i disagree
that doesnt need to be a seperate forum at all. its just asking for drama

teens (most of us anyways) are very...eh...aggressive,argumentive, always think we are right all the time. to make a forum like thats only going to get everyone all ralled up. not saying all teenagers but the majority will only get defensive and angry and its going to cause wayy to much drama. basically it would be a forum with a bunch of locked topics.

i understand all opinions and views on teen pregnancy however it seems that some things brought up in this forum just start mess and we dont need to make the mods and admns job any harder than it already is.

there is an abortion debate forum because mature people post there with thier opinions. however a 14 yr old girl who swears up and down that shes pregnant is not mature enough to debate about weather she needs to be "married" or not or if its "right" for her to keep the baby
instead of a debate she would get defensive and agressive. like most teens do here. some people just arent mature enough to handle advice they dont want to hear.

agreed

Well, You are probably right about most of that, but I still think people could get some value out of a forum like that.

of course they could get some value and even great opinions out of it
personally i would be all for it
however im thinking about this forum and the am i pregnant forum in general and how those places are. mostly with young teen girls that think they know everything
which is going to cause drama for sure lol

and i think it would be best to avoid it all together than "try" and see what happens

There's no need to take out your anger on Suzy who is very close to her due date just becasue you were caught out sweetie

lol! I thought she was just kidding!

I do think it would be a good idea actually. you would just have to think before you posted because it's obviously one of those subjects that can cause offense very easily

true true

yes i agree with you danni! i think if all of the posters in that forum could be mature then it wouldnt be a bad idea at all. unfortunately as seen above most of the teen girls posting here for answers are easily offended and angry because they are too immature to realize how being a teen parent is. that its not just some plastic baby doll you can pick up when you want to.

A debate forum would be an excellent idea, we can just move every rude comment over there. I just joined this site and i have to say the cattyness is 10% higher than it need be. So maybe a debate forum can lessen that and let people express themselves more.

But what is there to debate? You guys are pregnant and you're teens; that seems pretty straightforward to me... Most topics could be included in Parenting Debate or General Debate.

As I was formulating the idea of a teen pregnancy debate forum, I was thinking more along the lines of debating teens ttc, not those already pregnant.

its really not like that
you dont understand
yeah alot of people may come off as rude but for instance when you see a post where the girl says shes 12, her and her bf were messing around and she had 2 pairs of pants on and he was in a metal armor suit but he came on her toe 2 days ago but shes gained 36 pounds and her boobs have grown 5 cup sizes and she thinks shes preg but she took 89 tetst and 25 blood test and they all came back neg but she still thinks shes pregnant...yeah. what do you expect us to say?

yeah i know what you mean but think about it this way

a topic would spark "TTC and teenager"
oh god i can see it now. point blank teenagers are too stubborn and too defensive to even argue with this. weve got our mind set on thinking what we want. that we are ALWAYS right. and that will never change. you cant debate with someone like that. for people to debate they need to be responsible,opinionated,well educated enoigh and have statistics and reason to back up tihier reasoning behind it
what would be a teenagers reasoning to support how he/she feels on the situation? "because i want to and i know im right"
just like teen relationships will "last forever"

see what i mean? im not saying all teenagers are like this. id love to have a debate forum like that and im sure many teen moms would like too as well. but n the end being a teen mother ALREADY, or a teen girl that WANTS to get pregnant because her "bf says he will be with her forever" are 2 very different things. and no matter what we say, that teen girl will think and do what she pleases even if we all tell her its not easy, she should wait. whatever.
it woudnt be a debate
it would be a huge argument

The problem is that a lot of the girls don't even know how to express themselves without getting angry and cursing-- you don't see a lot of rational and mature teens ttc you know? These girls aren't going to read your sources and you'll be lucky if they read everything you write. They are just going to think they are right and that's that. Not to mention that a lot of them lie when things don't go their way. One girl I remember who was asked about work said she had a steady job for over a year but when I poked around on her myspace I saw her friends saying congrats on her first pay check ever just a few days before-- It wouldn't be like the other debate forums, you'd be talking to a brick wall.

It's a great thought, but the only people who will take your words to heart are the girls who always planned on waiting from the beginning. Everything else is just added conflict-- Every topic would be locked within a day!

right on! just what i was trying to say lol

Im not trying to be rude but you cannot control what other people say.If people want to argue about teen pregnancy then so be it.Everyone has their own opinions.I think what most people on here are trying to say when they "argue" about teen pregnancy,is the young teenagers that want to become pregnant.I mean it's pretty ridiculous when 14 year old girls come on here and say they want to get pregnant.Of course other people are going to comment asking if they are finacally stable which mostly all of them are not.Plus it is really bad on your body to have a baby at such a young age.But most young girls do not realize all of these things all they think about is themselves and not about their future child.

there is also a general debate forum if anyone would like to check it out and see if you can spark debate there

hmmm, good idea.