WWYD if your teenager was going to be a parent? EDIT

[Anonymous]

I hear a lot about "If my teenage daughter was...blah, blah, blah"

but what about your teenage SON?

What would you do? Honestly. Do you think you would encourage him to parent, force him into a marriage, be relieved that he's not a girl or deny, deny, deny?

And just for refernece, what about your daughter?

(say we're talking 15-17 for both)

EDIT: 

How about a moral twist. What if the mother wanted an abortion but your son (the father) was against it and wanted to parent. Does the father have a say in this situation? Or is it only the mom because it's her body?

What if he wanted to adopt and be the full parent (mom would be totally out of the picture)?

[anyotherday]

Too much to type on mobile. But his ass would be responsible at least financially. Im not raising a deadbeat

[Canvas_says]

Thank god I don't have boys, bump for ya

[mommasaint]

I guess I would be a grandma if he was a parent. I would encourage him to get a job to support the child and to co-parent with the girl as much as possible. Depending on age I might encourage marriage or I might discourage it. To many variables to really know......

[zildjans_mom]

This! But it wouldn't be just financial support he would be doing half of everything like it or not

Quoting anyotherday:

Too much to type on mobile. But his ass would be responsible at least financially. Im not raising a deadbeat

[thehickinhickor]

No getting married because of a baby is not smart to me. so i would not force him..i would support whatever him and the girl wanted to do if she was not ready but he was i would support him in doing that. i would not support him just walking away.

[Mommy2AlexAraya]

If my son got a girl pregnant he would stand up and parent that child. He knows what it feels like to have your dad run out on you and I honestly don't believe he would want to do that to his own child. We have already had many talks about it and he knows how I feel.

[firemouse23]

I would highly encourage him to parent...I would never ever force or attempt to force marriage on anyone.  I would encourage him to also have a DNA test done before anything was written down or set in stone.  Too many girls out there sleeping with too many boys.  A girl always knows which kid is hers...a guy doesn't do much beyond the poking fun part and to take her word for it would be ignorant.  I would hope that I had done my job properly as  a parent in teaching my son to do the right thing.  

Thankfully...my son was never in this situation.  He was married happily before they had my grandson...and now they have my granddaughter also.

[maria1613]

ditto . bump

Quoting Canvas_says:

Thank god I don't have boys, bump for ya

[bowribbonmama]

Encourage him and the potential mother to make the best choice for them and support that choice.
He would be responsible for the child if they kept it.

[chi_moma]

He would get a part time job, sve up money for all those lovely baby expenses. Go with the new mom to parenting/child birth classes. He would be part of the child's life AND the girl he knocked up even if they chose to not stay together.

That, and I'd be a grandma! A supportive one too.