Teenage Pregnancy and Upbringing

[Sharp]

The world has become somewhat negative in the past years, the main highlight of these problems is bad upbringing. As the teenage pregnancy rate increases year after year causes more problems to the community.

So are teenagers the blame for getting pregnent, or is it the advice and teachings that are at fault?

And are teenagers up to the task of bringing up a child?

Discuss

[Umi_Swampert]

I think it's both. You've got stupid kids who practically have free protection thrown in their face, and parents who just act like "oh, my child would NEVER do that"

Really, it depends on the teen. Some can adapt, others will just screw their child up.

[Sharp]

Yes, the free protection thing always baffles me to be honest, you'd of thought it would be used.

[Arielle]

I can see both sides at fault.

Teens may get the protection, but there can be problems.
1) They just don't think they need it, or they don't want to. Obviously... they're dumb if they think that, or uneducated.
2) They might get it, but they might not use it properly.
3) They might have misconceptions of birth control or protection. For example, a girl might that you can take one of her mom's birth control pills and not get pregnant. However, it just doesn't work like that. But in this case, I'd say both sides are at fault: The teens don't know because they either were never taught or they got misinformation from whatever source.

On the other side...
Sometimes teenagers just don't learn about it from anyone. The parents might be too shy or don't think they need to say anything, the programs at school might not be enough, ect... If they go out and have sex without knowing what they're doing, you are going to have problems.

Are teenagers up to the task of raising children? No, not at all, I think. They're still young, inexperienced, in school, probably have no job or a low-wage one. If put in the real world, they would probably have problems staying alive themselves. Put a child in the mix... and you have a large problem. Let's face it, you shouldn't be having children if you can't support yourself and you don't know what you're doing.

...meh, just my thoughts. o.o

[Protest The Hero]

Both. It's almost always both sides at fault

I know from experience: 4 out of my 5 older sisters had their kids under the age of 17! *cough*steriotype*cough*

both sides are at fault for that my mother had left us, and my father was always working and almost never spent time with us, thus, he never talked to them about it(Funny, I was talking about this with my dad today during dinner. He said that when he found out about my oldest sister got pregnent, he said it totally ruined his week/month, and couldin't think straght for a while) And the fact that my sisters never took protection into concideration.

[Sharp]

The past week I have been seeing Newspaper articles with young parents, some being as young as 15/16. To be honest, with their the funding and time to care for the child it does put a major dent into their education...this without waiting could have made something of themselves. So it pays to be careful and wait until you can fund and take time to look after the child.

[chester]

Really, it's up to the individual's to decide when they want to have a child. Perhaps not so late as the Virgin Mary (I'm not Chrsitian, but that wasn't a taunt) or not so arly as the world record holder's (7).

[squeakyreaper]

Heh. Its mostly the teenager's fault there, but a small bit of the parents. The parent should tell them all they know. Now, if they have, and the teenager does it, its all their fault. Teenagers shouldn't have sex, period. Ever heard of abstinence? No? Well, how about the fact it counts as a sin to have premarital sex. I'm atheist, and I still have values higher than that kind of garbage.

[Sharp]

In some cases we can blame education, reasons for this being that not enough Sex Education is put across to Youths in ways that they will understand. It is no good having shown videos to them or reading, more on the lines of real people giving out their message and their experiences.

[King toad]

Blame education the services available and basically the kids

I mean its too embarrasing to go to a school nurse or a pharmacist and ask for a condom so your basically going in pubs and goin to male toilets and fetching 2 for a quid.
Theres no enough services around that arent embarrassing

Education should be harsher i mean its no good saying this is bad so do this till your this age thats not gonna penatrate the deep confusing recess of the human teenage mind you gotta be like this

"listen you *bleeepsss* use protection before you go throw your whole life away and end up like the rest of the no hopers

[Saruki]

How can you blame a teenager for having a baby? I think it's negative influences and the media. You see celebrities marrying everyday, having babies and then neglecting them. It might even be bad parents. I think it's society that should change it's ways, because even though there is so much awareness about teen pregnancies, teens still do it.