poor, innocent teenagers have children" and no, it's not the choice I would have done. I'm saying that if they chose to keep the baby and are happy with it, why should it bother you?

I mean, you are fifteen and pregnant. Whatever. It's not age that makes a good parent- and besides, it's not like it means that "omg you can forget every kind of dream you had forever", it just means that it's, well, a little bit more difficult to reach. Not impossible: difficult.

Or maybe they'll be happy just with the kid. Dude, it's not like everyone cares about being a big shot and having lots of money and going to university and whatever.

And c'mon, now, what do you prefer: a happy pregnant teenager, or an angsty annoyance that keeps repeating "bu-uh, not me, why did this happen to me?" every day, on loop, 'til the end of time?

Doesn't really matter? someone at that age shouldn't have to worry about taking care of a child, they've barely lived life and know they have to account for somebody else's. Also, she obviously didn't have the intelligence to use birth control. In addition, I doubt the dad's going to stick around, if he sends a check every month, he can go and do whatever he wants, leaving the girl to raise a child alone, which isn't fair to anyone.

 

[Leg End]

Oooh, there was a girl in high school (she was eighteen) that was pregnant! It was lovely, really. In her case, she went through the year like nothing was wrong, she got good grades and when the baby was born all the class brain-stormed to find a name for the kid.

This is to say, I don't see what the problem is.

No, I'm not saying "let our poor, innocent teenagers have children" and no, it's not the choice I would have done. I'm saying that if they chose to keep the baby and are happy with it, why should it bother you?

I mean, you are fifteen and pregnant. Whatever. It's not age that makes a good parent- and besides, it's not like it means that "omg you can forget every kind of dream you had forever", it just means that it's, well, a little bit more difficult to reach. Not impossible: difficult.

Or maybe they'll be happy just with the kid. Dude, it's not like everyone cares about being a big shot and having lots of money and going to university and whatever.

And c'mon, now, what do you prefer: a happy pregnant teenager, or an angsty annoyance that keeps repeating "bu-uh, not me, why did this happen to me?" every day, on loop, 'til the end of time?

Your post count makes me eerily suspicious, but, this is basically what I would have said.

Welcome To The Escapist!

 

[Gladiateher]

So I live in a pretty small town and whenever I go to school there seems to be more and more girls between the age of 14-16 getting pregnant. I think its pretty stupid, the girls are throwing their life away but they all think its cool and sweet and it makes them more popular. I'm just like wtf? So do you guys think teen pregnancy is bad or good and why so?

What ungodly backward place do you live in? I just graduated high school last summer and I never experienced anything like this at all. There were pregnant teens but no one thought it was cool or anything like that I would say 95% of people were against it with another 4.5% who didn't give a flying fuck.

 

[No_Remainders]

I'm trying to come up with a response that doesn't leave me sounding like an ass...
I'm really trying, honestly.
Right! Fuck it.
Yeah, they're just stupid.

It's (almost definitely) their fault, nobody else's.

 

[Henkie36]

I think it's a waste. When you are having kids when you're not even out of high school, That means that you will never be able to fully focus on what's left to come. Now I do think that sex education has a big part to do with this, for instance, here in The Netherlands there is way more and broader sex education then in the UK, and the result is predicatable: per every thousand teenagers, there are more pregenant in the UK then over here.

When I read an artic about this, in which girls were talking who made this decision after a thorough think-about-it, before they even hit twenty: Aren't you realizing that this is going to fill in the rest of your life? I quote: ''Aren't you glad you went through with every bright idea you had at 17? Aren't you glad you totally commited to something you know you could never make a mistake on at that age? Oh yeah, 17, no one ever fucks up at that age!''. I'm pretty sure this will sound familiar to a lot of you. I agree with this. The situation is at least similar to this topic.

Though of course, before you all start spamming my mailbox, This is the free world and you can do whatever you damn well please.

 

[RaikuFA]

i usually see pregnant teens as a bunch of whores(unless it was rape, then my deepest condolences). seriously, this teen pregnancy fad needs to stop

"oh im gonna get knocked up so i can get my 15 minutes on MTV and everyone will pay attention to me"

 

[kickyourass]

Oooh, there was a girl in high school (she was eighteen) that was pregnant! It was lovely, really. In her case, she went through the year like nothing was wrong, she got good grades and when the baby was born all the class brain-stormed to find a name for the kid.

This is to say, I don't see what the problem is.

No, I'm not saying "let our poor, innocent teenagers have children" and no, it's not the choice I would have done. I'm saying that if they chose to keep the baby and are happy with it, why should it bother you?

I mean, you are fifteen and pregnant. Whatever. It's not age that makes a good parent- and besides, it's not like it means that "omg you can forget every kind of dream you had forever", it just means that it's, well, a little bit more difficult to reach. Not impossible: difficult.

Or maybe they'll be happy just with the kid. Dude, it's not like everyone cares about being a big shot and having lots of money and going to university and whatever.

And c'mon, now, what do you prefer: a happy pregnant teenager, or an angsty annoyance that keeps repeating "bu-uh, not me, why did this happen to me?" every day, on loop, 'til the end of time?

Welcome to the Escapist pal, that's essencially what I was gonna say with a few add-ons.

