Teen Pregnancy

Conservatives love to talk about horror stories of teen pregnancy.

They do this because they want to scare young people from having sex.

They say that once a teenage girl gets pregnant, she can no longer live a productive life. BULLSHIT!

There is also stereotypes that those born to teen mothers are likely to end up in jail. That has happened in some cases.

It ain't easy to be teen parent. I wouldn't advocate it. I'm glad I didn't get anyone pregnant when I was in high school.

However, acting as if teen pregnancy is "the end of the world" is idiotic.

When I was working at summer fun, one of the girls under my supervision was born to a teen mother (I knew this because I was classmates with the mother when I was in elementary school, though she did went to different middle and high schools)

But the girl's mother isn't wasting her life on welfare. The girl's mother is currently a nurse.

That tells you that being a teen mother isn't the end of the world!
And that girl in summer fun - she is one of the most well-behaved students under my supervision.

I'm not worried about those born to teen mothers.I'm more worried about those raised by excessively lenient parents.

There was this one boy at summer fun who caused a lot of trouble (ie throwing stuff, pushing, fighting, etc) whose auntie let him get away with anything. In fact, the auntie got mad at me for disciplining the boy.

I'm more worried about the future of the one boy with the lenient auntie then I would about that one girl born to a teen mom.