I’m not picking on teens – honest! Many teens who have babies end up doing fabulously well in the long run – but it’s an incredibly difficult task at best. And, if you speak to them and ask them about their experiences, often they’ll say that although they adore their children, they do not think that teen pregnancies are a good idea.
So, how do we prevent them? Many people blame the media, the so-called teen celebrities like Jamie Lynn Spears and movies – but teens have been getting pregnant for generations, so is this a fair assessment? Is it …read more

It’s all over the news, being reported, literally, all over the world:

CNN: Teen girls reportedly make pregnancy pact
Canada: Pregnancy pact alarms officials at US high school: reports
Australia: US town alarmed by pregnancy pact news
England: Teen ‘pregnancy pact’ has US town reeling in shame
Scotland: US schoolgirls made pregnancy pact – The Daily Record
Ireland: Baby pact teenagers in race to become mothers
India: Teen ‘pregnancy pact’ shocks US city

Not only that, it’s also major blog fodder. I reported on it (Did group of teens make pact to get pregnant?) as did other bloggers such as

SuperNanny.com (How are parents of boys supposed to protect …read more

I’ve written about teen pregnancy and my biggest concern about teens who get pregnant is their health and the health of the child (Health issues for teen moms, Teen pregnancy rate in US drops), but I still think it isn’t a good idea for most. Unfortunately, although there are many moms who had their babies in their teens and they and their families are doing fabulously, most teen pregnancies aren’t that successful.
That’s why, if this story is true – it’s very sad: Spike in School’s Pregnancies Leads to Report That Some Resulted From Girls’ Pact.
According to the article, at least …read more