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How young do/did you start talking to your daughters about what your expectations are if they became pregnant as a teen?

Asked by JLeslie (65444points) December 20th, 2009

Feel free to answer if you are the teen, tell us what you were told.

I am curious:

1. How old your child was?
2. What you recommended/expected (abortion, keep the baby, give the baby up for adoption?
3. What is your religion, and did it have an influence regarding this subject?

I ask because I observed two elementary age girls playing the other day with dolls, and part of their dialogue was about adopting a baby. This really surprised me. I know they are Catholic, go to Catholic school, and I wondered if they were already being primed to give up a baby if they became pregnant, but I realize that would be a wild assumption on my part, so I am not assuming, but interested to know if that is possibly the case. I just know that when I was that young that type of role play would never have crossed my mind.

As a teen I was never given the message from my parents to give up my baby. If I had become pregnant my mom would have expected me to get an abortion. If I didn’t, I cannot imagine she would have asked me to give up the child, and especially my father would never be able to fathom it.

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