combating teenage pregnancy

bexs1111 · Apr 19th, 2010, 10:48 AM

hey ladies well as i am on maternity leave and my mind is wandering i thought back to when i had my first lo and went to a surestart group were they had an idea of getting some of us who had babies under the age of 18 to go into school and talk with year 10 and 11 about teenage partening actually taking our children with us and answering frankly and honestly. not to preach to them but to let give them all the information they need to make a decision. if you are a teen parent do you think this would of benifited you? as a mother would you like your children to have this while they were at school? all opinions welcome thanks

aob1013 · Apr 19th, 2010, 16:05 PM

You can never prevent accidents

Rhi_Rhi1 · Apr 19th, 2010, 16:18 PM

i think for most teenage parents its not a choice... but something that happens and no amount of preaching in schools is going to stop this? being told how hard it is over and over deffo makes you think twice about using contraception... BUT accidents still happen!

ladyjayne · Apr 20th, 2010, 04:05 AM

Although I agree accidents happen, some teenagers really do think that its easy and unfortunately deliberately get pregnant. For those girls I think it would be extreamly helpful. Its certainly something I'd want my SD to be taught about.

**AtomicPink** · Apr 20th, 2010, 04:41 AM

Accidents do happen but I was a total arse as a teen and thought not a lot about contraception. It may be beneficial.

shocker · Apr 20th, 2010, 07:07 AM

I think it would be beneficial, another thing that needs to be tackled is long term contraception! Theres all these young girls on the pill who are scatter brained and would really benefit more from a long term solution but they arent informed enough about them to make these decisions

Rhi_Rhi1 · Apr 23rd, 2010, 02:11 AM

why not just round them all up and force them to get the implant :P
I was round someones house years ago when i was about 18 and this girls cousin was there, (the whole family are third generation benefit scroungers/ lazy gits) anyways, i asked her what she was doing after school, and she laughed and said 'hah nout just gunna get pregnant i want a baby, then i will get a house and i wont have to pay for anything' etc etc low and behold she has done just that! and the over girl well she is on her forth kid and shes only 20

she jokes about how much money she makes and thinks its funny:/
so yeah at 15/ 16 -go to schools and give them the implant and make it compulsory!

ahah ... x

jenniferannex · Apr 23rd, 2010, 02:14 AM

i dont think it would of made a difference to me, as we got talks about it all the time, like others have said accidents happen, but i was fully protected and to this day still dont know how it happend. but it did, so regardless of a teenager talking to me in school, it would of happend anyway.

Apr 19th, 2010, 10:48 AM	#1
bexs1111 Mum (Mom) New BnB member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1	combating teenage pregnancy hey ladies well as i am on maternity leave and my mind is wandering i thought back to when i had my first lo and went to a surestart group were they had an idea of getting some of us who had babies under the age of 18 to go into school and talk with year 10 and 11 about teenage partening actually taking our children with us and answering frankly and honestly. not to preach to them but to let give them all the information they need to make a decision. if you are a teen parent do you think this would of benifited you? as a mother would you like your children to have this while they were at school? all opinions welcome thanks

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Apr 19th, 2010, 16:05 PM	#2
aob1013 Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: UK Posts: 10,675	You can never prevent accidents

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Apr 19th, 2010, 16:18 PM	#3
Rhi_Rhi1 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,750	i think for most teenage parents its not a choice... but something that happens and no amount of preaching in schools is going to stop this? being told how hard it is over and over deffo makes you think twice about using contraception... BUT accidents still happen!

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Apr 20th, 2010, 04:05 AM	#4
ladyjayne Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 603	Although I agree accidents happen, some teenagers really do think that its easy and unfortunately deliberately get pregnant. For those girls I think it would be extreamly helpful. Its certainly something I'd want my SD to be taught about.

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Apr 20th, 2010, 04:41 AM	#5
AtomicPink Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 27,396	Accidents do happen but I was a total arse as a teen and thought not a lot about contraception. It may be beneficial.

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Apr 20th, 2010, 07:07 AM	#6
shocker Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 4,866	I think it would be beneficial, another thing that needs to be tackled is long term contraception! Theres all these young girls on the pill who are scatter brained and would really benefit more from a long term solution but they arent informed enough about them to make these decisions

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Apr 23rd, 2010, 02:11 AM	#7
Rhi_Rhi1 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,750	why not just round them all up and force them to get the implant :P I was round someones house years ago when i was about 18 and this girls cousin was there, (the whole family are third generation benefit scroungers/ lazy gits) anyways, i asked her what she was doing after school, and she laughed and said 'hah nout just gunna get pregnant i want a baby, then i will get a house and i wont have to pay for anything' etc etc low and behold she has done just that! and the over girl well she is on her forth kid and shes only 20 she jokes about how much money she makes and thinks its funny:/ so yeah at 15/ 16 -go to schools and give them the implant and make it compulsory! ahah ... x

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Apr 23rd, 2010, 02:14 AM	#8
jenniferannex Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lostock Hall, Preston Posts: 5,110	i dont think it would of made a difference to me, as we got talks about it all the time, like others have said accidents happen, but i was fully protected and to this day still dont know how it happend. but it did, so regardless of a teenager talking to me in school, it would of happend anyway.

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