Will you allow your teenage daughter to live with her BF if she got pregnant?

Philippines
April 10, 2009 11:28am CST
As a parent, sometimes the controllable becomes uncontrollable. Suppose you have a teenage daughter say 18 years old, then she got pregnant with her boyfriend. Although of course it hurts so much, all you have to do is to accept that there is a problem to solve. Now, would you consider allowing your girl to live with her boyfriend? This means that they will live as husband and wife, although you know that they are not yet ready. If not, what other solutions do you suggest? My girl is only 13 today but if that happens to her, I will let her finish her studies first while the baby will stay with us. The family of her boyfriend should help somehow with the needs of the baby, while her boyfriend can visit the baby.
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19 responses
@eneria (118)
• Philippines
12 May 09
For me, it depends upon the decision of my daughter.. and her age.. if she's too young and i knw she cannot manage., i will let her be on our house.. so with the baby.. but if she's responsible enough and at the right age to decide., ill let him be with her partner.. and live their life as husband and wife.. and eventually, we'll set the wedding.. :) :-)
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
12 May 09
pregnancy - is a big responsibility
letting her live him will just magnify the problem. let her finish her studies and the boy too. when they're ready and that they're in the right age and right minds to decide, then it's high time for you to give them the blessing. as of now, it's not advisable to do what they want like living together. they're not still emotionally and financially ready.hope this helps.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
11 Apr 09
Nope, i dun think so.. Even if she's pregnant, but they are not married yet.. Furthermore, if depends on how old her bf as he might not even be matured enough to know what he should do and what he should not.. haha =D PLus, what if her bf is being forced to accept that her gf is pregnant and instead of trying to protect the unborned baby, he tries to harm it?? So that when the baby is gone, he will have no reason to marry her anymore..
@magrylouyu (1627)
• United States
25 Apr 09
This actually describes me. I was just barely 17 and I got pregnant. I dropped out of school because of it because I didnt want to get tormented. I moved to where my fiance was living at the time. I had our daughter shortly before turning 18. Shortly before I turned 20 we had 2 daughters and we got married. We are still together and I am now 23 we have been together for 9 years. I am hoping my children dont make the same choice I did. If they do I am going to try my hardest to not let them drop out of high school. My children are only 4 and 5, but I want them to have the life I didnt get because of having to grow up so quickly. I wouldnt change it for the world though.
• United States
23 Apr 09
I would encourage her to finish school first and stress the importance of an education. But being 18 it will be her legal right to move out and get married. All we can do as parents is give our children the facts and teach them to make sound chaices. They will end up making their own mistakes later on. All we can do is hope they make the right choices with what we have taught them. I would let her know how I feel but I would also be there for her. I want her to know she can come to me with anything and no matter what I will always love her even if I don't always agree with her choices.
@agreen (39)
• United States
11 May 09
I think your solution to the problem sounds great. It would be such a hard decision and a very emotional subject. I would accept the situation but I think I would feel better with my daughter living at home with us.
@gotcho0O (1257)
• United States
11 Apr 09
I will let her as long as we are all in the room and to prevent something from happening again. But that is sometimes. I wan't them to feel that everything is okay eventhough it hurts. I don't want them to change their minds since they're minors. They already have a child and must protect the relationship.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
11 Apr 09
If the girl is 18 she is of age. But if it was my daughter she wouod live with us we wiould think about boyfriend living with us tooo. At 18 school should be over. And dont know if I would push for them to get married for they might not really be good for each other would have to watch it closely. !
@shannon76 (1232)
• United States
11 Apr 09
If she was 18, then she could do whatever she wanted. Until she is 18, no I would not allow her to live with her boyfriend.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
11 Apr 09
I would take my daughter back home. The boyfriend can come to visit, but they will not sleep together. They will have separate rooms. If they are old enough to earn their living, and get an apartment, then I hope they will get separate apartments and if they decide to get a house together, it will not be because of them wanting to have s*x, it will be because of finances and I would hope they are too busy earning a living to even bother having s*x. Just because she threw caution to the wind and had s*x and got pregnant is no reason for me to suddenly condone it by allowing them to do it now that they have a baby.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
11 Apr 09
no, I can not say that I would permit it. of course if the child is able to support herself and move away from home and is of such an age, there is likely nothing that I can do about it other than voice my protest against it... and pray.
