Keep Your Pants Buttoned

You read in the news papers everyday about all of these teenagers having babys. 15, 16, and 17 years old having baby's of their own.

I was at the Health Department the other day for my annual womanly thing and I was sitting in the waiting room looking around. Almost all of the women there were the same age as I was or younger and was either pregnant or already had a child. I started talking to some of the nurses and some of the patients there. Here is what some of them said. They all wished to remain anonymous.

Patient 17 years old:
"I wish that my mother had been a little harder on me. I now have a one year old who I love very much. But looking back now I know I would have done things a lot differently. ... I had to grow up very fast and learn the responsibility of motherhood really fast. I had the rest of my childhood taken away from me because one guy said that he loved me. Now, the baby is here and he is not. ... My advice to every teenager is to listen to your parents and if you have questions about sex or sexual activities never be afraid to go to your parents because in the end they are all you have."

Nurse 47 years old"
"We have all ages of females coming in all the time worried about being pregnant. The age ranges from 13 to whenever women stop having childeren. ...When we have a young female come in it is harder on them than someone who has already had a child. We try to show them as much support as possible. Normally if someone comes in under the age of 20 years old they are frantick. They have no idea what they are in for. ... It seems like everyday we get more and more younger patients in here for pregnancy. It really saddens me because when I was growing you didn't have young unmarried girls having children. ... I think that the parents of these young ladies should start being harder on these teenagers. Instead of letting them go to that party on the weekend make them stay home."


Well... there you have it. Some very good advice from two totally different people. One may be a little wiser than the other but they gave very good advice.

My advice to everyone out there unless you want to end up like the 17 year old young lady I met. Take my advice and use it. KEEP YOUR PANTS BUTTONED!!