I am single mother of five very handsome young men.
When conversing, a lot of parents say that I should be glad because boys make children but they don't have to bring them home. I'm sorry to say that if that is the mentality of the parent who 's raising a soon-to-be parent, it might explain why we have so many deadbeat dads.
I'm a firm believer of "you made your bed so you WILL lay in it!!!". At the same time, what bothers me is that all young men are not rapists, so that means a lot of young women are consenting to sex. I know that there are a lot of different factors but my main concern is the pre-teen and teenagers.
I'm a firm believer that it still takes a whole community to raise a child, and that raising a child is not easy period, be they boy or girl.
I'm wondering if there is something else that we can do as parents, as a community, or as a nation to try and stop our babies from having babies and know that it is OK to wait until your old enough--mentally not physically.
