Do you look down on teenage mothers?
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Do you look down on teenage mothers?A couple of days ago, I was talking to a friend of mine, who had volunteered to babysit her nephew for the day and was walking with him through our city centre. She happened to mention that she felt she was being looked at negatively because the people around her assumed it was her child (she's 18). So I ask, do you personally look negatively upon teenage mothers and if so why? Is it an inevitability that we'd have these opinions as a society when young people are constantly scapegoated by politicians and the media or is it unjustified to think this? Should we blame them (the mothers) or blame it on a systematic failure which we are all responsible for as a society? Discuss.
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?To be honest, I don't have enough energy to care. If they're taking good care of the child, what does it matter? Yea they could've waited or something but I don't care enough about people to look down on them.
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?so obvious that you didn't need to state the joke, but you felt it was still obscure enough that you would alert us to the presence of the joke?(Original post by Clip)
There is a joke here that is so obvious that it doesn't need to be stated.
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?I assumed the joke related to teenagers being shorter than adults(Original post by ROYP)
so obvious that you didn't need to state the joke, but you felt it was still obscure enough that you would alert us to the presence of the joke?
either way I don't see it -
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?Depends on the circumstance.
If you're talking about the teenage girls who have babies just for the sake of receiving free handouts from the government? Yes but I wouldn't label it as me looking down upon, just more as me disapproving of their attitude to life.
If you're talking about the teenage girls who happened to become pregnant unexpectedly I.e. failed contraceptives/weren't aware they were pregnant on time? Then no.
But now I realise all that I said has no relevance if the situation in the OP is anything to go by. Because if I happened to see a teenage mother with her baby down the road I wouldn't know of these circumstances. For all we know she could be married!Last edited by Ice Constricter; 28-07-2012 at 19:21. -
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?(Original post by Clip)
There is a joke here that is so obvious that it doesn't need to be stated.
Only when she's on her knees
eh? eh?
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?Makes sense. I was looking for some sort of sex joke as it's often the first port of call on here(Original post by TenOfThem)
I assumed the joke related to teenagers being shorter than adults
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?It's a pretty bad joke to be honest.(Original post by cid)
Only when she's on her knees
eh? eh?
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I think it is because if you have a child that young then you are housed under the local authority which of course is discounted. It is easier to get said housing being single so the child is likely to be from a 'broken home' which can be damaging. It is seen as cheating, when other people work hard to be able to afford to move out from their parents house but if you have a kid young then you get it for free.(Original post by amyelizabeth2681)
A couple of days ago, I was talking to a friend of mine, who had volunteered to babysit her nephew for the day and was walking with him through our city centre. She happened to mention that she felt she was being looked at negatively because the people around her assumed it was her child (she's 18). So I ask, do you personally look negatively upon teenage mothers and if so why? Is it an inevitability that we'd have these opinions as a society when young people are constantly scapegoated by politicians and the media or is it unjustified to think this? Should we blame them (the mothers) or blame it on a systematic failure which we are all responsible for as a society? Discuss.
And let's be honest, it's usually by accident, the parents aren't gonna be married in the majority of cases. This is what people object to, an assumption of all the above applying to said teenage mother.
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?I went into mothercare to buy a present for my newborn cousin the amount of stares and wtf faces you get is unbelievable.(Original post by amyelizabeth2681)
A couple of days ago, I was talking to a friend of mine, who had volunteered to babysit her nephew for the day and was walking with him through our city centre. She happened to mention that she felt she was being looked at negatively because the people around her assumed it was her child (she's 18). So I ask, do you personally look negatively upon teenage mothers and if so why? Is it an inevitability that we'd have these opinions as a society when young people are constantly scapegoated by politicians and the media or is it unjustified to think this? Should we blame them (the mothers) or blame it on a systematic failure which we are all responsible for as a society? Discuss. -
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?Not really. I know some teenage mothers who are fantastic and I know some who are downright awful. The same happens with adult mothers too. Yes, the main issue is that they gave birth at a younger age, most likely when they're not ready, but as long as they're a good parent I don't see much of an issue.
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Re: Do you look down on teenage mothers?The question related to teen-mothers
not to women who have become pregnant by accident
nor about people who live on benefits
I think the point of the OP is ... do you make assumptions about teen-mums and then disapprove
As can be seen by many posts on here the answer is "yes"
A young mum is not an issue to me, per se
I do not see that an 18 year old mum is less than a 40 year old mum
