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[Deleted User]

Im now 20 nearly 21

and i can honestly say theres only a handful of girls i went to school with that now dont have children already.

Why are girls having kids so young??
do you think its anything to do with the way they are brought up or where they come from?
My cousin 21 had a baby as well (im godmother) and one of my nan's friends (who's daughter i went to school with is expecting soon) asked me during the week "so when are you getting started"
I nearly fell out of my standing.

Nothing wrong with it just not for me but why is it so prevalent.

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aidan_walsh

Because they have unsafe sex. Haven't you been told how it works?

Endurance Man

My honest opinion, to much underage drinking coupled with horny teenage boys. Oh, and am i to believe that catholics dont believe in contraception

aidan_walsh

Endurance Man wrote:

My honest opinion, to much underage drinking coupled with horny teenage boys. Oh, and am i to believe that catholics dont believe in contraception

They also don't believe in sex before marriage, so its not like they're utter devouts here...

LadyJ

I'd like to say that it's down to lack of education but really it's just down to lack of common sense.

Hagar

You didn't go to St. Slappers by any chance did you?

[Deleted User]

No, mercy in coolock
in dublin

I left in 3rd year to go to a different one but its mercy i'm talking about

ST*

LadyJ wrote:

I'd like to say that it's down to lack of education but really it's just down to lack of common sense.

Both tbh.

dar83

coolsmileygirl wrote:

No, mercy in coolock
in dublin

A bit close to home for my liking.

I know a fair few Mercy Coolock people and only two I know of have kids (and had them while they were there).

Terry

out of the 30 something girls in my year, only one had a child while still in her teens. two of the guys were fathers though.
most of the people i went to school with still haven't had children. (i'm 30). in fact, there are more of them married/ in a steady relationship (ie, have bought a house with their significant other) than anything.

Nightwish

In my school there was always one or two every year who were pregnant.I finished school 5 years ago and since then there are about 25 - 30 girls from my year who've had kids.

Gazza22

Nightwish wrote:

In my school there was always one or two every year who were pregnant.I finished school 5 years aho and since then there are about 25 - 30 girls from my year who've had kids.

Sorry nightwish, but i actually laughed at this in context of the topic....
Damn i'm bored tonite!
Ok i'll shut up now

Nightwish

damn I'm tired tonight. Anyway the situation with my school could be explained by its nickname - The Pregnant-nation

Gazza22

Nightwish wrote:

damn I'm tired tonight. Anyway the situation with my school could be explained by its nickname - The Pregnant-nation

Ha that bad?

Well onto the topic at hand, unsafe sex and stupidity tbh if you become pregant at a young teen age. I can't imagine any young girl going out of her way to get pregnant

mags82

i don't no what it is do some girls really think its cool to have kids so young ??
i finished school 6 years ago now and my class was small 19 girls in total out of the group 3 of us don't have kids :eek:

Terry

that's what? 83% or something?
that's pretty high.

Pythia

My school had about 100 per year and no one has a baby 2 years on. But my school was in leafy D6...
I'm sure some people have become pregnant, but it's been 'dealt with' if you know what I mean.

tribulus

only one guy i know from my school is a father

i think its combination of things, background-maybe having a young mother yourself, maybe its education, maybe its just being a complete idiot when you're drunk and not using anything. I think the factors change for every person

Setun

coolsmileygirl wrote:

No, mercy in coolock
in dublin

I left in 3rd year to go to a different one but its mercy i'm talking about

As above have said, mostly just idiocy and not fully understanding the responsabilities involved in bringing up a child.

Or maybe they're just looking for a few bob off the government?

