As teenagers, parents opinions gave a big role in our lives, sometimes too big. Parents should be ope to sharing their opinion on many subjects: who you date, what you wear, what classes you should take, etc... But should their influence determine a teen's decision on what to do if they get pregnant. As we have previously talked about in class, teens very often make this decision based on what their parents think. In my opinion, parents should definitely have an opinion or a say in the matter, but should not be the deciding factor. This is a huge decision that will greatly impact ones life and you do not want to make that decision simply "because my parents said so...". Parents will not always be around to make decisions for you, so teens need to learn to be independent and make their own decisions. Especially because in the end it is your life, not your parents, and this will have an impact on the rest of your life. Therefore, I think teens that become pregnant should look into all of their options and make a decision that will be best for them and their life in the long run. Not only for them, but for their child as well. In conclusion, although these girls and boys are still young they should be able to make this big of a decision on their own.
Do you agree that parents sometimes play too big of a role in big decisions like what to do if their child gets pregnant? What other thoughts do you have on the subject?
-Alex Antoniou
I agree that sometimes the parents just need to step back. Their kids are living, thinking, breathing people they should be able to make their own decisions. If the child makes the big decision of keeping the child then they should be responsible for the decisions made after that. I think that we definitely don't have enough trust in todays youth. We seem to think they are just going to be the just as they were before, but they are not stupid. It is all a matter too in how the parents trust their kids, why are so many of these parents so untrusting of their kids? Is it because of the media and what they see on tv of how teenagers are portrayed?
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I feel the same about the situation. Parents have the right to have an opinion on their children's situations but they shouldn't be making the decisions for their teens, yes their lives will be affected in some way, but it is not their decision. Their teenagers are perfectly capable of making their own decisions and choosing what is best for them and not their parents. And parents are just going to have to live with whatever decision their teens make and be there to support them no matter what, or at least they should be.
ReplyDelete~Nikki Walton
This is a very interesting topic that I haven't really given much thought. But I agree that parents are too involved in their childrens decision making. However, can you blame the parent. Our soceity believes that parents know best because they are older and supposely wiser. I would like to think that most parents are trying to help by helping their children make desicions. Parents try to protect their children from making mistakes, and they think the best way to do this is by giving their opinion on the situation. The parents are not realizing that they have raised a young adult capable of making good decision on what would be best for their own life.
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