Palin's daughter pregnant: ConfirmedFollow

Please reread the Pregnancy Pact at Gloucester High a few months ago: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

Not that it matters, but yes, some kids DO want to get pregnant. I'd say it's a deviation from the norm, and doubt it is the case here. But a lot of time people (and kids especially) just think "Oh, it couldn't happen to me!" Even the most learned people make stupid mistakes when it comes to sex, and when you're that young anyway the odds that you'll mess up and think "Just this once..." are even greater.

Sucks for the girl, though. IF she was raised in a family environment where abstinence-only was the rule, odds are she didn't use birth control, either for lack of knowledge or more realistically because she had that "it can't happen to me" attitude. And if your mom is the mayor, it's going to be a pain if you or your boyfriend hops down to the local pharmacy and buys some rubbers... especially in a small town. People will talk. News will get back to Mommy. Sparks will fly. If she was defiant enough to break the rules in the first place, then I doubt buying condoms or being on the pill was high up on the list. We'll never know unless some sleazy tabloids take a closer look, I guess.

I heard the principal got fired.

The "principal" is your "pal"!

Ahhh... 4th grade. I remembered you too late.

Age of consent applies to more than just sex. If the state you live in recognizes you as being able to consent, then you no longer need a guardian to speak for you. "Legal" adult is exactly what that makes you.

Now you may believe that they aren't a "real" adult because at 16/17 they are somehow less able than at 18, that's another story. But "Legal" is the term used here.




Easy, their children decided not to get pregnant as teenagers.




They didn't do anything, their children did. How is that hard to understand?




Maybe if through some incestuous relationship, the politician was the one who impregnated the child, then ya, you ****** up (big time...). Otherwise, the parent is not the reason the kid got knocked up.

Age of consent applies to more than just sex. If the state you live in recognizes you as being able to consent, then you no longer need a guardian to speak for you. "Legal" adult is exactly what that makes you.

Wrong.


Now you may believe that they aren't a "real" adult because at 16/17 they are somehow less able than at 18, that's another story. But "Legal" is the term used here.

Yes. Tell me, what other things can a 17 year old "legally" do in Alaska that a 12 year old can't.

Here are a few easy ones:

Drive. See R rated movies. Work at McDonalds.

Here are few easy ones they can't do:

Vote. Smoke. Drink. MARRY WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. LEAVE HOME WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.

See if you can come up with some others.


Maybe if through some incestuous relationship, the politician was the one who impregnated the child, then ya, you @#%^ed up (big time...). Otherwise, the parent is not the reason the kid got knocked up.

You're a fucking idiot. We're done. Enjoy interacting with the other posters, good luck to you.

I can guess in the case of the Carters...

Where the fault lies is moot, the fact is the conservative Republican VP candidate has a teen-aged daughter who managed to get herself preggers. That will not go over well with the right-wing voter base, and only makes the Republican ticket weaker. Though McCain's people claim this tidbit was known before the announcement of the candidate, I have a hard time believing that is true. It's risky enough picking a relatively unknown female running mate, without having these sorts of skeletons popping out of the closet in the first week. Maybe that's just me.

I must applaud Obama's statement on it all though, basically saying that attacking the candidate's families is unacceptable, and telling the media to back off it.

Oh, and as to Bristol's hittableness... I'd tap it. She's a cutie.

Edited, Sep 1st 2008 5:57pm by Kakar

Maybe my terminology is wrong, probably thinking of age of majority. But just 8 years ago my aunt ran away from home at the age of 17. The police were called, and they knew where she was. The police refused to get her. They told my mother (her older sister) that she was 17, and therefor an adult that could move out if she wanted to.

I don't see how they could treat her as an adult when she was 17, not 18.

In some states, like in Massachusetts, for certain purposes, you are considered an adult in the eyes of the law at 17, but it's not global.

Juno, Alaska.

Heheh, I crack myself up.

Totem

The difference between age of majority and a legal adult is subtle. Age of majority (17 in a lot of states) is the age you are considered an adult in terms of making your own decisions (marriage, residence, etc...). However, being a legal adult (18) is what grants you the right to vote, enlist, etc...


Both are 18 in Alaska. Not that subtle.