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I am a pregnant minor. I have already decided that I’m keeping the baby. Under my states law, there’s no law that says a parent has to provide for their grandchild even if their child is a minor. The thing is, I don’t can’t work, go to school, and take care of a baby at the same time. I would just fail all my classes and not graduate. My boyfriend is a full time student so he can only work weekends while I stay home with the baby. His income is not enough. I really need my parents financial support until I graduate. There’s no way in hell I can manage to hold down a job in the middle of all this. When I told them I’m keeping the baby, my parents told me to start looking for a job before I start to show because then, employers wouldn’t hire me. Like I said before, it’s too hard for me to work while staying at home with the baby and going to school.
You can get your GED. I did when I was 16 years old and it's an easy test. Then you can get a job and focus on providing for your baby. If my minor child expected me to raise their child I'd laugh my head off. I've spent the last 17 years raising kids with 5 more years to go. I AM DONE
Well done putting your parents on the spot like that. Yes, to the extent they reasonably can, they should be helping their grandchild get through this very rocky start to his/her life -- whether they will is another story. It sounds like you shouldn't count on anything but bare minimal support from them.
Speaking of help from grandparents, where are the dad's parents in all this?
Best of luck to all involved, you'll all need plenty of it.
I don’t want to drop out of school and get my GED. A high school diploma looks better than a GED to colleges and I want to go to a university after high school. I don’t expect them to raise my kids. I just would prefer if they give me some type of loan that I can give them back in the future. I’m 15 and my boyfriend is 16. I can’t legally work. Yet.
My teens have no idea city data exists so I'm kind of side eyeing this... but if this is real, you can get your GED, go to community college and transfer to a 4 year university. Study for the GED while you're pregnant and you'll hopefully turn 16 by the time you have the baby so you can get a job.
The GED is no longer a easy test. It’s been updated to more accurately reflect a HS diploma. As young as you are giving the baby up for adoption would be best for both of you. After the baby is born getting on the pill is a good idea.
That’s an option. I just don’t like the idea of dropping out of school. I want to make this work without having to drop out
Soooo.... you don't want to have to make sacrifices for your baby but you'd like for your parents to do so? This is a lesson that's good to learn early on - being a parent is ALL ABOUT SACRIFICES. Your desire not to drop out of school may have to go on the chopping block.
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