What do you think of teen mums?

[teenmumandlovingit]

So, yeah, becoming pregnant was a mistake. A big mistake. I was pregnant at 18. I love my daughter Eliza and son Thomas, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Anyway, to cut it short - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TEEN MUMS?

[Tee2072]

Nothing, actually.

Why?

[DoubleLifeIsALifeHalved]

Errr, nothing at all actually. It's not something I dwell on really, either way.

Why? You seem a little cross/ tense/ defensive?

[BackforGood]

What they ^ said.
I might judge an individual person's behaviour, but I wouldn't lump a whole group of people together, even if it were something I spent time thinking about.
You seem to be looking for a fight ?

[DropYourSword]

IMEI teen mums generally tend to cope very well.

[DuelingFanjo]

there are good mums and bad mums and great mums and awful mums. I try not to judge parents on their age but rather on their parenting and even then what you might see is just a snap-shot.

[meditrina]

As a whole group, no general opinion.

Individuals? Well, it depends on what I see them doing (rather like parents of other ages).

[stargirl1701]

That it must be the 'hard' way round to do things. I think it was far easier to go to Uni, sort out house, career, marriage, etc. before having children than having children then going to Uni, getting a mortgage, etc.

That they must be far more responsible than I was at 18/19. My biggest worry was how much money I had to go out with at the weekend as a student not the immense responsibility of caring for a child.

That they'll have grown up children (freedom!) in their 50s while mine will be in secondary or tertiary education.

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

Well, the same as any other mum really.

There are some good parents, irrespective of age.
And there are poor parents again irrespective of age.

[Sparklingbrook]

Well teens are 13-19 so you can't generalise.

[Hassled]

All I think of teen mums (and I was 20 when I got pregnant with DC1, so pretty close) is that it makes life that little bit harder for them. Harder to finish qualifications, harder to start a career, harder to have a social life.

[CressidaMontgomery]

Not a lot. At a push I think they've wasted years they won't get back but that's about it

[usualsuspect]

What would you like us to think?

[Onesleeptillwembley]

WHY ARE YOU ASKING?

[usualsuspect]

O was a teen mum, I don't feel like I've wasted my life.

[usualsuspect]

I not O*

I'm not sure who O is

[Tee2072]

What publication do you work for?

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

I was 18 when I was pregnant with dd. 20 with ds1.

I don't feel like I've wasted my life at all.

[DuelingFanjo]

my mother was pregnant around 18, it's no big deal is it?

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

cressida why do you think teen mums have wasted their lives, just out of curiousity?

[usualsuspect]

It's only a big deal if you make it one.

Most of us just get on with it.

[Sparklingbrook]

I think being pregnant under 16 isn't a great idea. I wouldn't think of an 18/19 year old as a teen, I know they are but they are legally adults then.

[Sparklingbrook]

Anyway what about the TEEN DADS?

[Onesleeptillwembley]

What Tee said ^^.
And you need to learn subtlety.

[usualsuspect]

I was 19, still a teenager.