Teenage parenting can be the BEST for some teens, but for most teens, they still struggle a lot with the child and other worries they have to now think about. A lot of young teenagers go back to school and let their mothers or a day-care look after their child, while they are at school. This is always a good thing for the teenager, but then there are some teenagers that do not go back to school.
Marriage is the one thing they would have to consider. Marrying the baby’s father and raising the child together would be frowned on, mainly if the teen is very young…14-16 years old. The father would then have to feel that he has the responsibility of a family to look after. If the father is also very young it is impossible that he would be responsible and mature enough for marriage, and even supporting a child. The father must be able to support his family if he does get married.
If the parents of the child decide not to get married and separate then the father is still going to have to pay child support towards his child. The teen mother also would have to try and find a good job so she can support her family. Trying to find a good job is a very hard thing to do if the teen didn’t even make it to the end of high school.
In the long run, a lot can go wrong. The teen would need to have a good sustainable job to keep her family going strong. We can now understand why God wants us to get married firstly and then have children. That is why God gave us His rules/principles. He gave them to us so we can live an easier life and also then it would not be so sinful by falling into the hands of the devil. God gives his rules for a purpose and we must obey them and know that if we do disobey we must acknowledge it and ask for forgiveness. A lot of the time the teen does not get married to the father and so she would have to look after the child all by herself, and I know from other experiences it is hard to be the only parent. A young mother says sadly, “That guy who shows up from time to time and gives me money isn’t the same thing as a father,” she has a child of her own, a two year old son and she wouldn’t have it any other way, but she only wishes that the father would come into the child’s life. She is also thankful to God that He gave her a son but she still knows that what she did was wrong.
About Me
- ahau
- Im a 17 year old girl from Ausralia. I started up on blogspot becuase of a english task i had to do in 2009, from my English teach. I live in a family of 9, mum, dad, 2 sisters, and 4 brothers. I love my friends who are always there for me, i would love to interact with other peoples thoughts.
A very interesting post...I found it good that you focused on the difficulties that it would bring into any young parents life, being either the mother or the father. However, I think you should have written the part about God wanting us to get married first, differently. It seems as though how you have written it, that God gave us the commandments ONLY because He wanted people to get married first before having children. With my christian background I can see what you are trying to say, however, others may not...
ReplyDeleteAmy,
ReplyDeleteYou were brave to write on this particular subject because not many people like to talk about such 'personal' issues.
I'm not trying to be too critical but this blog really needs a thread or a question which you intend to answer or discuss. Several spelling and grammatical errors taint the blog but with a bit of critical reading, these can be easily fixed up. The text is written in a scattered form without really discussing a certain issue. Techniques or persuasion were not really used to persuade the reader of your view. You did however keep to the appropriate length of the task (1 page) and the information is great.
I really appreciate the topic and the way you showed your christian beliefs. The information was good and with a bit of work, you can make it brilliant.
Tara
xoxo