4 Bumps

Your teen son gets a girl pregnant

What do you do?
Do you wait until the child is born and demand a paternity test?
Do you insist on marriage?
Help pay CS while keeping son at home so he can finish high school and go onto college?
Tell him, "Sucks to be you kid, drop out and get a job".




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feralxat

Asked by feralxat at 9:28 AM on Jul. 13, 2012 in Parenting Debate

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  • The test if the girl is one of those kind of girls.
    No marriage. They are teens they do not know what love is. Yes i meet my DH at 14 and thought i love this boy i will be with him for ever but we did not marry untill we was 20.
    Yes help as much as he can but stay in shcool. The world does not need more drop outs. It will help him in the long run to get better jobs.
    jthough407

    Answer by jthough407 at 7:13 AM on Aug. 7, 2012

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  • I wouldn't push for marriage. Does the girl want to keep the baby . too many things to ask and do as a mom...
    GlitteribonMom

    Answer by GlitteribonMom at 7:49 PM on Jul. 20, 2012

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  • I would expect a paternity test. I would want the baby to be with him, aka me for fifty percent of the time, as long as breastfeeding didn't prevent it. Having 50% usually means no c.s. I would want to keep him from getting financially endebted to her. It's a child, not a paycheck, and I would be sure my son and our family would do half the work.
    AmaliaD

    Answer by AmaliaD at 1:33 PM on Jul. 19, 2012

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  • You can certainly ask but you most likely will have to pay for it. Also, there would have to be a lot more information about the circumstances. But bottom line he would have to accept responsibility for not having protected sex.

    booklover545

    Answer by booklover545 at 7:35 PM on Jul. 17, 2012

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  • if he admits he slept with the girl and it could be his, he will be required to work and go to school using half of his wages at least to buy baby goods for the coming child. once born, dna test and paternity declared, child support put in place and he will be expected to finish school and work to support his child.
    Starburst72

    Answer by Starburst72 at 6:52 AM on Jul. 17, 2012

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  • My personal opinion of parenting is: go all in or not at all. I very much don't want my son to be a part time father. so he needs to make a choice before that baby is born. Are you a dad or not. based on his maturity level and who the girl is, I would choose how I would encourage him to decide. If he wants to be a dad, that means staying in town and going to community college and not going away to school. That means giving up extra-cirriculars to work to support the baby and take care of him/her. It is a big responsibility. whatever he decides, I expect him to follow through on it.

    I would talk to both parents about adoption as a really good option. A closed adoption, i think would be best, but I would offer to raise baby, if they wanted to do that. if I did, I would be parent forever. No taking baby back in a few years.

    I would discourage marriage and only ask for a paternity test if it was not a commited relationship.
    zetajen

    Answer by zetajen at 11:54 AM on Jul. 16, 2012

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  • absolutely NOT marriage. No way.
    Demand a paternity test. Until that can be done or the pregnancy be proven not his-he must stay involved and do the responsible thing. If he didn't want to endure the pain of finding out its not his, then he shouldn't have been messing around without protecting himself.

    I would support him throughout the entire thing.
    sahmamax2

    Answer by sahmamax2 at 9:54 AM on Jul. 16, 2012

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  • i would make him do a DNA test if he was possible father
    i would not force him to marry or be invilved in childs life (woudl end up resenting girl and child)
    i would encourage him to do right by them finacially however, I would NOT pay his support for him- he needs to do that himself or deal with the outcome.

    if dna test says yes I would be a grandparent if the child was kept ( hope that is the case), I would do things finacially outside of the support father shoudl pay.

    luvmygrandbaby

    Answer by luvmygrandbaby at 12:31 AM on Jul. 16, 2012

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  • If it was some random girl, then I would demand an DNA. Otherwise he would be stepping up and taking care of his child, both finacially and emotionally. He would be an invovled dad. He will stay in school, get an education and a stable job so he can contiue supporting his child. I would babysit for school and work only.
    tyfry7496

    Answer by tyfry7496 at 9:39 PM on Jul. 15, 2012

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  • Paternity test, then discuss abortion options.

    If they are keeping the child, it is his and her financial responsibility, not mine.
    Mousuke

    Answer by Mousuke at 9:24 PM on Jul. 15, 2012

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