16 and Pregnant – Revisited

When I posted the picture yesterday, I really didn’t think it needed any explanation, thought it stood on its own. Now however, for reasons I’ll go into a bit later, I’ve decided to give a bit of background and thought process behind my previous post.

I was having dinner in a very nice restaurant several days ago when I overheard the following conversation:

Mother: Are you having sex with that boy?

Daughter: It’s none of your business bitch!

Father: If you get pregnant, it is our business! (What! It’s only your business if she gets pregnant? You’re not going to say anything about her calling her mother that!??? Mom? Nothing to say!???)

Mother: I’m not raising any more kids and you are only 15 years old. What are you going to do if you get pregnant?

Daughter: I’ll just go on that program “16 and Pregnant” or that other one “Teen Mom”. They pay those girls good money and they have their own apartments, nice cars, don’t have to work and sure don’t have to put up with any crap from their stupid parents!

Mother: Fine, just don’t expect any help from us.

They then continued eating their dinner. My friend and I just looked at each other. Neither one of us could believe that conversation. We both commented on how that conversation would have way different if we were that girl talking to our parents or if we were that mother and she was our daughter.

We then started discussing how those programs which proponents claim are a deterrent to teen pregnancy actually seem to be the opposite (maybe not but I don't think they stop teens from anything).

Having raised two teens (yes they did survive to become lovely young men), I know that teens have a mentality of “that won’t happen to me!” Tell them they need to wear a seat belt because statistics show there is a much higher chance of survival and less injury in an accident and their thought process is “won't happen to me”. Tell them they need to wear a seat belt or you’re pulling their keys for a month – guess who is wearing a seat belt! Teens think they are invincible and nothing bad will happen to them. So when I saw that picture, I thought, isn’t that perfect, wouldn’t it be nice to have some television shows that depicted teens and young adults striving for a goal.

There was no ulterior motive to trash, bash, or in any way denigrate teen mothers. No, a young girl who gets pregnant should not be locked away, thrown out of the house, considered to be a “bad” person, or any other negative action or thought! Accidents do happen and when they do, the family of both teens should be loving and supportive in whatever choices they make.

Here is the reason behind the explanation.

Trolls “Be Gone”

I have no problem with someone disagreeing with my opinions but I do expect that disagreement to be done in a respectful manner with no rude, insulting, obnoxious, and/or vulgar language. Then you have the nerve to extend those rude, insulting, obnoxious, vulgar comments to others who have left comments on my blog! You were cowardly in leaving those comments anonymously. Yes, I did call you cowards.

I have now given you an explanation of the thought behind the picture but I simply refuse to give you any more time or tolerate any more of your nonsense. I have now turned on "moderation" so when your nasty comments are received, they will be deleted. You are not worth my time and will not have a forum for your nonsense on my blog.

So now you have it, I apologize for the rant.