I agree with Xtrasweetgirl, although I would personally recommend all the girls and guys to abstained of sexual relationships before marriage. It may sound crazy for some of you all, but there are lots of religious and non-religious people out there who follow this.
I don't see why girls want babies so bad at such a young age! In my graduating class there were 4 girls that were pregnant, 2 in the grade below me and 3 even below that. Grade 10...3 girls were pregnant. I feel soo bad for those girls, on of my friends just got pregnant and she doesn't know who the father is. Makes me extremely sad for them, it also makes it harder in the future for when they wanna get married. Tellin their boyfriends they already have a kid is kinda a big shocker. Trust me, I've been there. Girls, if you read this. Don't get pregnant until you find the one ya wanna be with for the rest of your life. Helps save you a ton of heartache and grief.
REDUCING NUMBER OF TEEN MOTHERS 'PRIORITY'
A waiting list of more than 90 teenage mothers from Canterbury needing urgent help has prompted agencies to call for a national scheme to reduce young pregnancies.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3740012a11~,00.html
QUOTE (LDS_forever @ 13-Apr 03, 6:04 PM) |
I agree with Xtrasweetgirl, although I would personally recommend all the girls and guys to abstained of sexual relationships before marriage. It may sound crazy for some of you all, but there are lots of religious and non-religious people out there who follow this. |
Well, I am a teenage guy so I weigh in here.
First you got to much to worry about as a teen anyway.
College, tests, what you want to do with your life, who you are, who you want to be with.
Now, you want to have babies?
Sex is one of the most overrated things in the country, in my humble opinion.
I know that even before my teens, I loved babies and knew I wanted to have one, someday. I grew up though, believing that there's a time and place for everything - sex, within marriage; obviously children come after that.
So while, on one level I could say that as a teenager I wanted a baby, I knew I wouldn't have sex till I was in a place where I could provide properly for a new life.
Regarding abortion - I'm absolutely pro-life, mostly because I appreciate my own life. My mother was begged by three separate doctors to abort me, they told her I would die anyway if she went through with the pregnancy, and that she might die as well.
I'm happy to report that she looked for a fourth doctor who helped her through - and considering that we're both alive, happy and healthy today, what kind of an ingrate would I be to recommend abortion for another woman?
Name:Llagirlwriter
Comments: I'm writing an article for a national magazine on teens who want to have a baby and try to get pregnant on purpose and I'm looking to interview over the telephone teenage girls, teachers, educators,doctors, parents, etc who would like to talk about the phenomenon of teen girls wanting to get pregnant on purpose, not using birth control, looking forward to a baby, etc. Any leads, especially to teen girls who would like to talk on the phone about having had babies that they purposefully became pregnant with, are welcome.
Wow I am so glad to hear from the teen men here saying stick to abstinence. After all babies are not the only thing one ends up with from unprotected relations.
My thoughts are that it is normal for a teen or even preteen to have "thoughts" of having a baby after all your body is going through all the changes to do just that!
Having said that I do emphasis the word thought, this is normal. The abnormal is the actions that many take in getting pregnant with out the consent of their partner of the moment, and no thought as to how they will provide for this total dependent little baby.
I think age is not the determining factor here but maturity is. I know young ladies who met and married and had 4 children by 25 and did well. I also know ladies that I hope never bear children at all because they are just unfit to mother a child, being they are self centered.
WARNING TEEN MALES laws in Canada are changing and if you do bear a child unto another you will have to get to work and support it and rightly so. Parents of these teens you are also now in the line of fire, you will make those payments for your male child if he can not and rightly so for you did not teach him well enough. Hard and cruel maybe but so can be raising a baby when you are unprepared to do so.
Bottom line here folks stop, think and ask questions of any one who is a parent that you can trust.