Marj

I did a project on teenage pregnancy and I noticed that most knocked up teenagers are from a poor or abusive background..

Wonder if it's a fact or a opinion?

Beside, have you ever experienced teenage pregnancy or a friend of yours went through it?

I was pregnanted at around 16 at my first time-- I didn't abort it, i miscarried because I didn't know I was pregnanted until I miscarried.

Deafness

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ChelEler

Never been pregnant during my teen years. The first time I got pregnant is about 4 years ago.

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illustrator

I am relief that none of my sisters been prgnant during teen years. Exect my one little brother who made on his ex-so-called-girlfriend.

Teekie

I don't think that's true I don't come from a poor or abusive background at all, I got pregnant the first time at the age of 18, and now I'm 22 with 2 kids, and happy to be a mom giving them enough love and attention that my parents never did I didn't abort because I accepted the responsibility.

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GoldenLeaf74

none of my family to get preg during teens.

javapride

mom got preggy when she was 17 when she had me she was 18 so that also was premmie, mom had rubella me was affected, born deaf, half blind and heart sugery.

eternity

I turned 19 years old and did not know I was pregnant for 4 mos.

deafdyke

Teekie, were you still in high school or had you graduated by then? I know a lot of people (even hyperconservatives) think that an 18 year old getting pregnant is not really a teen pregnacy b/c you're legally an adult. I mean getting pregnant at 18 is completely different from getting pregnant at 13 or 15 or 16.
18 isn't that young. People used to get MARRIED at 18, when they graduated high school. (and not that long ago either!)

Xero

Uhm, one of my "friends" knocked up a 12-year-old when he was 19... okay, he's not a friend, just a guy I use for free weed by promising to "pay" him back later. To this day, I probably owe him around 500 bucks, but hey, he's stupid enough to keep on giving it to me.

The girl he knocked up was, like I said, 12 years old. She came from a wealthy family, her mother was a laywer, and her father a family doctor.

Xero

I'd just like to point out something --

I grew up going to a public school, then went to a deaf school for a few years, then went back to a public school for one final year. I'd just like to mention that from what I've seen, more deaf girls get knocked up in their teen years then hearing girls do...

There were more knocked up deaf girls at a high school of 150 (I guess) deaf kids, with like 30 people in each class ('99, '01, '02.. ect) than in my public high school of around 850 students with about 40 students in each CLASSROOM (around 215 in each class)....

Teekie

I was still in HS that time as a senior.

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Marj

Xero, MY GOD!!

IMO, teenage years starts at 13 and ends at 21..

Let me show u something..

Eleven
Twelve..

ThirTEEN
FourTEEN
FifTEEN
SixTEEN
SevenTEEN
EighTEEN
NineTEEN

..Twenty
Twenty-one

Eighteen is the year when people consider you "responsible" and when you're ready for the real world, etc. etc.

VamPyroX

I don't think it's related to poor and/or abusive families. It could be anyone. There was one girl who came from a rich wonderful family. She came to my school in 9th grade wearing a cute dress making herself look like she was sophisicated. By the time she was in 11th grade, she got pregnant and ended up finishing school a year later than planned.

My real mother was only 15 when she had me. If I was still with her, I'd probably be a member of Hell's Angels.

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vvti low rolla

yup, my mom had me when she was 15


my family NEVER come abuse and poorly treats...but my sis is pregnant...she is 16, will be 17 this aug. she is jr in h.s.

vvti low rolla

her bf is 6'8'' and my sister is 5'4''

Fly Free

teen pregnancy is a sad thing but it DOES happen and the kids do need to be educated in the refraining from sex and if they just simply cannot then discuss the possibility of being on the pill AND educate the value of using condoms for protection's sake not just for preggy but for STDs/HIV and etc

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illustrator

I guess sex education system have fail.

crazyerica32

that's true most deafies I notice never pay attention to teacher in sex education class that includes me TOO but I learned about sex thru AOL cuz deaf room on AOL is famous for that crap

kuifje75

Sex education is a touchy thing. Some people do not want to teach condoms and so on, so they talk about abstence (sp...not having sex). Kids think they are so invicible, and will not get stuck with unpleasant stuff. In my sex ed. class, we had videotapes showing us AIDS victims, STD victims, etc... And we had guest speakers in class talking about AIDS, etc... And you had fake babies for a week, it could be a pain in the ass, made us learn not ready to be responsiblity. It was really a good sex ed class we had in my h.s.

eternity

I know what you mean. I feel sorry for someone but i feel funny. I don t know how to explain that.

um.. A person who is 13 years old and got raped by her own father two times. Also she got pregnant from him and had to get an abortion. It changed her life alot... I guess.

VamPyroX

Actually, blame it on the schools that don't have sex education. None of my school had sex education.

MDCodeRedFreak

lol my grandma had my dad since she's 15 - my dad's 52 right now - go figure ....

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TygersaidStfu

well i wonder if they, well to women, feel pressure to have sex because ur boyfriend loves u and wanna to have sex with u? I wonder?

illustrator

Seriously?!? I took sex education in 7th grade, and 10th grade. Oh my god!

Emerald18

We grew up in a middle class and my mom raised us very good until my sister became a rebel and she got pregnant when she was 17 years old and was still in HS so teen pregnancy doesn't occur in absuive or poor family...

Xero

Sex ed is a ****ing joke. It's not even about sex. It pretty much covers what happens IF this and that happend. Child care IF you get pregnant. What to expect IF you get THIS STD.

What about prevention? Sure, I already know, but not everyone is as fortunante. C'mon, the LEAST they could do is teach proper use of a condom. GET RID OF THE AIR BUBBLE KIDS!

But hey, thats why boxes of condoms CUM with directions. Yeah, stupid pun, I know.

15 years old

I'm 15 years old right know I have never been like a kid
very much I always hung out with the older people my gf is 17 years old right know and were expecting in September. she was brought up in extremely terrible abuse.. and myself I wasnt I just got hit when I did something wrong so I'm not sure on your theory.

MidnightSun

Well my friend Xero, first your a user, not a friend. Most importantly I hope that 12 yr olds mother filed sagitory rape charges against your "stupid", weed smoking friend, and he's sitting in jail for a very long time..And i gotta say,
this is exactly the kind of thing that ticks me off. Your screen name suits you, as far as I can see you are indeed a Xero...I would like to suggest you try walking the path of honesty, clean body and mind, and stop taking advantage of people like your "stupid friends"...Midnight..

KarissaMann05

Wow. It bumped this such old thread!

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KarissaMann05

Teen pregnancies... I still remember back in 2006 to 2008, I saw so many teen parents. It is kinda of sad. I believe education is always come first before parenthood. But I am not said that they can't have sex or have kids. All after, it is their choices. I just, I really wish they take their responsibility more serious...

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