Ok so I have been watching the television and I have come across a series of a show called Sixteen and Pregnant. Are you serious Sixteen and Pregnant? So I guess what this means is that it is perfectly fine for teenagers in any culture to get pregnant at an early age. When did this become ok and become a trend to follow is the question at hand? This show airs every Sunday on MTV practically all day, which means not only are the children/teens home but they are more than likely watching television and if you know teenagers like I do then you will know that one of their all-time favorite channel.
From the era of what I grew up it was not ok to come home and tell your mother that you are pregnant before the age of 18 and even that was still a disappointment, so why now? Why is it ok now for these little girls to go out and get knocked up and not only have the full support of their parent (which would be expected in an unfortunate situation?) But also have full support of their peers and society because society wants to broadcast it on the television for the world to see that sexually active teens’ getting pregnant is ok. My opinion is that this mess needs to stop because the world is already full of people that are struggling so why add to the confusion. Yes I do not deny accidents happen but they can be slightly prevented just through conversation, sometimes that’s all it takes.
I have a 10 year old daughter and all I can say is I sure hope people change their minds about the outlook on babies having babies because if not a lot of us parents are going to be in trouble. I hope that these smaller children don’t have to grow up seeing the nonsense although I don’t see things changing any time soon.
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