Why are more and more teenage kids having babies if they can't even take care of themself?
98932
Who says they are? \nAccording to national census data the pregnancy rate among women 15-18 years has dropped significantely since 1988 (1988:111/ 1992:111/ 1996:96/ 2000:84, rate per 1000). While the abortion rate in this group has also dropped from 42% to 24%, the birth rate in this group is still lower nowadays (47 per 1000) than it was in 1988 (53 births per 1000). \nYour problem is perception, not reality.
1059850
I agree with you to a point...Too many idiots having baby after baby.....It's ridiculous. In my state...you must get a license to drive a car, to catch fish, to go hunting, to be in certain professions...But any jackass can have a child, and usually do....go figure..
792
Well there are a number of reasons> \n1. They feel like there parents were so old when they had them. \n2. Peer pressure is a big factor. (But all the other kids are doing it)\n3. There life is surrounded by sex, drugs/alcohol, & lies and they don't know really which one to turn to.\n4. Some were raised up that way ("Have children now because i want some grandkids")\n5. Lastly, some were raped as a child and dont know where else to turn.\n\nSo there are many reasons, but i just gave you some.
997565
It is pretty common in the US.  Nobody is sure just why it happens, but it is less likely if you breastfeed and if you have help with housework and care of older children so that you can care for your baby.  It still can happen, and it is more likely with women who have a history of depression.  It is much less common in non-Western societies, possibly because they have a better support system for new mothers.
742872
well i dont kno realli why ppl are against it..maybe caz they it is wrong for teens to have babies since were so young ourselves..but dont worry bout dat hater...but i mean go to court and prove it to them to get it lifted...but i mean itz just dumb if yall were friendz that long den her mother would have noticed your were pregnant so shez just bein an azz...so FORGET her..lol..srry if thatz harsh im just sayin
864567
I'd think they don't have TVs, so when the night falls, they have nothing to do but make more babies...Besides in very poor countries doesn't matter how many babies you have, since all of them go hungry and undressed...
827761
It's so true! Go to the right place you can get free condoms. Or at least after number 5 you think they would get a brain cell. Then again like a family I know, they reproduce to work the government for more money. Of course they still have nothing to show for it cause they buy stupid stuff and they're lazy. So people they know with more then them are just trying to out do them. Which means it's time to pop another baby out for even more government money.
102767
Kids stop being happy. \nIt's a rotten time to be alive.
1048008
The short answer: Girls are being dumbed down by tv, media, friends, and the public school system. No wonder they are wearing loin cloths to school and becoming pregnant at 14. No morals, bad parenting, and lack of direction. SCARY.
594170
Its called responsibility and no one teaches that any more. Why bother with birth control when there is an abortion clinic on every corner and no parent's signature is required. But need an emergency appendectomy and they'll let you die on the table if a parent can't sign for it. It sickens me to see 12 year old girls on here wondering if they are pregnant. Who's at home with these kids? Don't parents teach morals and responsibility anymore? Sorry, but a major pet peeve of mine. Particularly now that I am raising a daughter. Frankly, I am terrified of what is in her future.
994137
Oh its a kick in the ass eh. You see these 15 or 16 year old girls who get pregnant unintentionally then you have these married couples who try and try and hope so much and can't get pregnant.\n\nThats life I guess.\n\nThats why I'm starting to have a new view on abortion... like, if you don't want the baby, have it anyways and let a couple that can't have a child and want a child adpot it.
671230
I think it's because the parent has lost control and can't stop themselves.  It's pure frustration, and it is sadly all too common.  These parents just need to learn how to control themselves and they will get the best out of their children.
1099923
Obviously you have fallen victim to a conspiracy theory. There are no teen pregnancies where children are told to wait until marriage.  Other countries that teach the mechanics of birth control seem to have half the number of teen pregnancies than the US, but they must be lying in their statistics.\n\nLook at these so called facts and make up your own mind: \n\nThe United States of America has double the adolescent pregnancy and birth rates of any other industrialized country.\n\nThe United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world, despite the fact that our teens are not more sexually active than Swedish teens, or Canadian teens, or British teens. Why? Because in the US we don't educate about birth control in sex education classes, we don't discuss it at home, we don't give teens good access to it, and we don't advertise it in our media. Other countries do, and they are rewarded with low rates of teen pregnancy and teen abortions. \n\nA sexually active teenager who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year.\n\nGirls have been seduced by someone saying I want to show you something about nature.
371052
One look on Yahoo Answers and you'll see the slime that parents are producing today. The number of 12,13,14 and 15 year old's on this site that say they are pregnant or want to get pregnant or are asking how better to give it up for their bF make me want to choke them and their parents to death. These little girls and boys think because they can *uck it and *uck it that makes them adults. NO insurance NO job NO father for their kids NO future NO Nothing. But they sure expect there child support and food stamps. And then the government lets the PUNK guy that knocked her up move into subsidized housing with her and GET HER PREGNANT AGAIN. WTF????
451184
there should be less and it keeps getting worst... don't they learn at school to f... use a condom and protect themselves??.. not only because of pregnancy but mostly because of aids and all that... there's so many small children that end up coming to this world infected because their mommy and daddy didn't take the time to protect each other... that pisses the hell out of me... \nparents should take responsability too... teach and talk to ur kids about it.. this can be provented!!
940881
Because our beauracracy makes it nearly impossible to adopt. Its supposedly done for the benefit of the child (so it doesn't go to bad parents) but the reality is that most kids that would otherwise be adopted never are.
467875
Think of it this way - not everybody in the world is having a child, or 2 children. And besides, there are ways that our world can cope with an expanding population. It's in countries where we can't cope that there's a problem. Have all the babies you want, so long as you can nurture them and care for them. Just don't build a giant house and don't support subdivisions. That's where it starts to hurt the Earth.