Pregnant 14-Year-Old Says Having a Child Is the Newest Fashion Among Teens

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by sdsuchelle

As a child of a single mother, I'm just going to ignore the "need 2 working parents" comment or else I might blow up.

As far as little girls getting pregnant, (http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp), the youngest mother ever recorded was a 5-year-old Peruvian girl.

:-/

I didn't mean that as a slight to single parents. In this society, life is designed to be easier for a two parent family.

[sdsuchelle]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

I didn't mean that as a slight to single parents. In this society, life is designed to be easier for a two parent family.

Oh, okay, that's fine. I definitely agree that its usually financially easier with a two-parent household.

[camii]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

I didn't mean that as a slight to single parents. In this society, life is designed to be easier for a two parent family.

I agree, having been raised in a single parent home myself...why intentionally put your self in that position!!

And as far as this being considered the new FASHION among teens, I will reserve my comments on that all together!!

[FSUZeta]

when i was in labor with my first child(at age 30), there was all sorts of screaming going on down the hall-"make it stop....i don't want to have this baby anymore.....etc". when my physician came in to check on me, i asked him what all the fracus was. he said,"just another baby, having a baby. if they only realized what they were getting themselves into when they became sexually active. now that she is in labor, she doesn't want to give birth. she is 14" i could hear the nurse saying," it's going to come whether you want it to or not, you need to just suck it up and do what we are telling you to do." they were not being cruel-this girl had been carrying on like this for at least an hour.

i gathered at the time that she needed to push, and she was not pushing, but was pitching a fit.

maybe if they took impressionable young girls into the labor and delivery rooms, they might prevent a few pregnancies.

teenagers see celebrities having babies out of wedlock, and think that it is the fashionable thing to do. they do not understand that these celebrity women have boucoup bucks and can hire nannies and nurses to care for the baby, run errands, cook, clean and answer the phone. celebs can hire trainers and nutritionists to help them get their prepregnancy body back. girls are being presented an unrealistic example of how a tiny minority can afford to have a baby and still live the life they did pre-baby.

To piggyback on what FSUZeta said, it's not just celebrities-- it's in on our popular sitcomes. Not to bash the Gilmore Girls (lord knows I love it) but look at the plot. A girl gets pregnant; she runs away from her family; is now best friends with her ivy-league daugher and runs her own business all on her own. I suppose it helps having millionaire parents (even though they don't have a good relationship, enforcing that 16 year olds can do this without a problem).

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

...maybe if they took impressionable young girls into the labor and delivery rooms, they might prevent a few pregnancies.

LOL! Yes, I love it!!

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by camii

I agree, having been raised in a single parent home myself...why intentionally put your self in that position!!

And as far as this being considered the new FASHION among teens, I will reserve my comments on that all together!!

Awhile ago, while I was recovering from surgery, I was watching one of the the day time "talk" shows. There was a rather young "lady" who among other things said that see wanted a baby early in her life so that they would be able to go partying together.......