Teen pregnancy? Sure why not?

People seem shocked that several young girls decided to get pregnant in their teens without the presence even of a father, but you when you look at things from their perspective it might just be a logical decision.

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For one thing you get to move directly into adulthood. Do not pass Go. Collect $200 dollars. Schools are boring the life out of a lot of these kids. They come unprepared by their elementary schools, so they face failure every day. They also get yelled at, made fun of, and are too often shunned by their more successful more affluent peers. It isn't surprising to anyone who knows girls who come from small economically disadvantaged towns like this.

Chances are many of them see nothing wrong with doing something that will make it harder to go to college. College? Many of them don't know one single person who has been able to afford going to college. Even with scholarships and loans many kids have to go to work during and after high school to help their families survive. College would be nice, but many don't feel smart enough. They just hope they will be able to get any kind of job in this economy.

As for boys, as for fathers. These kids know the statistics and many come from families whose parents are not full of love and tenderness. So why plan on getting married if it will only end in an expensive divorce? Why hook some guy into being a parent reluctantly when you can have fun with your girlfriends and help each other raise your babies? Girls like babies. Some guy friends might help out too. As for being independent---that can come later. You can always go to college later.

You can also apply for food stamps and try to get on a Section 8 housing list. Maybe in four or five years you'll be able to be get an apartment you can actually afford. In the meantime being a parent is a full time job. So see you're already a working person, your raising a family. And you will have a little baby who will love you and who everyone will love...uh...well maybe not everyone...but most people like babies. Besides if parents and society really wanted girls NOT to get pregnant wouldn't they offer them birth control and sex education in school? Catholic parents aren't going to do that at home. Besides the Church says abortion is evil, so you wouldn't want girls to kill their babies would you? It's much better to be responsible and have it. Isn't it?

Responsibility is of course a big problem with some people. Welfare mothers aren't exactly held in high esteem and often lead pretty miserable lives. Pumping out babies you can't afford is not a logical thing to do if you want to be responsible adult, so what about that?

As if the girls cared. Society has obviously let them down. Many feel society doesn't give a damn about them. To them other people seem to be very busy playing with expensive toys, taking their families to Disney, etc. Surely they aren't hurting? And the government? Hey, these girls know our government is willingly spending billions of dollars going to war for no reason, so why feel ashamed of wanting to have a kid when someone else might have to support it for awhile?

For many girls the idea of having a baby at a tender age isn't crazy. Maybe they think the world is crazy. Maybe they think grown-ups rarely see that, let alone admit it, In any case a good argument, sad as it might be, might be made if you look at it from her perspective for the logic of a young single girl getting pregnant in high school.

Only how many of us will even try? Understanding how these girls think might actually spur people to make changes that would help problem teens. Usually it's easier to just condemn them.