My mother was a teen mother, but she married while still in high school, and didn't conceive her first child until after her wedding. She went on the dole only after her divorce at age 25, and she remained on it throughout her single motherhood, her second marriage and for the rest of her life. As a child, I didn't get off welfare until I left and moved in with my grandmother at age 15. (Going on what I knew my mother's second/last husband to be doing while I was still under his roof, I'm sure that jerk is still bringing in as much welfare as he can, by whatever means he can. That is, if he's not dead.)
Archimides, because it's the woman who pays, that's why. We can talk about the boy all we want but, at the end of the day, he can go on with his life and the girl is still pregnant. I'd like to see that change in our society but I don't expect it to happen anytime soon.
Vraiblonde, this comment cracks me up. I have a vision of society placing a harness of some sort on the boy, slowly adding weight to it over a nine-month period (enough to cause swollen ankles and a continuously sore back), medically altering his hormonal balance to simulate those affects of pregnancy, and then creating a kidney stone the size of a pea for him to pass threw his tool to simulate delivery. Maybe if they did something like that there would be less impregnation attempts by the male youth of our country, who knows?
That data is 7 years old, is there anything newer or did this quit being a problem during the Clinton years?Originally posted by Kain99
Teen Pregnancy is a Nationwide crisis. Statistical Data I am always interested in people who hold the opinion that "It takes a Village to raise a child."
Yes, if. But the fact is, they don't. Which leads me to...
I was a senior and pregnant with my daughter. My counselor and several teachers thought it would be a good idea for me to attend one of those 'centers.'
If I didn't have a problem going to school pregnant, why should they? I graduated with a 3.75 GPA! 
Really? Why?
In the meantime, why is it so important to shame the young women? Yes, she messed up, and she needs to learn not to do it again. But in my experience actively shaming someone doesn't teach them anything. Love (tough love, if you prefer) does. Shame just keeps them down. It does not have the deterring affect some would wish.
Don't most parents have some kind of support...somewhere? My parents have helped me tremendously, but they've never paid my daycare costs, or helped with my bills.Originally posted by kwillia
Great for you, Sxy... but you must have had support/help from somewhere if you didn't get it from the state....
Not a bad idea. But after he passes the stone, he has to be given the responsibility to care for an infant 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with little help and no respite. Simulating pregnancy & childbirth would help, but those are temporary measures. Give the boy the full responsibility of his four seconds of cross-eyed bliss; maybe then he'll think about acutally using that condom in his wallet--or better yet, respecting himself, the girl, their parents, and, most of all, the potential new life, he'll STOP.
More power to ya.
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