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I Hate When People Judge Teen Moms

If I'm anyone to go by, as a teenager I wasn't too bright about things, I got mixed up with a wrong crowd and it's a wonder I never ended up a teen Mum.

Unforeseen circumstances befall us all, and judging a young girl who has ended up pregnant and then a Mum because she believed a guy who didn't take his responsibilities seriously just like her is grossly one sided and unfair.

There are challenges to our populations which are likely to cause a spike in young pregnancies, and possibly even back street abortions now, because of the movement of peoples and the change in perspectives.
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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
Well. She picked the unresponsible guy. But i take your point. I would have been a father at 17, had my gf not gotten an abortion. Hormones and inexperience make it pretty easy to have a baby in the teens. However, it still reflects poorly on the teen's rational resources. It's a stupid decision. Even as dumbass, drug addict 17 [me] and 18 [her] year olds, my gf and I both knew we were too young, rationally. Of course, she had a baby at 19. Bet she regrets that, now.

Though, as with crimes, I would blame the parents, first and foremost. My parents never prepared me at all for puberty. Didn't tell me a thing. One class in 5th grade, was all I had, and that faded pretty fast. Then they expected me to never have sex, rather than teaching and encouraging me to be safe. Teens are just going to fuck. It's gonna happen. So they should be taught to be safe, rather than trying to stop nature.

Even 18-20 year olds are kids, though, imo. Its the parents job to prepare their kid for the world. Teens having kids just shows they failed as parents, and taught their kids how to fail as parents.