Originally Posted by lakersmets49ers
i was 16 when i got the news, two days before my 17th birthday to be exact. at first i was mad like i don't want no damn kid, i was a senior in high school wanting to enjoy all the senior activites but in the back of my mind i was like damn i got a baby on the way and i got no job, i gotta make money. around the time my son was born i had a job plus was making money on the side and was going to college so all that wasn't a real issue. the only real issue for me is that since my son lives with me i haven't been able to travel as much as i used to or go to college out of state like i had orginally intended. also due to having my son with me almost all the time i took a few years off from school so i could focus on taking care of him, i really didn't go out as much as the normal person my age would during those early years also. my son is 6 now and my mom helps me take care of him now at times so i could go back to school full time and catch up on everything i let pass me by.
so yeah any future teenage parents, best thing i can say is, if your focused on being a real good parent then prepare to have your life altered in a real big way.