...and, as we all know, the worst thing a person can do is have children!
This argument makes it sound as though having children is horrible. It ends your ability to live. It snuffs your freedom like a candle. I, for one, do not think that this is the truth. I have achieved great things since having my children. I've traveled to three continents. I've gotten two university degrees. I've developed my passion for photography. All of this in the 9 years since my first son was born. I am married to a woman who already had a child from a former relationship that went bad. I have accepted her as part of my family, too, so even though my darling wife - my dream woman - had a child out of wedlock (I know, for shame! hehe) she has managed to find a good man who shows her and her child love and devotion. She has also completed a second Master's Degree and has risen in local politics, both after having children.
That these girls are getting pregnant is not the root problem. The problem is that they are probably not aware of the risks they face in terms of their own health and well-being and that of their baby. It is hard to raise a child and even more so to do it alone. Not everyone can do it well. Unfortunately, the fathers of teen-born babies usually do not take part in the upbringing of the child.
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...and, as we all know, the worst thing a person can do is have children!
This argument makes it sound as though having children is horrible. It ends your ability to live. It snuffs your freedom like a candle. I, for one, do not think that this is the truth. I have achieved great things since having my children. I've traveled to three continents. I've gotten two university degrees. I've developed my passion for photography. All of this in the 9 years since my first son was born. I am married to a woman who already had a child from a former relationship that went bad. I have accepted her as part of my family, too, so even though my darling wife - my dream woman - had a child out of wedlock (I know, for shame! hehe) she has managed to find a good man who shows her and her child love and devotion. She has also completed a second Master's Degree and has risen in local politics, both after having children.
October 30, 2009 - 7:00amThat these girls are getting pregnant is not the root problem. The problem is that they are probably not aware of the risks they face in terms of their own health and well-being and that of their baby. It is hard to raise a child and even more so to do it alone. Not everyone can do it well. Unfortunately, the fathers of teen-born babies usually do not take part in the upbringing of the child.
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