So assuming you've read my previous post about the family situation, we have a new bump in the road. A baby! That adds another hundred dollars to the monthly budget for prenatal vitamins and doctor visits. That cuts down on a lot of time for the six year old to be spent at the tutor's. Working a minimum wage job as an adult for 40 hours each, that puts a strain on anyone's physical and mental health. And not to mention the work that will have to be taken off for the baby to be born and then the one million dollars the child will cost throughout it's lifetime, well that's a whole different story because right now we have to concentrate on the monthly costs for right now.
And what do I say? I say, invest now that eight dollars for condoms instead of spending thousands on a new life. Honestly. I know that sounds rude but just think about it. How could you afford another child when you can barely afford the two you have now? Children are a blessing and a curse. Getting pregnant should be a happy time when two people feel even closer than they ever have and their relationship is taken to the next level (sometimes never being the same as it was before). And that's what's wrong with teenagers getting pregnant these days. For one, they don't know how to be suitable parents. Heck, I even think about it right now and I would probably go insane. Literally. I don't know how anyone can do it and I give props to the girls who do it but just think about the issues they will have later on? Trying to be a kid and raise a kid? It doesn't work that way. And for two, the teenage years are about finding out your place in the world and in society and if you can't do that properly without a child to also raise, how will you ever be stable enough to live on your own? Now, yes, there are girls who do it and make it through but it is definitely not without struggle along the way.
Now that I have gotten off of topic, back to this family. If this was a real life situation, I don't think they realize the hole they have really gotten themselves into. They're already living on bare minimum. There is so much that we aren't including into this monthly price. I mean what about furniture? Dishes? The small things like dish soap? Shampoo? Toothpaste? Everything adds up and what? Are these people supposed to just go to work, come home, go to bed constantly? No, I'm pretty sure they want to have a little fun every once in awhile. But its not possible now that they have another child... Part of it to me is irresponsibility on their part.
Also, I want to clear some things up. My biological father (I have a step dad who's married to my mom and a step mom who's married to my dad) did go to college at UW Stevens Point but because I haven't actually lived with him through probably the very critical few years since I was fifteen, he hasn't directly influenced me. He has always strongly suggested college, and I've always known its important, but he also supports in my idea to wait. I am a little worried that I won't go back but I would rather get out on my own and on my own feet before I try to even take on the struggle of college. I know that I have to pay for my own college and I understand the benefits of going to college so I'm mostly confident I will go back. That's why I got my grades up this year instead of just throwing away senior year like I did with my past three years of high school. Also, my mom WAS going to college to be a police officer but because of the dangers she dropped out after so long to be a mother. My step mom did go to college. My step dad did not but he has a good job and got it by going through an apprenticeship. So I mean I do have a perfectly fine family who stress going to college. But I do see how someone would not see the benefits by going.
So kids, stay safe and invest in condoms.
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