Comments on: Teenagers who…want to have a baby…WTF??

By: karenrayne

karenrayne — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:42:12 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Ann. I’m glad I helped.

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:13:40 +0000

I am not quite sure what to say… I am 16, and I have thought about bringing a baby into this world, and for many selfish reasons i will say. But honestly, you do make VERY good points in this article about how and why to prevent it, and of course I have thought twice about the outcome, then in reading this one article, I have thought again… and thats all the difference. I appreciate the points you make by saying “But nothing can be gained from judging these young women’s choices- they have probably had their choices judged far too often already in their lives.” And that quides me to say thank you for being the few who think of that fact. And then again, thank you for the thought. Im so glad I found this…

By: Mommy B

Mommy B — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:53:09 +0000

“Young women need to feel that they are (1) in control of their lives, (2) can make a positive impact on the world, and (3) that they are loved for who they are and who they are becoming.”

What a powerful summary that is. And how sad that so many girls (and so many children in general) don’t feel that they have any power over themselves or the world around them.

Thanks so much for tackling this today. I was looking forward to your input.

By: karenrayne

karenrayne — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:50:34 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Erin.

I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I had originally wandered off my main point in this post and had gone on a bit of a tirade about the stupidness of asking someone why they don’t want children and then abusing them for making that decision.

As for your second point, I agree - the world is overpopulated and too many children in the US are born that aren’t planned. Countries where there aren’t many unplanned pregnancies (mostly in Europe) have much lower birth rates. But this is achieved not by asking women why they want a child, but by high quality sexuality education and easy access to high quality, cheap birth control.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:35:25 +0000

You mentio its rude to ask any mother why she wanted to have a baby. I have 2 comments to that. 1. What happens much more often is women who decide they don’t want children to be asked why not and then told condescendingly they will change their minds. 2. Maybe people should be asked because people should have a real desire to bring children into this world and not just be a whim. The world is overpopulated as it is and too many children are born in this country even that weren’t planned.