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In my opinion, a teenage mother should not take on the task of keeping her infant if she is not able to support it financially.

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Supporting a child financially =/= paying rent every month. You can still be a great parent without forking out $1000 dollars a month on an apartment.

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Quote: from Let Love In at 5:42 am on June 30, 2009

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 In my opinion, a teenage mother should not take on the task of keeping her infant if she is not able to support it financially.

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Supporting a child financially =/= paying rent every month. You can still be a great parent without forking out $1000 dollars a month on an apartment.

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It is horribly expensive to rent an apartment.

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Quote: from Let Love In at 5:42 am on June 30, 2009

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 In my opinion, a teenage mother should not take on the task of keeping her infant if she is not able to support it financially.

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Supporting a child financially =/= paying rent every month. You can still be a great parent without forking out $1000 dollars a month on an apartment.

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lol

Okay, sorry. I'm seriously done now.

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I agree. Though I think living with your parents and not even TRYING to get on your own two feet doesnt do anything. If the parent cant even get a job, then why should they have a child? G-ma can watch the baby for a few hours a day, after a certain age. And you can leave at the age of 16, its called legal emancipation

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We don't have legal emancipation in Ohio.

I'm 16 and pregnant. I checked.

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Quote: from XxRedneckBitchxX at 5:16 pm on June 21, 2009

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I agree. Though I think living with your parents and not even TRYING to get on your own two feet doesnt do anything. If the parent cant even get a job, then why should they have a child? G-ma can watch the baby for a few hours a day, after a certain age. And you can leave at the age of 16, its called legal emancipation

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We don't have legal emancipation in Ohio.

I'm 16 and pregnant. I checked.

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Not true it's just very very hard to qualify. I was emancipated at 16 because I was 1. out of high school. 2. in foster care 3. pregnant, and 4. had a proven place to stay/ a job.

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If I can't afford to live semi-comfortably as a single person (and that includes living out of my parent's house...because I WANT to live out of my parent's house) then I can't afford to have a family or a child. Some people have different desires, whims, and requirements. I do feel that it's a bit tacky to be living with mom and dad if you are so-called "independent" (and if you're not independent then why are you having a child?), but I don't think that it really says anything about parenting skills (or lack of).

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Quote: from taxidayy at 9:28 pm on July 3, 2009

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Quote: from XxRedneckBitchxX at 5:16 pm on June 21, 2009

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I agree. Though I think living with your parents and not even TRYING to get on your own two feet doesnt do anything. If the parent cant even get a job, then why should they have a child? G-ma can watch the baby for a few hours a day, after a certain age. And you can leave at the age of 16, its called legal emancipation

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 We don't have legal emancipation in Ohio.  

 I'm 16 and pregnant. I checked.

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Not true it's just very very hard to qualify. I was emancipated at 16 because I was 1. out of high school. 2. in foster care 3. pregnant, and 4. had a proven place to stay/ a job.

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Well that depends on how old you are. Because a few years ago they stopped emancipation in ohio. Before that, you were able to become emancipated if you were pregnant and/or married.

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I haven't read the whole thread but:

If I can't afford to live semi-comfortably as a single person (and that includes living out of my parent's house...because I WANT to live out of my parent's house) then I can't afford to have a family or a child. Some people have different desires, whims, and requirements. I do feel that it's a bit tacky to be living with mom and dad if you are so-called "independent" (and if you're not independent then why are you having a child?), but I don't think that it really says anything about parenting skills (or lack of).

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Quote: from JennyColada at 5:18 am on July 4, 2009

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I haven't read the whole thread but:  

 If I can't afford to live semi-comfortably as a single person (and that includes living out of my parent's house...because I WANT to live out of my parent's house) then I can't afford to have a family or a child. Some people have different desires, whims, and requirements. I do feel that it's a bit tacky to be living with mom and dad if you are so-called "independent" (and if you're not independent then why are you having a child?), but I don't think that it really says anything about parenting skills (or lack of).

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How is it tackier to have your landlord be someone you know, as opposed to a stranger?

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That being said: I am still living under my mom's roof, and I find it to be very tacky for me to still be doing so. Perhaps if we had a guest house it'd be different, but right now I just have a room in her house.

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Or frightened (Eeek!), or mad (Rats!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.

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I feel living with one's parents is tacky.

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In the current economic climate, living at home and saving money is sensible, not tacky.

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Orthopedic shoes are sensible, but are very tacky fashionably. Is there anything wrong with being tacky? Not necessarily, especially depending on the reasons (orthopedic shoes are probably quite good if you're a nurse and on your feet all day, and if you're struggling to pay basic bills then living at home to save on rent is probably a very good choice). But if one can't even afford to live out of their parent's house, can they really afford to raise a human being? I wouldn't want to put myself in that position, as I just don't feel comfortable with how "right" that situation would be for me.

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So when you're happy (Hurray!), or sad (Aw!),
Or frightened (Eeek!), or mad (Rats!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.