justathought

It would seem that in the small town of Gloucester, MA, some teenage females think it is a good idea to become a mom.  Seventeen girls made a pact to get preganant and the country appears to be up in arms over the matter.  As I read this article, I could only think that teen preganacy is not a new epedemic; yet, in this situation the country appears to be flabbergasted as to why this is happening. 

According to Kathleen Kingsbury, the TIME reporter that wrote the article, the kids felt that they had “no opportunities available to them and being a mother became something they could do”.  In  my opinion this statement and the relevance given to this issue is completely idiotic.  There have been young black girls getting pregnant in droves for a long time and the amount of sympathy that seems to drip from this article for the white teenagers has never been given to their black counterparts. 

 When a black teen finds herself facing motherhood, be it through willful effort are “unintentionally”, she is viewed as shiftless, someone who is looking to live off of the system through welfare at the expense of every other hard working American. 

In this instance these young white teens come from town where the “… jobs are not there anymore”, according to the reporter.  That statement makes me fairly certain that the families of these seventeen idiots (who thought it great fun to play at motherhood) will not be able to help support their offspring without undergoing severe struggle.  Yet, in no way does this article cast a harsh eye on the behaviors of these teens.  It is as if America is already setting the stage to offer aid to these “poor misguided souls”.  If that is the case, I think it is all a big crock of manure!  They were stupid enough to actively seek their current predicament, I think we should force them all to be responsible for that choice.