@psyche49f (2502)
• Philippines
11 Apr 09
Good decision, I agree, instead of forcing them into an unwanted marriage, or worst to live in. Mistakes are mistakes and there's not much you can do about it except to accept the situation, but give your daughter some pieces of parental advice while she's at it. Hope she'll not do the second time. I know of some teen-age pregnancies which has a part 2,and it really turn their world into a nightmare. Learning from past mistakes is the best thing that your daughter would ever benefit from the experience.
• United States
11 Apr 09
ok if your daughter became pregnant at 18 you really would have no way to control what she did. If you live in the US that is. Once she hits 18 shes a legal adult. I'm not tring to upset anybody, but its true. The day I turned 18 I was still in high school, but moved out of my parents house *without their permission* and moved in with my boyfriend. Not long after that we got married and 6 months after getting married I became pregnant. Even though my parents begged me to move back home I didnt. I look back at it now and wish I would have listened. I got a divorce just this year *we were married a total of 2.5 years and have 1 child together* because of financial reasons I had to move back in with my parents along with my son. I guess what I am tring to say is if I had a daughter whom got pregnant BEFORE the age of 18 I wouldnt allow her to move out. She would finish school while the child would stay at home with me and her boyfriend could come visit. Once she would turn 18 the choice of where she would live would be up to her. I would hope she would stay living at home just because I would know the child would have everything he/she would need and would not need to struggle. You also really shouldnt think that far ahead of time. I mean what happens if your daughter would become pregnant next week. Ya know? Just take it one day at a time and see how things go and work out.
@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
10 Apr 09
Hi fatherblogger..That would be an ideal situation. However, at 18, they are old enough although we know not always mature enough, to make their own decisions. There are some teens that as generous as your offer is, would still refuse and want to live on their own. They need in this case to learn from their mistakes. We cannot protect as much as we would like to. The law also does not let us and kids today are very familiar with their right. I would say that every situation is different and needs to be handled differently, and can only be assessed if and when something like that should happen.
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
10 Apr 09
I lived in that situation only I was the pregnant daughter. I was only 16 and I moved in with my boyfriend. We are still together 20 years and three kids later. You really have no choice when the child is 18 though as they are considered an adult then.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
10 Apr 09
i am a single mom of four teen children, and i am sorry to say that i will let her go if this happens to one of my daugther. i am doing all the things i need to do for them to stay at school and to have a nright future, getting pregnant is not a good news to me. that is what she wants then that is what she will get. maybe i will be talking to the BF's family and to tell them that is my decision. actually, we talked about this already. i told my children ( i have 1 son and 3 daugtehrs) i told them if they did asomething like that OUT THEY GO. i dont deserve to be cheated. i know two of my daugthers has bf already but i always remind them to be responsible to their actions. i told them and alwasy remind them na mahirap ang buhay, they need to study first. i always remind them about it and i just hope and pray that they listen. so if this happens as i said OUT THEY GO. i will visit them and still love them but doing this to me and not finishing their studies is not what we talked about. this happened to my niece and her mom made the decision like yours. unfortunately my neice is pregnant again on her second baby. so that means they are really unstopable so why will i do that too. it is not easy to be a parent i can say mr fatherblogger and it is more hard to be a single parent.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
10 Apr 09
This is tough but if ever I am in this situation, and let's say my daughter is 18 or above, I will asked her and the bf if they are ready and if that is really what they want, and if the answer is YEs then I may allow them at least they will understand better what kind of life is it! I will of course guide all the time and that will help them to be more responsible of their new roles in life!
@deedeehall (1144)
• United States
10 Apr 09
you know it is easy to say that the baby will stay with you but it really depends on what his family will be like and if they will allow that. i know that is a young age but they will rebel and do as they wish some times at that age. you may have to except that they may live togeather with the out come that it probabley will not work for them.but the important thing is that you be there with your support rather it works or does not just total support that you are always there.
@Jenniferp (210)
• United States
10 Apr 09
That is a hard situation... My niece recently became pregnant at 17 and wants to get married, in 11th grade, gasp! I am so sad that she has made this decision, but she seems really happy. Sometimes you have to make your own mistakes, or who knows, people do beat the odds. I think that if they are making babies, they can live together..to answer your question :)