I'd mostly add this: people need to understand that it's gonna happen, no matter what you do, at some point some girl at your local highschool is gonna get pregnent one way or another. The best anyone can do about this fact is make sure that they are properly educated in how to deal with this type of situation and how to possibly avoid getting pregnent until they actually want to.

 

[JoJo]

While it isn't impossible for teens to be good parents, often they aren't and to be honest it's a bit of waste to take on such responsibility at such a young age. Might as well enjoy freedom for a while, then have kids later when you can provide better for them and you know yourself better. It's not hard to use a condom!

 

[Kuroneko97]

I used to go to a public school in a small town. In the 1 and a half years I spent at the middle school, I saw two girls who were pregnant. I was hoping one was a senior, since I saw her around the end of the year.

This was on the bus, by the way, and we shared the buses with the high school next door.

I would fully support someone if they got accidentally pregnant through rape. If they didn't intend it, 17[small]3/4[/small] is the age that I'd support, because that's the age I plan to be more open to sex in a relationship. Any younger and I wouldn't show much support. They shouldn't have been having sex.

If they were underage AND they planned to get pregnant, no sympathy. You got what you deserve. Learn a lesson or two.

Seriously. Our country should give the religious people a big middle finger and teach more sex-ed. They should at least know that the have an option should they consider it, although they shouldn't be at that age.

 

[Kuroneko97]

I used to go to a public school in a small town. In the 1 and a half years I spent at the middle school, I saw two girls who were pregnant. I was hoping one was a senior, since I saw her around the end of the year.

This was on the bus, by the way, and we shared the buses with the high school next door.

I would fully support someone if they got accidentally pregnant through rape. If they didn't intend it, 17[small]3/4[/small] is the age that I'd support, because that's the age I plan to be more open to sex in a relationship. Any younger and I wouldn't show much support. They shouldn't have been having sex.

If they were underage AND they planned to get pregnant, no sympathy. You got what you deserve. Learn a lesson or two.

Seriously. Our country should give the religious people a big middle finger and teach more sex-ed. They should at least know that the have an option should they consider it, although they shouldn't be at that age.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I'm going to replace a long-winded explanation for something shorter and just go with:

"It's stupid, they're stupid and I want to smack them for being so stupid."

I think my personality is too jaded at this point to recognize the one healthy relationship that involves teen pregnancy to the ten others that are broken in one form or another. A little common sense goes a long way, folks.

 

[Brodie Jenkins]

A child shouldn't be raising a child. Every teenager I know who has gotten pregnant has given up all hopes of going to uni or making something of their lives, which isn't to say everyone would do that, but the ones that do would likely dump the child on their mothers.
There's no real way to say this without sounding like a twat but that's how I feel about it

 

[AlloAllo]

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Doesn't really matter? someone at that age shouldn't have to worry about taking care of a child, they've barely lived life and know they have to account for somebody else's. Also, she obviously didn't have the intelligence to use birth control. In addition, I doubt the dad's going to stick around, if he sends a check every month, he can go and do whatever he wants, leaving the girl to raise a child alone, which isn't fair to anyone.

...Are you talking about the eighteen year old girl I met? Because I think they got married and are pretty okay, now... Or was it teens in general?

Everyone has problems, be it not having friends, being pregnant before turning eighteen or not finding the right kind of chips. All you can do is shrug it off and go on with your life adjusting to it- and maybe try not to point to somebody's else face and scream "OH, LOOK AT YOU, HOW UNFORTUNATE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM" in a mocking and/or patronising way.

Besides, they might not think about it as a problem. If it is so, then try not to make it a problem for them.

Your post count makes me eerily suspicious, but, this is basically what I would have said.

Welcome To The Escapist!

Welcome to the Escapist pal, that's essencially what I was gonna say with a few add-ons.
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Thank you! I didn't say anything because that might be slightly off topic, so sorry if it might have been seen as rude... still, thank you!

 

[AndyFromMonday]

The dangers of a promiscuous society! On a more serious note, condoms are widely available and do not break unless used improperly. Birth control pills are also available at your local pharmacy but I wouldn't recommend girls going through puberty taking them. If all else fails, better sex ed teachers and abortions are in order.

Condoms break all the time.

Nope.

 

[somonels]

So I live in a pretty small town and whenever I go to school there seems to be more and more girls between the age of 14-16 getting pregnant.

Also, England.

What about teen pregnancy? They are physically capable for all of it, that's about how far it goes. That's what I think about teen pregnancies.

 

[Satosuke]

Anyone who gets pregnant (or gets someone pregnant) via consensual sex without having a job or clear financial plan for the future is an idiot and deserves any suffering wrought from it, whether it be struggling to raise a child or living with the decision to abort it.

And yeah, birth control may fail and condoms may break, but tough shit. I'm not religious at all, but abstinence is the only way to live 100% without any risk of pregnancy. If teens want to have sex, I don't really care, but they are taking a risk, and have to live with the consequences if pregnancy happens. I'm not advocating abstinence-only sex ed; hell no. That'd be stupid. Teenagers are hormone-fueled idiots and will have sex no matter what responsible adults tell them. But sex, even with every birth control method out there, ALWAYS carries that risk.