I belive it,so many teen girls in my town are pregnant or have a child.It's actually kind of ridiculous if you ask me.Half of these girls in my town are not caring mothers it's sad.

I'm still following my goals in life, i just had to set them back a year

But did you get pregnant on purpose?

not one of my friends who have babies got pregnant on purpose, most of them were careless with birth control but none got pregnant because they specifically wanted a baby

ok????

i'm just saying that the statement isn't 100% accurate. i don't know what it is like in other areas, but it doesn't seem the case in my areas. most people my age, whether pregnant, or have a baby, actually still have the same goals as before and i'm glad to say that they are still attending school or college to further their career

But did the statement say ALL GIRLS? No.. It says this:

""Most teens get pregnant on purpose because other life goals
seem out of reach,"

You just said none of your friends got pregnant on purpose, so they are not even being discussed in this article, right?

yes you are right. my opinion is, if someone wanted to get pregnant on purpose, is not because their life goals seem out of reach. it really seems that the teens who do get pregnant on purpose, think that they are ready for a baby of their own and want a family. i don't know if this is because of their upbringing (eg parents not being there for them). there's plenty of factors why someone so young would want a baby. i seriously wouldn't wish it upon anyone. it is hard work, especially in the first few weeks when all you want to do is rest and you have a screaming baby to look after. your life will never be the same again.
you're very opinionated are you futureshock

I really can't bring myself to put too much faith into a study that says "Most people" (people of any group, not necessarily teenage moms). I mean, how could they possibly know that?

I skimmed the study, so perhaps I missed it, but who was their sample? Is it "Most" teenage moms at the university? "Most" teenage moms in the city? "Most" of the teenage moms they could get their hands on and convince to answer their questions?

If they actually do have a legitimate sample, and did a legitimate study then they must actually have something worth reporting.... shouldn't they? And how on earth would they qualify "Most"? More than 40%? 60%? 80%?

The way it's all presented it seems awfully subjective, unscientific and just plain bad reporting.

Needless to say, until I see something more conclusive I really can't buy into it. Sorry.

It is actually my thoughts that anyone who does not prevent pregnancy in this day and age is, in a way, trying to become pregnant.

Teenage girls have more access now to birth control than at any other time in history. It is a sad state of affairs when they are choosing not to use it and, in turn, becoming teenage moms. There is more to life.

I don't think the problem is that they are trying to become pregnant by doing this. I think one of the huge problems is that girls aren't educated enough about birth control. It is true that they have more ways to get it, such as some schools, planned parenthood, etc, but at the same time, a lot of young teens don't realize that these options are available. Some teens are too young to drive, and they are afraid to ask their parents to take them. I'm not saying this is an excuse, because I know it definitely isn't, but I'm just trying to throw in a point from their perspective. Also, I think a lot of them don't realize how serious birth control is and the risks of not taking it at the same time/every day. A lot of teens are still in the "oh, it won't happen to me" mentality.

Yu don't have to be sorry. Your post was a very intelligent critique of the study. That is the reason why it's important that people post sources, so the reader can decide for themselves how much credence to give an assertion.

For me, just the few girls I've corresponded with on this forum seem to fall right in to what the study has shown. They don't like school, they don't want to just go work at some job, and they think that motherhood is a career/job.

You already know i didn't

i did not plan on getting pregnant at all,
my goal in life is to work with horses, y would i get myself pregnant, i just have to wait that bit longer to reach it, but someday i will.

Allthough, one girl at my old school put a hole in the condom and ended up pregnant JUST to keep her bf, she is now pregant with the 3rd and married at 19.

I deffinitely didn't do it on purpose

I for sure didn't get pregnant on purpose.
I knew I wasn't ready to settle down and before I found out I was pregnant I had actually left my bf.I went back to him when I found out I was pregnant which was probably a big mistake because now(2 years later)I am back on my own with 2 years of being a stay at home mom and pretty much no resume.

um... it's my experience that a lot of teenage mothers didn't explicitly TRY to become pregnant. however, they did not take appropriate precautions NOT to become pregnant. i can understand maybe an eighteen or nineteen year old girl becoming pregnant and having a baby because other goals seemed unreachable, but i think most teenagers within their high school years are rather hopeful about their goals. i think most teens in this day and age realize that having a baby is a harder accomplishment than just getting a job, or even going to college.

however, teenage pregnancy does not prevent the mother from doing either by any means. it may set back goals a little, but it should never snuff them out completely.

i personally do not know a single teenage girl who actually tried to become pregnant, and i know quite a few teenage mothers.

I was on birth control and we always used a condom
I was definately trying to prevent the pregnancy but I am really happy that I got pregnant now.At the time not so much but my son is the most amazing person in my life.

But for the vast majority, this isn't true.