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I am sick of seeing pregnant teenage girls around. It is not cool and it is going to be a helping factor in the demise of our economy. The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the devloped world. And no one in this country but me think it is wrong?Made with: [link]
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Being pregnant at any age isn't cool! Teenage women to middle aged women suffer hardships of being pregnant, because they have to take care of the infant, and taking care of an infant is a lot of hard work, if you ask me!Β
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True, but with teenagers, you need to get that high school diploma to get most any job, even menial ones and it is a massive hold back to improving your life and a one way ticket to nearly inescapable poverty
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I know. I know how the tax and livelihood balances work. A friend of mine told me how being pregnant as a teen isn't easy when I was 10 or 11 years old.
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Well, tell me. People are saying "THAT GIRL RUINED HER LIFE BY GETTING PREGNANT!" but what's so different about teen pregnancy and what you mother had to be to have you? Also, the girl and the boy can still get a diploma and decree so they can still go to college and get a good job. And you do know there are tribes in the world that have their daughters pregnant as soon as they hit their first period. The reasons why people hate teen pregnancy so much makes no sense.
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Have you ever tried to go to school and raise a kid. I hear more failures and people having to give up on it than successes. And you cannot just go down the road to the plant and get a job anymore. No, youΒ need degrees to have a job that pays well and gives you time to spend with your kids. I am in college right now and work and can tell you, throw an infant in there, something's got to give and I can't give up work so guess what goes? The college and you shut the door on the chance you had. And most teenage girls get those things HANDED to them. I can testify from experience that the pregnant teenage girl gets all the handouts, scholarships and grants over a girl who had the same GPA and all other factors but didn't spread her legs. You have an incredibly naive position on this. The idea is good but implimenting them isn't. My mom had to give up her degree because I was young and didn't have time to go back until recently and she's in her 50's now.Β
And you never heard of pregnancy pacts or girls having kids to be on 16 and pregnant? Those kids aren't valued, they are just status symbols.Β
And about those tribes, well that's a different type of living.
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I am 15 and I was born without sex tendencies so there's a chance I may never have kids.
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Nothing wrong with that. But bear in mind that while in theory there is things to help you get degrees and like if you do, in my many years (making me feel old) I have seen it not work out.Β
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Anyways, I think instead of people treated teen parents as monsters, we should support them in this life changing experience
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Have to watch that. It cannot be allowed for one to think that it isn't a burden.Β
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I can understand back then where life span was short. However people are now living past their 30s and 40s.
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And back then you didn't need a PhD to manage a McDonalds. You could farm or if you life got sucky, go west. Heck my ancestors came all the way from England to Utah because my great-great-great grandpa had a college education but couldn't get a job. (Civic devlopment I think....) so he headed all the way from Leichtshire England to the USA on the Minnesota (A totally cramped ship with 200 other people) to Wyoming and Utah where he became a rancher, mine foreman and did work helping to plan the Mormon Tabernacle. But now, you can't head anywhere without a load of cash if you are stuck in an economic rut.
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I live in a state where teen pregnancy rates are very high. I've actually overheard people in my school wanting to get pregnant just to keep their boyfriends.Β
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That is just wrong! What if the boyfriend doesn't stay? Most cases he won't if he was planning to leave anyway! You'd be left with a baby and no prospects for a job!
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Most likely the guy is not even mentally ready so he will definitely most likely leave. If they don't leave, it's most likely because they don't want to piss off their baby mama, and they will be living in misery. Β It's a very sick and twisted trick I say!Β
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That child is a human not blackmail!
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A child is not an object of trending, fashion, or torture. They're human beings just like anybody else. To be honest, if I ever see somebody have a baby to blackmail another person again, I would call child services or the cops because I would be very worried about what happens to that kid and the trapped man that is in a loveless relationship. To blackmail somebody is abuse and it makes it worse when a baby is involved.
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What's tragic is the law doesn't see it that way. 
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That's very sad. It's okay ,according to the law, for the parents to use a child for blackmail. The logic ,to me, is so broken in that sense! It's such a huge risk for the child to be abused in that type of relationship when the guy leaves their mother. (Or at least a loveless uncaring relationship.) High chance the kid will be neglected if the mother does not have the right mentality. Every child deserves love but they should not be immediately born as a threat to somebody.Β
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That is hard to prove. I know my fiancee's brother had a kid his senior year and does a good job (so far) with his kids but people said his wife had the kid to keep him from joining the army. Now she doesn't seem like it and the ones saying it were gossipy bitches anyway but it is hard to prove. There has to be some way to root these people out.....
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Yeah, it is hard to prove it have to say. I really do hope her intentions were pure and I bet they were. I still think babies for blackmail can root to a lot of frustration especially if the father left. I just hate the intentions of the blackmail/fashion/being cool to have the child. I don't really trust the mother if any of those were the reasons to have a baby. I just don't want anyone to go through a harmful childhood like I have. I get worried sick about some people in this world..
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That's just the fuck of it all. Ones with ill will pretty much abuse the kid, but not enough to get the kid placed somewhere better.
