by Elizabeth Eagleton

Created on: July 01, 2008

Blaming the persons who are adults are the way to go in this "anything goes" society. School officials are the so called "responsible parties" in educating and setting a good example for children. Parents have this obligation as well. Isn't it odd that the media in particular displays all the incomprehensible acts on television for all to see...for example, polygamy...think about it...women who have many husbands and more than a dozen children. Gay marriage is also the rage forthcoming in the many states that accept this way of living. Young teenagers doing whatever they want and whenever they want all because parent's do not want their children to miss out on any important aspect of life itself. Parental influence is dwindling because children have many more freedoms today then in yesteryear. What happened to respect and love for the family dynamic? Has moral and ethical ideals changed so much that our children's world is bombarded with video games and computer technology? By the way, this concept is not the safest place for our teenagers to be anyway. If these ideologies are okay in the United States so why would a pack between teenagers be any different?

Teenagers think they know all about the world and no matter what parents try to instill into their minds, they will do what they want anyway. Obviously, the parents of these teenagers may or may not have had the birds and bees discussion. Maybe they did and the fixation of having a child thwarted their good judgement. Possibly these girls thought they were embarking on a new idea for all to follow. The reality of the situation is that now these girls will become parents and miss so many important milestones in their lives for example, proms, senior week, college, working, and many other steps in life that are now not available to these girls.

It would be interesting to find out the reasoning behind the girls decision making processes. Why did they think having a baby at such a young age was the best decision they could have made in their lives? I am sure the answers were not well designed and the realization of having a child will start to permeate their souls and then the mistake they have made will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

There is no way that the school officials should be blamed for these girls and their personal choices. Free will, choice, and uneducated decisions is what caused this problem to begin with. Now these girls will have to live with their bad choices and will look back at life thinking "why was I so gullible and utterly stupid to think this was my best choice in life"...and as always in life we make choices and we learn from those choices.

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