What the hell is wrong with teenagers today? (Meaning: Why the hell do they think that it is okay to have a baby?) The teen pregnancy rate today is horrifyingly high and completely unacceptable. Honestly, who is to blame for the teens getting pregnant? Most of their parents were older than twenty when they decided to have children, so they didn't get it from them... Is it the media? Are so many teens getting pregnant because so many of today's popular celebrity icons and role models are having babies? That would be a ridiculous reason. I mean, do they realize that their life is virtually over? There is no more going anywhere spontaneously, good nights of sleep, and really no sane male wants to be tied down to any girl with a baby. In my highschool, there are a couple of girls that are pregnant. It is stupid that one of the freshmen girls was actually heard saying that she wanted to have a baby because her friends were pregnant. Also, should family-oriented retail stores such as Walmart and Target sell the provocative clothing that they do to teens and young girls? They are just promoting the promiscuity of these young girls!!!
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Some people may just be frightened of what they might not be able to attain in the future, i.e. a child. Personally, I thikn it's wrong, but if you think you're old enough to ahve sex, then you are old enough to have a child as a consequence.
At elast four of my old best friends from my freshman year of high school have kids, but they enjoy them. They love having someone they can raise to call their own. They're proud of their babies and love them dearly.
One of my friends felt that he rmother enver did an adequete job in raising her, and her mother replied "let's see you do better". Taking this literally, she had a child and in my opinion is doing a better job than her mother.
Having a child is just putting life into perspective for these young teen mothers. I'm sure some of them just give them awat or have abortions or have their parents take care of them, but for some mothers, it behooves them.
Uh, Wal-mart isn't to blame. The parents are, they're the ones in charge of society, after all.
the media isnt to blame. the blame should be placed on the kids who do it. They are responsible for themselves. Parents are slightly responsible, but they can only do so much
Don't blame the media, retail outlets, or today's fashion, and blaming the parents can only go so far. Sure, parents' values get directed onto the child, but parents can only do so much until said child reaches a certain age -- then, it's the kid's responsibility to know right from wrong.
And I'm not saying having sex is wrong; some teenagers aren't informed or are afraid of going out and getting protection. At the same time, most teenagers are given more freedom now than before in our history, and because of this, they go out and have sex. Sometimes, they get pregnant. Sometimes, they have abortions, and sometimes, they adopt the children out.
My mother had me when she was 18 years old and she almost gave me up. Instead, she kept me and raised me. She went back to school when I was nine years old, she graduated when I was 13, and it's always just been the two of us; my dad has never been around. She has a great job, she pays the bills, and even though we barely get by, we manage. Now I'm 17, getting ready to go to college, and have a great life ahead of me -- not despite or in spite of my mom. Perhaps it's been because of her.
I digress...
My point is that not all teen mothers (or fathers, for that matter) will make terrible parents. Just as the person above me said, if you're old enough to have sex, you're old enough to accept the consequences of your actions.
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Not necessarily advocating teenage pregnancy, but how do you figure that one's life is over after having a child? I have kids, and I still do things spontaneously, get a full night of sleep every night, and found a sane male companion. There's men in the same situation- it's not just guys that run off and abandon their kids. Women do it as well. As for the tied down part, what sane male would want to be tied down, period? Not every woman has to tie a man down to get him to stay.
As for the 'provocative' clothing in Wal Mart and Target, I've never seen anything that I would consider 'provocative' unless I were in the 19th century.
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