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They won't even try to see if there's a better place for the kid to live. Even if the abuse is not as severe as some cases, it can still scar that person for life. I've been in mental and physical abuse back when I was younger. I had to suffer that hell. I wouldn't say it was totally severe like they starved me or sexually harassed me, but it was bad enough to scar me and have painful flashbacks of it to this day. Abuse shouldn't be taken lightly ,no matter how severe it is. No child deserves to be tortured constantly by their parent(s) or guardians.Β
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Just goes to show how ineffective our system is. Alsi make me think more of the "It takes a village" if you know of a kid who needs help, help them. They neef a role model if their parents won't be.
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It takes a village if the parents don't even bother with taking care of the kid. I never really had a role model but I did look up to my brother a lot. He actually looked after me (or prefer to call it, raised me) to be a better person in a way. He taught me a lot.
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And that is what I am talking about. Not everyone has a brother like yours but someone in their life that can be the adult example they need.
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The comments on this are really making me lose my faith and making me feel like an awful human being. Getting pregnant was NOT my choice. Having sex wasnt either. But here I am, the evil one in everyone's eyes because Im not aborting my child. My child will have a loving, stable home with myself and my mother, I will still be able to attend college and my mother has assured me that my baby will want for nothing. I dont see how this makes me a horrible person
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You aren't a horrible person. I am glad you made the choice to keep the child. I just don't like the teen moms that get pregnant to keep their boyfriend and the ones that don't take birth control (had expected sex) and say they didn't think they were going to get pregnant. They should know the consequences of sexual intercoarse.
In your position, that must've been traumatic. None of that was your fault and you didn't expect any of it to happen. I support and respect you because of your choice to have the child. I hope your family is doing fine since then.
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It doesn't. You seem like you're able to support your baby even though it wasn't your choice, and that is very kind of you.
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Many of the commentors mean girls who enter into pregnancy pacts or have a baby to be on Teen Mom.Β
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Many teens had the baby to be cool, on Teen Mom or to fit in. They often have the baby then dump on the parents and party. Those are the ones the commenters speak of. Pregnancy pacts and the like.
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You're the same as me it makes me sick too! it's kinda the same here in the UK as well, teen pregnancy is getting more and more common. I saw some up the duff slags at my school too I felt so disgusted looking at their huge abdomen and comparing it to their tiny body,they should be ashamed and be forced to have an abortion not being protected all the time! I'm so glad that I am a Asexual.
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I'm pretty sure that pregnant teenagers don't think that it's cool.
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But by the time they do realize it isn't cool, it is too late or even worse, their friends are all having kids so they do think it is cool. O_O
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Not all of them do.
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True but that is the behavior I am seeing with most pregnant teens here anyway. _-_
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I'm eighteen, and a lot of girls I know are having children during and right out of high school. A couple got married as well. One got married on her 18th birthday and was the only student to be married! Me, I'm waiting five to seven years or so. By the time everyone else will have teenagers, I may or may not have toddlers. But I don't have the patience for kids, so I dunno if I'll ever have any. :l
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Well, if a girl is around 12-16, then I think she should get an abortion.
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Honestly I think so too, or if they want to carry it to term, it should go up for adoption. Although why they would want to is beyond me.
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Yeah, since most teens I see(Not all teens , but a good chunk) are immature and pretty, uh, not fit for parenting.
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I know. They can barely take care of themselves and the kid gets hurt in the end.
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Yeah, I that if they're under the age of 18, then they should get an abortion.
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Because that's exactly what I need when I'm 26... a 10 year old..
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I'll wait until I am in my 40's to have a teenager not my early 30's.
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I don't agree with teen pregnancy..But...I think your being extremely harsh...My best friend got pregnant when she was 16...It wasen't exactly her choice..if you know what I mean...But she decided to keep the baby due to her personal beliefs...5 years later and she's enjoying being a mum. Her daughter just started school and commented on how her little girl is growing up too fast..
I'm just saying don't be too judgemental on teen mothers. That goes for everyone else you has commented. True, some are just immature girls who think a baby is fashionable...But there ARE alot of young girls out there who DO take it seriously...Just remember..that teen mother you judged might have been raped...just like my best friend..
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That's fine, because it wasn't really her choice.Β
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I applaud your friend for her decison because it seems like she is responsible and having a baby from a rape has to be hard. It just really annoys me to see babies in irresponsible hands. The way I see it, if you keep the child you need to be responsible because you can hurt someone badly by being neglectful of safety or proper care. I can understand ignorance of some care tips but total neglect of a child is inexcusable.
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It was really hard for her. A lot people tried to tell her to either get an abortion or give the baby up. I told her to do what she thought was right. After the first ultrasound, she instantly loved her baby. I can tell you right now, being a mum changed her for the better. Her daughter is full of so much energy and is quite bright. Whats sad is that my best friend was constantly judged for being a teen mother, without knowing what happened to her. A lot people thought she was some kind of immature slut. That really ticks me off, to be honest.
Like I said, I know theres a lot of girls out there who thinks it's cool t be knocked up. I've heard some even bragging about how WE (as in the people) are paying for their babies, cause their on welfare. It's ridiculous!
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