Ah teen pregnancy, what an interesting and seemingly less controversial topic as the years come to pass. Let’s take a look at a few statistics shall we? In Canada, 13 out of 1000 pregnancies involved teen pregnancies and 41 out of 1000 pregnancies in the United States involved teen pregnancies (highest among the world). What is going on?
A few decades ago becoming pregnant out of wedlock seemed to feel like the ultimate shame, a crime almost. Fast forward to 2011 and we have shows promoting TEENS as young as 15 and 16 getting pregnant. MTV shows such as “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” document teenage girls who got pregnant from their boyfriends, men who aren’t their boyfriends, and how they deal with it. These shows make it seem like its okay for young women to get pregnant before they themselves grow up. Girls now believe it’s cool to be pregnant and in high school and are PURPOSEFULY doing it in order to be on these shows and receive their 15 minutes of fame.
These girls do not have the faintest idea what it means to be a mother and raise a child. What kind of environment are they putting these new children in if they aren’t even graduated from high school yet? Instead of encouraging this, we as a society should be trying to prevent this from happening. Whatever happened to abstinence? Are the days of women saving themselves until marriage completely gone?
People reading this might think that waiting until marriage is a ludicrous idea now a days but it really isn’t. Why is there a rush to grow up so fast?
Even if young women do decide to have sex before marriage wouldn’t the smart thing to do be to make sure that you are completely protected to avoid this situation. It’s essentially selfish and self destructive to get pregnant at such a young age. By doing so you are ultimately cutting the potential for yourself and your child’s life. How can you provide for a child if you fail to complete an education?
It is so sad to see these women over sexualize themselves, only to regret it later. I am not promoting that women could consider abortion as a resort if they do get pregnant because that is completely and ultimately a decision that each individual woman should make for herself. No one else can be the judge of whether it’s right or wrong.
This blog post should be a warning to all young women out there to think about the situation they are going into before doing anything. Teen pregnancy is becoming too prevalent to ignore it. Too many girls are finding themselves in this predicament and it’s not right.
Girls: Please stop the insanity and remember what wonderful, independent people you are!
Please enjoy and reflect on this Maury show video about a 15 year old girl who WANTS a baby....
Xo,
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