Is it wrong for my parents to disown me if I were to get pregnant at a young age?

[xobeautyxoo]

I am 18 years old and I think I am ready to be pregnant because a lot of people I know are young moms and I still live with my parents. I grew up in a Catholic family and my parents told me if I were to get pregnant right now or before I got married they wouldn't support me and kick me out! This makes me upset because I really want to become pregnant now and every other normal parent would support them if they were to get pregnant but instead, my parents would do the opposite. Do you think it is wrong of my parents and family to disown me if I were to get pregnant?

[Smthn_Like_Olivia]

You want to get pregnant because you know a lot of young moms??

 

If you are still living with your parents and cannot financially support yourself and a baby, then NO, you are not ready to get pregnant. Children are not like a cell phone plan with a 2 year agreement. You are still a baby yourself. Take some time to grow up, get educated, build a career, date a nice man, get married, and THEN think about becoming a mother.

 

To answer your question, would they be wrong to disown you? Yes. Be severely disappointed in your decision? No.

[d0nnivain]

Do not get pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

If you can't raise a baby solely on your own: you pay rent, you pay medical bills, you pay groceries, & child care, & diapers & all the other things that add up to the practically $200,000 it costs to raise a kid to 18 in the US, DO NOT INTENTIONALLY get pregnant. It's irresponsible.

 

Not it's not morally right for your parents to disown you but it's also morally wrong for you to do this on a whim.

 

You yourself are still a child. Finish your education & build a proper foundation for your offspring.

[jellybean89]

You seem to have this fantasy view of what being a single mom is. You don't see the internal struggles, the financial worries and the endless anxiety.

 

Can you financially support yourself and a child? If so, then move out and get pregnant.

 

If you are wanting to live with mommy & daddy and have them care for, pay for and raise your child, then you are thinking like a teenager who has no ideas of responsibility and maturity.

 

Your comment of "every other normal parent would support them" just shows again the immaturity you have. In fact, your statement is inaccurate and juvenile. Do you not know the amount of poverty and homeless there are in the world?

 

Your parents have raised their family. They also have religious beliefs that you may disagree with, but they are entitled to their beliefs. No, they do not have to support you in your immature decision to get pregnant at 18. They have told you the consequences of getting pregnant young and I married...believe them.

 

I'm stunned and shocked that you would expect your parents to support this idea. It goes to show that the current generation is very selfish, self centered and not grounded in reality. It is yet another generation of "me, me me" and to heck with anyone else.

[CarrieT]

Do you think it is wrong of my parents and family to disown me if I were to get pregnant?

Nope, I don't think it is wrong at all.

 

You are delusional in your desires and they are trying to scare some sense into you.

[IttyBittyKitty]

I am 18 years old and I think I am ready to be pregnant because a lot of people I know are young moms and I still live with my parents. I grew up in a Catholic family and my parents told me if I were to get pregnant right now or before I got married they wouldn't support me and kick me out! This makes me upset because I really want to become pregnant now and every other normal parent would support them if they were to get pregnant but instead, my parents would do the opposite. Do you think it is wrong of my parents and family to disown me if I were to get pregnant?

 

So you want to have a baby and continue living at home so your parents can do the bulk of the work and you can just parade a cute little baby around whenever you feel like it?

 

I wouldn't blame your parents one bit for kicking you out if you got pregnant. If you're old enough to have a baby, you're old enough to take care of it, physically, emotionally, and financially.

[anika99]

I wouldn't disown my child for having an accidental pregnancy, but I might disown them for deliberately making a stupid choice and then expecting me to suffer the consequences of that choice, as in having to raise my dumb kid's baby because she is too immature to take responsibility for her own life, much less a baby's life.

[Eivuwan]

Why do you want this baby? Is it just so you can be like everyone else? If everyone else jumped off the bridge, would you follow? Raising a child is extremely hard and many wait until they are financially stable with a reliable partner before having one. You are still living with your parents, do you expect them to take care of your kid for you? Your child is your responsibility, not theirs. Don't you want a good future for your child? If you do, you should wait until you can actually support the kid before having one. You sound very immature, and I hope that you will not make any rash decisions.

[jonsnuh]

I've never been a parent, but once you do become one... I get the hunch that everything will revolve around that child's life and not yours.