What are your first thoughts when you see a pregnant teenager, or a teenage mother (18-)?
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ANSWERS: 33
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I think..."wow she's young", but I also am glad to see that she didn't give up hope and kept the child. Alot of young mothers these days are keeping their babies and I commend them for that. It's never easy being a young mother (I was 20 when I had my son) but I think that there's always a way to keep the baby.
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I say a prayer for her and hope she is taking care of herself and the child growing inside her. I also feel respect and admiration for her decision not to terminate. I was adopted and am glad for my birth mother's decision and hope that the girl has a wonderful support system to help her make the decision to either keep her child or give it up for adoption and stand by her whichever decision she does make. My brother and his wife just adopted a baby and we are forever grateful to the birth mother's decision and love her for it.
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First thought. She had sex. Second thought. That guy that got her pregnant, where is he?
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in australia you get given a lump sum of money when you have a baby. it's at $4000.00 at the moment, so most people think they are doing it for the money.
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Oops.
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I hope I'm not the father! ;)
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I say, "I hope she's stronger than I." And I hope that she's healthy, that she has the support of her family and friends and hopefully that of the guy who knocked her up, too.
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In all honesty? Usually something along the lines of "Poor girl". I think its a shame to have to tie yourself down to looking after a kid before you've really had a chance to live your life and establish who you are by yourself. I generally have respect for girls who try to do their best by the baby, and bring it up best they can, but I can't help but feel a certain amount of pity.
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I see myself at 19. Thankfully things worked out for me and the dad and we are happily married with a total of 3 kids. We had a lot of support from both of our families. So I always find myself wondering about her circumstances and hoping that she has someone there to support her be it family, friend, or boyfriend. That is so important for someone in her situation. You feel so ashamed to begin with. A lot of my friends turned on me when I got pregnant. Thank God for everyone who was there for me!
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my mom had me when i was 15 and my dad was 19. i think thats great that shes pregnant, as long as she treats her baby right. its her life not mine, if she choose to have sex or not to have sex, then thats find with me.
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Well, like lady fuschia, I think that the girl will be missing out on a lot of fun and important stages of healthy self discovery. Then I think, this is a great day to have another nice little talk with my own teenagers!
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I really don't judge them, I know that conforming to society is such an easy thing to do, and everyone makes mistakes, some just have more intense consequenses than others. I had my first daughter when I was 19, and I was already married before I got pregnant, (I married at 18), and I just turned 21 and have a 4 week old baby. All I can say to young mothers is that it's tough, but baby's are never a mistake, and pregnancy is not something to be "corrected" through abortion.
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Meh, doesn't really bother me. I don't really think about it.
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I feel sorry for them and their parents who are going to have to help raise that child.
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That she had sex and got pregnant.
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What was she thinking?
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That they're going to lead a hard life and probably won't go to college
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Another council house I'm not going to get.
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Part of me understands. The other part of me asks where the hell her parents are in her life and why wasn't she raised right.
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I was one. When I see a young girl I know she is going to have a tough time and wonder if the father will even care.
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I see a girl. I think of friends who've sat on my bed, terrified because they might be pregnant. I think of girls I know who've had their babies and don't go out anymore. Ah.
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i feel for her, alot of pregnant teens miss out on ALOT. my sister got pregnant not even amonth after her 18th birthday and she was planning on going to europe and all this and possibly go to college out there but since shes pregnant now that all went out the window. and another friend of mine lost all but 2 friends because shes so busy with raising her two kids that she doesnt have time to be a normal teenager anymore.
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not that much, i had my first when i was 17 and im 37 now with a 6mnth old grandson i had four children in total and wouldnt change one moment with them.
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poor thing,doesn't even know how hard it is gonna be!
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stupid little slut.. having unprotected sex....
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I wish I could be bold enough to just walk right up to her and ask if she’s looking for a loving couple to adopt that baby, but I know darned well that that would probably end badly. After all, I don’t even know she’s not married!
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I just hope they are going to be a good mother
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i am one so i feel pretty sorry for them hes only a week old and its already so so hard but im one of the lucky ones i the father is now my husband and we have tons of support and a very healthy baby boy
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I feel sorry for them, but I feel even more compassion and pity for the baby. You can't fill a void in yourself by making a baby. How many of those teens would survive if they didn't have welfare or mommy and daddy's bank account? Makes me so frustrated when girls try to get pregnant. Taxpayers and grandparents end up paying for that "choice."
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I wonder if she has someone to be there for her, or if she is facing this alone.
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Poor girl.
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i was 14 when my son arrived, he turned my world upside down but it was in the most magical way. i used to be horrible never went to school, gettin arrested, always in fights. then there he was. i changed my whole life went back to school passed all my gcse's went college, work ect. i new i had to do it for him. he was the making of me. i got nasty looks every where i went when i was expecting him,all the delibrately over loud comments. so i think best of luck to them. i no i wouldnt change a thing about my life and hope in a few years they can say the same.x
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I think, "Been there. Hope she has a lot of support."
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