In the "olden days" teenagers and young women tried NOT to have babies.
But I see a recent trend which is very disconcerting, and it's rampant, IMO. So many teenage girls or young single women are getting pregnant, like it's a FAD. They are not even in established, serious relationships. I don't know if they feel they can: 1) trap the guy into caring/staying with them; 2) fill up an empty hole inside them; 3)think 'it will be fun to have my own baby to love me', etc., etc., etc.
I can't count how many young single girls in my area have had babies. None of them have secondary education, most of them have not finished high school. If they have jobs, it's at fast food places (nothing wrong with that, but they are very transient, i.e., not staying anywhere to move their way up). They drink and drug it up, their FB postings are vulgar and their lifestyle is scary. Some of them have 2 children. There is always a mother involved to help them out. Some of the mothers are questionable as well. It's crazy. None are married and these girls go through boyfriends like a kid goes through candy.
It scares me, both in terms of what will become of them, what will become of their children, and the burden all of this responsibility is taking on an already defunct government. I hope it's a passing trend to have babies and "baby daddies" at a young age. This isn't a trophy to show your friends. It's not a possession so you have someone to love you. It's a massive responsibility. And you can preach birth control all day and all night, but these kids do it on purpose, or at best are nonchalant about it. And you can't tell them anything...they already know it all. The only hope is that they figure it out later. But at what cost?
But I see a recent trend which is very disconcerting, and it's rampant, IMO. So many teenage girls or young single women are getting pregnant, like it's a FAD. They are not even in established, serious relationships. I don't know if they feel they can: 1) trap the guy into caring/staying with them; 2) fill up an empty hole inside them; 3)think 'it will be fun to have my own baby to love me', etc., etc., etc.
I can't count how many young single girls in my area have had babies. None of them have secondary education, most of them have not finished high school. If they have jobs, it's at fast food places (nothing wrong with that, but they are very transient, i.e., not staying anywhere to move their way up). They drink and drug it up, their FB postings are vulgar and their lifestyle is scary. Some of them have 2 children. There is always a mother involved to help them out. Some of the mothers are questionable as well. It's crazy. None are married and these girls go through boyfriends like a kid goes through candy.
It scares me, both in terms of what will become of them, what will become of their children, and the burden all of this responsibility is taking on an already defunct government. I hope it's a passing trend to have babies and "baby daddies" at a young age. This isn't a trophy to show your friends. It's not a possession so you have someone to love you. It's a massive responsibility. And you can preach birth control all day and all night, but these kids do it on purpose, or at best are nonchalant about it. And you can't tell them anything...they already know it all. The only hope is that they figure it out later. But at what cost?
