Babies making babies

It was a from a few years ago when I was still in high school. My older cousin (late 20s) picked me up from school and we went to the mall to eat. She left her baby in my lap while she went to get food. As I was busy rocking my nephew, a senior couple walked up fairly closed to me and yelled, "you should be ashamed of yourself". They had assumed I was a teen parent. It was the first (and hopefully the last time) I told someone to f**k off with a "it's my nephew" at the end to tell others I was not being mean, they were.

Here I am a few years later thinking was it right to tell me off if I were a young mother?

You cannot can a person fat in public but you can shame teen parents.

I know they made a mistake and they are more than likely paying for it. Isn't that enough? Or do they deserve the "I am morally superior than you" attitude on top of that.

Teen pregnancy is not a huge issue in India but it still exist and for those of us not living in India, we know the trend.

i. In all honesty I haven't seen any of these campaigns you're speaking of: maybe it's just because of where I am. I do think they CAN work- with other methods: Teaching safe sex, having transparency and not preaching abstinence, but rather being smarter socially.

ii. The misconception people have with Sex Education is that it's PREACHING sex. That is so FALSE. When we learn about WWI and WWII, are we preaching war? No. We are simply learning FACTS. And Understanding HOW things happened. Same with SexEd. We're learning FACTS about the human body and HOW things happen- and if certain things are bound to happen at least make sure the generation is well prepared to prevent any ramifications: STIs, Pregnancy etc. Better safe than sorry. You don't need to teach Abstinence: That's ALWAYS a choice- in fact in every SexEd class we took in school it's the first thing the instructor says: Abstinence is the best way to prevent any of these aspects and if you're simply not read, there is no rush to jump into anything physical- but if you don't teach the others- they might not be equip to deal with the consequences.

iii. One girl from our graduating class DID have a baby at the age of 17 IINM. She's a single mom and with the help of her parent's she raising the lad: and she's a good girl and it wasn't in her grand plans to become a mom so young, but it happened. The father isn't in the picture though. In honesty it isn't MY place to tell someone what to do with their life, body and genes. I would support whichever decision they make (within legal reason) .

iv. I do not agree with special accommodations made for young parents in school. This is simply a fiscal reason: when there are already budget cuts for school programs, and special needs children in the system WHERE is that money going to come from? In an ideal world there would be social programs which are easily accessible in place to help those who truly need it- but that is simply not possible. Having a child is, at the end of the day the responsibility of those who bring the child into this world- when they cannot raise that child that is when third parties or the state get involved: Making things easy doesn't solve the issues at hand. Teen parents shouldn't get the short end of the judgmental stick. They aren't all of the same cloth. Like anything else people need to reserve judgement and get to know the circumstances etc before making assumptions: But that, is ideal and something that should be followed through on everything in life.

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Yes sex education helps and the law should also step in to prevent teens from engaging in sex at an early age.

Recently here in Singapore over 30 people were jailed for having sex with a teen prostitute below the age of 17; eventhough they claimed they were unaware of ther age.

Abortion should be the last recourse simply because of the medical and emotional cost and risks it entails.

Last but not the least- safe sex is not a choice or luxury. Its a necessity seeing the scourge of STDs spread in the world around. That's why sex education at home and at school is of paramount importance.

Oh God! I lose brain cells if I watch that show. 😆

And I need to keep the very few I have!