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Sweet Betsy-What to say or not say or do?
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 431931" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Actually I've found that this is not usually the way these young girls think when they decide to keep a baby. At least, not amongst Youngest's friends who've had babies in high school and just out of high school (and unfortunately, there are a lot of them). It's more along the lines of, "a baby is someone who's going to love me no matter what, and it'll be so cute, and everyone will pay lots of attention to me because I have a baby." These girls also seem to have come to the conclusion that giving a baby up for adoption, is something that makes them a bad person ... they somehow think people will think worse of them for giving up a baby, than for keeping the baby and trying to take care of it. It's somehow embarrassing to them.. to be pregnant for nine months and then give a baby away. </p><p></p><p>Very few of Youngest's friends are living off the backs of their babies with state help. Mostly, they're living off the backs of their enabling parents who babysit for them and co-parent the children, so the girls can still go out and party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 431931, member: 1157"] Actually I've found that this is not usually the way these young girls think when they decide to keep a baby. At least, not amongst Youngest's friends who've had babies in high school and just out of high school (and unfortunately, there are a lot of them). It's more along the lines of, "a baby is someone who's going to love me no matter what, and it'll be so cute, and everyone will pay lots of attention to me because I have a baby." These girls also seem to have come to the conclusion that giving a baby up for adoption, is something that makes them a bad person ... they somehow think people will think worse of them for giving up a baby, than for keeping the baby and trying to take care of it. It's somehow embarrassing to them.. to be pregnant for nine months and then give a baby away. Very few of Youngest's friends are living off the backs of their babies with state help. Mostly, they're living off the backs of their enabling parents who babysit for them and co-parent the children, so the girls can still go out and party. [/QUOTE]
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