re: stayteen.org

Quoting J&LsMommy:“ I don't think it was implying that your life is ruined but that your carefree teenage lifestyle would ... [snip!] ... at the very least be much harder to do. The easiest route would be to have safe sex and do your best to prevent pregnancy.”

They sould have said that. Very well said.

i think they should make the commercial more realistic.. you can jump on a trampoline after a baby why not? pfft show something a teen actually would care to not be able to experience.. not a damn trampoline

Quoting Ms.Melody:“ i think they should make the commercial more realistic.. you can jump on a trampoline after a baby why ... [snip!] ... after a baby why not? pfft show something a teen actually would care to not be able to experience.. not a damn trampoline”

Very true, a more accurate description would be a group of friends going to a movie or a party. Not that you can't still do those things but it requires planning and a reliable trustworthy babysitter.

Quoting Ms.Melody:“ i think they should make the commercial more realistic.. you can jump on a trampoline after a baby why ... [snip!] ... after a baby why not? pfft show something a teen actually would care to not be able to experience.. not a damn trampoline”

ya like going to a party and getting drunk...oops...that might not be such a good idea   See, teens aren't stupid...they know the consequences of certain actions...they just don't care because at that point in your life you don't think it'll happen to you!!

graduating on time with your friends i think would be a good one

Quoting Ms.Melody:“ graduating on time with your friends i think would be a good one”

that would be!

Well IMO ... the commercial still makes pregnancy sound good to some teens. I think they should show a commercial saying 11:00 pm and then show a baby screaming, 2:00 a.m. and the baby screaming again.... 4:38 a.m. baby up again.... and then show the baby screaming & crying at the end saying "Your not there when your cousins baby is doing this, your not there when your friends baby is doing this..... but you need to be there when your baby is doing this" ....



Ehhh something like that

Quoting Excited for #2!!:“ The funny thing is that I feel like that too and I was 2 weeks from 24 when I had my son...no matter ... [snip!] ... sex until it was forced upon me at 18 a month after my high school graduation. I just think that's the wrong way to preach it.”

I agree...wrong way to preech it. They could've said it in a less insulting way. I'm still with my boyfriend, but we're not married and, yes, I was dumb enough to have sex and not be careful. I love my son and wouldn't change what happened even if I could...I wish we would've waited so we could be a bit more financially stable...but wishing that won't change anything.
I hope other young woman my age will be smart enough to either practice abstinence or atleast safe sex so they don't have to struggle and grow up while trying to raise a child at the same time.

Every one of my relatives that had babies as teens (mostly my cousins) ALL agree that if they could have waited, they certainly would have. My cousin Jen had a baby when she was 15, and she's now 33 and her son is a senior in high school. It was really, really hard for her. She did manage to finish high school, and really committed herself to getting a career, and not just a job. She feels she would have not been nearly as stressed out if she had waited to have him until she was more mature. There were a lot of years when he was a baby that it was really overwhelming for her. She had her mom to help, but in the end he was HER responsibility (his dad has never had anything to do with him)

I knew I was very determined to have a career and was far too selfish to have a baby when I was younger, so for me, my 30's was the perfect time. I just worry about all of the young girls who have unprotected sex, because my best friend for 20 years ended up with AIDS from unprotected sex with her boyfriend who used to be a IV drug user (she had no idea) and gave it to her. Thank God that because of the drugs available, she's still alive today, but will have medical issues for the rest of her life. He was the 3rd guy she ever slept with, and she was 23. 

I think that site is just trying to encourage you to THINK about it. I personally don't understand why anyone would TTC as a 15-16 year old. That is just insane to me. I would give anything to be 15 again, and have no bills, no responsibility, and my biggest decision would be what beach I was hanging out at that day.  There is more than enough time to be an adult, so why rush it?? 

I think its bullshit! i hate that commercial i think there stupid! pregnancy does not wreck your life!

Quoting Miss 19 & preggers.:“ I think its bullshit! i hate that commercial i think there stupid! pregnancy does not wreck your life!”

It doesn't "wreck" your life, I think they just mean that having a baby at 15 isn't the most ideal situation for the mom or the baby. Of course most of them make it work, but if asked later on if they could do it all over, most would say they would have waited. 

I was a teenage mom, and I can understand why it would make fellow teen mothers upset, but c'mon, you and I both know that theres alot of teen mothers out there that ARENT ready for kids. I had my son at 17, and at the time I thought I was really mature and stuck my nose up to people who said I was too young (I see alot of that on this site, actually), but I can look back on it now and see that I wasnt done growing up. I'm 23 now and I can tell you that life is alot different at 23 than it is at 17. Not all teen moms are doomed to fail, but theres a higher chance of instability in a teen mom then there is in someone older.
The fact of the matter is that no matter what, a commercial cant prevent teen pregnancy. Instead of making valid points, I think they were directed at being offensive and tried to make teen moms out to be F-ups. If you dont feel youre a bad mother, than why would you get offended by a commercial? When people say bad things about teen moms, it doesnt offend me because I know that I provided for my son and gave up my social life to raise him. Just shrug your shoulders and be happy you arent one of "those" teen moms.

i think while also trying to prevent teens from becoming pregnant they need to inform them that if they are to take care of urself and that just because ur pregnant doesnt make you a bad person.

it offended me.. i just wrote a message to their website

being 28 now I can say 100% that i was not ready to be a mother at 17