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

[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).

[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.......

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

The article is from London so this may be something new for them. As someone stated, teen pregnancy is no longer the "epidemic" that it once was in the U.S.

mmm...no. Not new. I told my mother about this article and she rolled her eyes and said "like they invented it."
Teen pregnancy rates in the UK are very high. It's worth pointing out the source of this article again...the Daily Mail. A fine, upstanding tabloid that no one in their right mind respects.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by centaur532

mmm...no. Not new. I told my mother about this article and she rolled her eyes and said "like they invented it."
Teen pregnancy rates in the UK are very high. It's worth pointing out the source of this article again...the Daily Mail. A fine, upstanding tabloid that no one in their right mind respects.

I don't know what reputable UK sources are.

The question I thought you were going to answer is how "old" is this epidemic in the UK? Your mother's comment doesn't answer that for me and neither does the fact that their pregnancy rates are very high.

[ASUADPi]

I think half, if not 75% of the girls who are deliberately getting pregnant under the age of 18 are doing it because 1) they want to be loved by something, although a baby has absolutely NO WAY of showing you it's "love" 2) they think it's cool to be pregnant. 3) they assume that mommy and daddy will just "take care" and "help out financially" and "let me still be a teenager" (which don't get me wrong most parents probably do my coworker is a perfect case in point.

I love watching Maury when these girls come on. They just think that having a baby will be so much "fun" and that the baby will just [i]instantanously{/i] love them. Then of course they get a major reality check when 1) the boot camp dude yells at them and 2) they are stuck with babie, all under the age of 1, for 24 hours and they haven't got any idea how to even change a diaper. Too bad we can't do that all the time for stupid 14 year olds who want to get pregnant and rely on the rest of society to take care of their "lovely" child.

[laylo]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

I think half, if not 75% of the girls who are deliberately getting pregnant under the age of 18 are doing it because 1) they want to be loved by something, although a baby has absolutely NO WAY of showing you it's "love" 2) they think it's cool to be pregnant. 3) they assume that mommy and daddy will just "take care" and "help out financially" and "let me still be a teenager"

Also they seem to miss the fact that babies don't remain babies. They can't look ahead and see that after a year and some change they'll be running around after toddlers, and at 30 years old they'll be raising teenagers.

[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!!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I don't know what reputable UK sources are.

The question I thought you were going to answer is how "old" is this epidemic in the UK? Your mother's comment doesn't answer that for me and neither does the fact that their pregnancy rates are very high.

Well, my mother was a teenager in the late 60s, early 70s and she saw it then. Sex ed is a mixed bag in England...sometimes I felt I learnt more from my teen mags than school.

[AKA_Monet]

I really don't care about Maury Povich and who's my baby's daddy today because I'm 12 years old and I wanna be a teenager...

My concern comes in when kids are having sex without a condom and the risk of HIV/AIDS starts being a factor among many other issues.

And Gardisil takes 3 injections spaced out...

So these little girls, because that's what they are when they fcukin' do these things, practically ruin their lives for some facade fairytale that doesn't exist in this reality.

And the tax paying society has to pay for that crap...

You wanna see breakdown, one look a Britney Spears bald-headed psychoses tells you homegirl is having post-partum...

Raging hormones are abound in teens. What makes us think that the post-partum psychosis would not be different?

That's why it is unhealthy for extremely young women to be pregnant and have children.

But hayle, I have anscestors and cousins that were pregnant at 12...

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by laylo

Also they seem to miss the fact that babies don't remain babies. They can't look ahead and see that after a year and some change they'll be running around after toddlers, and at 30 years old they'll be raising teenagers.

I'll be 28 in 3 weeks and their is NO WAY IN HELL I could imagine raising a teenager right now!

Plus, just thinking about I know my life wouldn't be the same. I'd probably still be working on my undergrad, not starting my second masters.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

I think half, if not 75% of the girls who are deliberately getting pregnant under the age of 18 are doing it because 1) they want to be loved by something, although a baby has absolutely NO WAY of showing you it's "love" 2) they think it's cool to be pregnant. 3) they assume that mommy and daddy will just "take care" and "help out financially" and "let me still be a teenager" (which don't get me wrong most parents probably do my coworker is a perfect case in point.

Add to the list: "The baby's daddy is going to be in the NBA/NFL/Pro something or other/Rapper/etc so I'm going to ensure I have some money and never have to work."

I've had at least two girls tell me that to my face...not even counting other stories from other teachers.

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

Well, since a baby IS an accessory, I want mine to be Coach.