:D:D
<Meyers who?>

mezzdon

Ok I was 17 when I fell pregnant, 18 when I had my daughter. Although I would never give my daughter up for anything and would never change anything I was far too younge and I totally agree with you. I think alot of it has to do with confidence with the girl aswell men go to bed for sex women go for love. I knew the risks involved with having unprotected sex and yet still went ahead with it. Hence her father and I did not stay together and do not even speak.
I think instead of women having an independent mind nowadays we have this idea of happy familys and crave someone to love us, when infact we should onle be craving love from ourselves. I am actually planning on going to secondary schools in the Kerry region talking about this and I think alot more should be done on this issue, so I would pleed with other younge mothers to go into their local secondary school and talk to them about speaking to the students believe me they will love you for this because there isa huge number of younge girls becomeing pregnant. Nothing makes an impact like talking face to face and showing the reality of a situation. x

rainbow kirby

When I was in school, 3 girls from my year had kids before Leaving Cert (one had a kid 7 weeks before her Junior Cert! :eek: ). Since I left (4 years ago) about 6 more have had kids, funnily enough it was the skangers in my year who had kids. One of the girls who had a kid in school had her second about a year ago.
And like Trib said - being the child of a young mother? My mother was 21 when I was born. I'm 21 now, and I really can't imagine having a kid for many years to come.

RoundyMooney

tribulus wrote:

only one guy i know from my school is a father

i think its combination of things, background-maybe having a young mother yourself, maybe its education, maybe its just being a complete idiot when you're drunk and not using anything. I think the factors change for every person

Perhaps. I don't mean to diss your opinion for a second, merely add to it, in that I think the get out clause (i.e. background and family history) that many people put forward to explain their shortcoming is pure bunkum tbh. I was born to a 17 year old single mother, who these days is more of a big sister, due to the fact that my grandparents (one since sadly deceased) did the parenting while she got on with her life. OTOH I did things more or less the "conventional" way, and didn't become a dad 'til I was 27. I think that if the generous welfare concessions weren't available to teenagers, they may choose to exercise a little more discretion. Just a thought. What is unfair, is that girls are generally blamed for this situation, when they are just the ones that have to carry the consequences. Blame evolution for that one I spose'...

AngryBadger

I don't know if you can really point to any single reason for this. Certainly some demographics seem to be more inclined to have kids younger, but outside of that influence, a lot of people are just irresponsible, and stupid.

Plus some people wind up pregnant for some completely different reason. For example, some people aren't mature enough to actually attent college away form home, and they wind up pregnant because they can't deal with the rpessures, so they get into relationships too deep, too early, and suddenly BAM! bun in the oven

Franky Boy

It really depends on the person and the timing.imo.

Shabadu

aidan_walsh wrote:

Because they have unsafe sex. Haven't you been told how it works?

Hey! We used a condom and still got pregnant when I was 22. Accidents happen, use two forms of contraception people.

Cosine

None from my year got pregnant or were fathers but one of the girls was pregnant and was getting married 3 months after getting out of secondry school. She was still 18!

Met an american two summers ago who was 22 and had 2 kids. One was 7 and the other was 5 :eek: she had been married 3 times aswell!!!

[Deleted User]

Cosine wrote:

Met an american two summers ago who was 22 and had 2 kids. One was 7 and the other was 5 :eek: she had been married 3 times aswell!!!

I wonder if that's a result of "no sex before marriage"...

Aporia

A girl in my year had her baby just before the debs... imagine if she still had the bump for it.

projectmayhem

a guy i went to secondary school with had a kid about a year ago with his 16 year old ex. apparently now his second is on the way, with a different mother, who's also about 16-17.

he's about 20 at this stage

[Deleted User]

I don't know why it is so rampant in Ireland, or so acceptable. Here in Spain where I am now it is extremely rare to see a teenage mother, in fact I don't think I've ever seen one, anywhere. People were shocked to hear that my cousin had a baby at 17. It is very rare to even meet unmarried parents. I don't know if the low number of teenage mothers is because they have sex later, are more responsible, or that abortion is legal and available. Probably all those factors.

Cosine

bluewolf wrote:

I wonder if that's a result of "no sex before marriage"...

I doubt that she had a problem with that. She was over here for 4 weeks on a summer camp thingy in my college and she told me she was only really over here for a bit of ha'rumpy bumpy :v: