Teen births in the U.S. see first increase in 16 years

Yeah she's excited now but the infatuation will soon subside when the baby arrives and her freedom is gone ( unless of course you'll be babysitting) when she wants to do what normal young people do like...college, hanging with friends, going to see a movie, you know....the whole "get up and go when you wanna" thing. She'll soon find out that Parenthood is more then just a fad.

I can't believe how close minded and judgemental all of these people are. If it's not your son or daughter becoming a teen parent, it's not your business. When my parents graduated from high school, you could get a decent paying job with a high school education or less. Maybe we should be asking why these jobs are no longer available. The strongest instinct in nature is the one to reproduce, who here has resisted it? It is only natural for post pubecent humans to have the urge to reproduce. It's a wonder the teen birth rate isn't near 100%.Maybe society should stop paying executives 6 figure salaries and start paying entry level employees a wage they can support a family on. Then the teen pregnancy problem won't be such a problem.

Read the Holy Bible and save yourself if you think pre-marital sex is right.

When I was 20 I gave birth. I wasn't a burden on society but on my parents. Having a son and raising him right is the proudest thing I could have ever done. I too was over joyed when I found out I was pregnant. It never stifled my future and with a strong family unit it's very possible. Maybe the problem with America in general is in the family unit.

these kids need to learn more about oral sex.

I am 19 years old and I just had a child in July and I have come to figure out that its the hardest job in the world. I never really pictured myself having kids in the first place. My fiance and I did practice safe-sex but something went wrong. Things happen...and you have to make the best of it. I was considering adoption but I could not bring myself to do it. My son is on medicaid and wic and yes, its nothing to brag about. I look at it as, these are my tax dollars as well going towards these programs. I work 2 jobs so its not like I'm just collecting checks. These people that beat down the young mothers should take a second look at how it really feels. We need comfort, love, and education about these young new people coming into the world. We don't need people to hate us because we happened to make a mistake. When I told my parents the news they were estatic but yet reminded me that it is not all rainbows and butterflies when it came to parenthood. I am thankful that my parents were, and still are, there for me.

No, getting a tattoo or piercing is "the thing to do" - having a baby is an enormous and life-long responsibility!!! I really hope your daughter has comprehensive health insurance that will also cover her child. Oh - and next time, maybe she should try using one of the zillion types of birth control available to everyone.

one should remember it takes two to make a baby

I was 19 when I found out that I was expecting and I never had any support from the state. Thats good that your daughter is happy. I love being a mother my son now is 30 months now I love every minute wouldn't change anything

hope everything goes well with your daugther and her baby. since you sounded excited your daugther is able to take care of the baby. dont let the comments about the tax payers get you down. little do they know that if your daugther did need help from your state most take the father to child support and get the money from him to pay for what she uses. they act like she is 13 years. your daugther could have been to college for two years and got a 2 year degree. i disslike the ingrones that is posted on this bord. and it is none of their business if you are the one that takes care of your daugther and her baby. Good luck with you and you daugther and the new baby.

I have read some of the comments being made and I am appalled at the audacity and assuming nature of people. Her daughter is 20, not 13, she is legally an adult. Does it make an more of a difference if she were a year older as 21? And as for the tax comments. Who said she was on welfare or child support? Who said she didn't have a job? Nobody, you are all assuming the worst. So back off this woman and her daughter and actually do something productive if you claim you are being worked to the bone for money going in taxes so much. And I hate to mention names but, UncleJim, please, you are assuming the most out of everyone. No one said she was poor or anything, and neither did they say she was living off taxes, so you out of everyone else here should back off!

As for the religion, no one said she was catholic either, and she does not need to read the bible to quote "save herself from sin." It is not a sin to have children, if it was, then our whole world consists of sinners whom are doomed to rot in hell, because for some reason, I highly doubt anyone wasn't the result of their parents getting together. Finally, you must also remember, it takes two to tango. Why criticize her daughter only when you don't even say anything of the baby's father?

I'm sorry if this offends anyone but I couldn't handle everyone harshly criticizing her for absolutely no reason.

Stacey I was a very young mother as well, I was 19 when my first was born then 13 months later another and then another 21 months later I am 38 now and my kids are 15, 17, 18 I have a lot of freedom now, and I wouldn't change it for anything...... I can travel they kids do their own thing.... its great..... I couldn't imagine chasing a 3 year old now or having a 6 year old...............

what a lame excuse the father doesn't want kids.What's wrong with you saying we ain't going to have sex then!
Keep your freaking legs together because it takes two to do the nasty.

I agree that children need two parents but what are you to do when the "father" tells you that he does not want children??? It is not as simple as saying not to have sex before marraige because that has and always will happen no matter what..I love my daughter and yes I had her on my own when I was 20 yrs old and NO I DID NOT USE WELFARE!!!! I got up and got two jobs and had help from family untill she was old enough for daycare that I paid for alone ....And you know what..I WOULD DO IT AGAIN the same way because that makes me who I am and my child who she is..She knows the value of family and hard work and dedication not like these other spoiled brats with everything just handed to them...And another thing what should happen to these deadbeat dads???

I was blackmailed into marriage by a woman who was pregnant by me. I didn't want the child but she believed that I would change my mind when the baby came. Well, the marriage lasted all of seven years, every one of them filled with arguing and fighting. "Girls, life is not a Soap Opera, where the man always sticks with a woman who is pregnant with his child"

Earl,

You act like you have no responsibility for your life at all: getting the woman pregnant, marrying her, and then leaving her and your child. You should have accepted the fact that YOU messed up and taken care of the family that YOU helped to create. I will reserve the name calling, but it sounds like you deserve it.