how young is too young?

Being 16 and pregnant is definitely a difficult situation to be in. No matter what you chose, it's going to be hard. If you keep the baby, you'll often feel like you missed out on so much life stuff having to grow up at such a young age. And if you decide to give the baby up for adoption or get an abortion, you'll have to live with the hardships of giving up your child. Honestly, if I were in that situation, I would have to really sit down and decide what was best for the child. If I honestly felt that no one else could take care of this child better than I could, and I could financially support myself and the child, then I would keep the baby. If I felt that the baby would truly be better off with a more mature, older and financially stable couple, then I would give it up for adoption. Ideally I'd like to do an open adoption where I could still visit the baby and keep in touch with the adoptive parents. Not just for my sake, but because I think it is important for the child. It is natural for adopted children to want to know where they come from and who their parents are. And I'd want my child to know that the reason I gave them up for adoption was to give them a better life. As for abortion, I don't think I could ever get one. I do understand why women get abortions, and I don't think it's murder or anything like that. I just don't think it would ever be the best choice for me personally. I would never judge someone who had an abortion. I think people need to do what is right for their own personal situation.

No offense to anybody from North America but this teen pregnancy seems REALLY common here. I don't know why or what causes it, but there is less control of teenagers here. I mean parents are not even allowed to discipline their children by hitting them - and then look how they turn out. Anyways back to topic haha - 16 and pregnant is WAY too young. You cannot finish your education, you have to quit school to work full time to take care of your child. The boyfriend will probably leave the girl because if he is that careless to make a baby at 16 he is probably careless enough to not stick around when the baby arrives. Bad decision on her part - but now she has to live with the choice she made So to all of you out there who think "Oh life is too short, you can do whatever you want and nothing will happen" - well WRONG - bad things happen if you do bad things.

wow yeah i think 16 is to young but seems this day its very common for this age group to be pregant also younger ages to i work in a hospital and i have seen 14 year olds come in !!! Honestly im not to sure what i would have done in that situation !!! Hard to say unless its you Even if i got pregnant now i would be ill seeing how im still young (23)and dont want any (right now at least) or have the money for any

I dunno what this young girls are thinking... I even knew someone at the age of 14 delivering her 1st baby. Mother's age becomes younger and younger nowadays. I just hope that they will have a wake up call or else many young girls' future would be place in a situation that they are still not ready to face JUST YET!