Are Teens Too Young to Have Children?

How many of you know someone in our school who’s gotten pregnant? Guarantee, by the time you graduate you will meet at least one girl like that. But it’s okay—sort of. We aren't the only school with tons of girls getting knocked up. In fact 750,000 girls get pregnant each year. Yes, 750,000. Screw abstinence because “everyone’s doing it” right? Wrong. Thirty-five percent of teens are sexually active. The most active grade level would be the seniors, where fifty-three percent of them are banging each other. That is probably why most pregnancies occur in eighteen and nineteen-year-olds. And believe it or not, it’s the girls who are doing most of the screwing! Of the thirty-five that are active, thirty-six are girls and thirty-five are boys. How do you like them apples? Currently, there has been a three percent rise in teenage pregnancies. So for every 1,000 baby being born, forty-two of them are teenagers. In 2006 there were 20,000 babies as a result of teen pregnancy. That is the lowest it’s been in 30 years, but in more recent studies it shows that teen moms will account for 11% of all births in the U.S. Okay, so there’s all these people who right now may be disagreeing with me that at this age we’re too young to have children. Most likely you have a friend with a success story so you think if they can do it, why can’t anyone else. But the question is, do they have parental support? Probably. Are they better off? Maybe. If they’re not, how many people have jobs now that go towards supporting the now larger family? Parents, the child’s dad, maybe even the mom. A child is expensive. Giving birth to the child alone can cost anywhere from $3-6,000—and that’s if you have the baby naturally.
There are two types of people who once they find out they’re expecting, they actually want to have the child: People who are religious tend to believe in only abstinence and not educating their children about sex or using protection and people who believe in love and don’t give a fuck about what others have to say about them wanting to start a family early. When it happens to a religious person, they believe its God’s gift to them all. It’s good for them to look at it in a positive way, but we need to be real here. God may give you the baby, but he’s not going to give you $500 a month to care for the child plus the cost of actually giving birth to it. The teens who have children because they think they’re in love are usually the ones who end up getting married. The risk of this is that both parents need to be in on this or else it will be a huge struggle. Fifty-nine percent of teens who marry under twenty end up getting divorced within a ten year period. Just a thought.
There are some stories that have a happy ending. Where the parents stay together and build a family together. I’m not saying that it’s impossible, but it’s not always the case. At this age, we’re scared of truly committing to someone. At this age, our feelings and opinions change extremely fast. And also, at this age our sex drive is very high so that’s why most unplanned pregnancies happen. It’s really sad to see how some of these stories turn out. A common factor of unwanted pregnancies in some parts of America are prostitution. Imaging someone who’s your grade or a year or so younger selling themselves to someone on the street. Then imagine them getting pregnant and having to decide what to do with that baby. Two-thirds of all unwanted pregnancies—regardless of if it’s a result of prostitution or not—end in a live birth. Twenty-five percent result in abortion and two-thirds of 750,000 is still 500,000. That’s 500,000 more mouths to feed. More children to enter out education system. That’s 500,000 more babies to put strain on parents medical, grocery, and housing bills. The rest are miscarriages. The worst part of teenage pregnancy is when the child is being brought up by a bitch of a mom. The worst part is that she would probably mature a little over time and brought her kid up right if she waited about ten years, but since she didn’t she acts like every spoiled rotten teen in America. I really hate when the teen planes her parents for her pregnancy. You were the one who spread their legs you dumb cunt. Not to be racist or anything, but I notice a lot of different traits about teens with kids from different nationalities. The ones that boil my blood the most are the black people. I’d be talking to them and they’d be all like, “Yeah, well I take care of my kid.” YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO YOU DUMB MOTHER FUCKER. Why would you even say that? And then they go on saying, “Yeah, well my son is going to be proud to say that his dad has never gone to jail.” Most kids should! YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO JAIL IN THE FIRST PLACE. I think that teens are too young to have children because they’re not mentally or physically mature enough yet. But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t try to support a friend who ended up becoming pregnant. If it happens, it happens and we can’t do anything about it. Having the child is their choice and if they chose the abort it I would make sure that they know about the consequences of having it. If they chose to keep the baby I try to educate her or them about the consequences of keeping the child.
We live in a world that is overpopulated and overexposed to sex, drugs, and violence. Why would we want to bring up a child in the world at a time like this?