Is it ok to be thinking about having a baby at the ages 17-18?

Answer 1

In my opinion I think it is totally natural for a young woman to want to be a mother. I myself am 17 years old and I see nothing wrong with it. Alot of people say "MY GOSH! thinking about babies already!?" So what! Just because you are thinking about having a baby does not mean you are actually going to have one. Different people have different beliefs. I think as long as you have a good job and are able to support yourself, have your own place and enough money to make a little family of your own... Then go for it!

I would.

wow i have to totally disagree with that answer. i know what i am talking about i had my first when i was 19 so im talking from experience, and a friend of mine had her first when she was 15. to have a baby that young is just irresponsible. seriously you cant have a job that good at 17 or 18, to pay for daycare diapers, wipes, formula,clothes (they grow like weeds) shoes, dr.'s appointments, your college, their college, toys God the list goes on and on!!! why would you want a child when you yourself havent finished growing up. trust me your at the age where you think you know everything but God you havent even lived yet! please allow yourself the time to grow up b4 you bring another life in this world. go to college an make something of yourself!! be a strong and successful parent for you child to look up too and want to be like, you will be their biggest role model in their life. it is unfair to the child please just go to college and have those experiences. i love my son to death there isn't a thing i would not do for him!! i am a stay at home mom and college student an let me tell you it i not easy!! have you even completed high school??? i mean wow please be smarter than this!!! you don't want to be on welfare you entire life!!!

sorry i was so harsh i just know how it is and i don't want a child to have to go through this. there is a reason people wait until there out of school an married b4 they have children....trust me!!!

AnswerIt is perfectly natural for a young woman of 17 or 18 to think about having a child. After all, girls are encouraged to be mothers at a very young age simply by playing with dolls and doing all the nurturing and motherly behaviors with the dolls that women do when they have children. However, it is important to consider the effect a child would have on your life at this age and also the effect your current lifestyle would have on your child. It might be interesting to volunteer your time at an area facility that provides a place for expectant teenagers to go who have no other resources, just to get some idea of what being pregnant and caring for a child is all about. Or, help out at a day care center for a while to experience the realities of how time-consuming having a child is. Remember that a baby will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!