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<blockquote data-quote="helpmehelphim" data-source="post: 56129" data-attributes="member: 2650"><p>Janet I cannot imagine a teen at 13, 14, or 15 living on their own either. However, I have an Aunt who married at 14 because she was pregnant and is still married to my Uncle. They had 5 children over the years who are all grown with- grown children of their own. What the article was saying is that for this Aunt who did marry at 14 to a 16 year old, those 2 who had a baby and were responsible (my Aunt finished high school while my Uncle worked) couldn't own property of any kind with-o adults involved. </p><p></p><p>My brother married at 17 and his wife was 16. They have been married 33 years. They have 2 grown kids and 5 grandkids. My sister in law didn't have help from her parents or my parents in keeping the kids, etc. They did it all on their own and yet, they couldn't buy their trailor until my brother reached 18 and still he needed a co-signer. I wouldn't have wanted this for myself but it worked for them. And of course, they needed parental consent to marry. </p><p></p><p>These are issues that are discussed by this article too. These 2 examples didn't have parental help getting them through; they did it all on their own. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense that they met expectations for responsibility and yet weren't given more rights. That's not true for all kids and we all know that but it's true for some and it's not about freedom because once they started having kids, their freedom went out the window...it's a case by case basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpmehelphim, post: 56129, member: 2650"] Janet I cannot imagine a teen at 13, 14, or 15 living on their own either. However, I have an Aunt who married at 14 because she was pregnant and is still married to my Uncle. They had 5 children over the years who are all grown with- grown children of their own. What the article was saying is that for this Aunt who did marry at 14 to a 16 year old, those 2 who had a baby and were responsible (my Aunt finished high school while my Uncle worked) couldn't own property of any kind with-o adults involved. My brother married at 17 and his wife was 16. They have been married 33 years. They have 2 grown kids and 5 grandkids. My sister in law didn't have help from her parents or my parents in keeping the kids, etc. They did it all on their own and yet, they couldn't buy their trailor until my brother reached 18 and still he needed a co-signer. I wouldn't have wanted this for myself but it worked for them. And of course, they needed parental consent to marry. These are issues that are discussed by this article too. These 2 examples didn't have parental help getting them through; they did it all on their own. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense that they met expectations for responsibility and yet weren't given more rights. That's not true for all kids and we all know that but it's true for some and it's not about freedom because once they started having kids, their freedom went out the window...it's a case by case basis. [/QUOTE]
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