Whoa! What a lot of expectations from the parents ...😲
C' mon now! Human beings who become parents aren't that much older than these blundering teenagers and cant be expected to magically transform into responsible super human beings the moment they become parents. Most parents in India would be in their early twenties when this responsibility begins. Its just that with every successful handling of their parental ordeals they may get closer to such transformation :) We should also not forget that parents are "born" the same moment as their own baby. So couldn't be expected to have much experience of handling their own kid. Its not as if people are having half a dozen kids these days. After sex education a parenting education perhaps...for those who consciously choose to be parents? With or without parenting education , those who consciously chose to be parents seem to be doing a much better job than those who had it thrust on them. Its about time that society stops pushing them into reluctant roles else bear the inadvertent consequences.Not all parents make a choice of having their children. Some would be accidental by products. Some got married due to their parental or social pressure and parenthood got thrust on them. It may not always have been a conscious decision to have children.
Since they did not willingly make a commitment that absolve them of their parental responsibilities...per your last statement.
@ red-what goes comes around ;) Society is in some way responsible for the ills that befall it and so have to pay for the delinquents.Even if the pregnancy was an accident, there is a conscious choice to go through with it. Secondly, there is a conscious choice to have unprotected sex if not planning for a baby. If a parent delivers a child then I count that as implicit commitment to raise a child unless they give it up for adoption. Whomsoever adopts a child or plans a pregnancy as direct commitment to raise a child.
Poor parenting is responsible for a lot of issues we face today. Children are either coddled and sheltered to grow up out of touch with reality and unable to discern fact from fiction or think on their own. Or they are ignored left to nannies, video games, television without any care or attention given to how they grow.
I'm all for a social shift. Parenting is not for everyone and it is high time society accepted that. But it is high time we also emphasized that parenting is a huge responsibility not to be taken lightly. Not ready. Don't do it. The world won't be worse off with a few less children.
Even if the pregnancy was an accident, there is a conscious choice to go through with it. Secondly, there is a conscious choice to have unprotected sex if not planning for a baby. If a parent delivers a child then I count that as implicit commitment to raise a child unless they give it up for adoption. Whomsoever adopts a child or plans a pregnancy as direct commitment to raise a child.
Because the parents made a conscious choice to have a child. I think it is the primary responsibility of the parents to ensure that their children have a good upbringing and make wise choices. If the child is underage and got pregnant one or more of the following situations took place
1) The parents were not aware of the child's activities
2) The parents did not have the child engaged enough
3) The parents were not very involved with the child's life
4) The parents did not have a talk to the child about sex and responsibility
I don't know how it works in India but in most countries the welfare system supports teen moms, orphaned/abandoned children, teenage delinquents etc. The welfare system is in turn funded by tax dollars of responsible tax paying citizens. Sometimes it is a vicious cycle of bad parenting begetting bad parenting. I don't like the idea of my hard earned money funding irresponsible losers. Either take care of your offspring and all their issues or don't have one. Do not burden the system with your incompetency.
If the child is an adult then the parents don't need to bother. But as long as the child is the parents responsibility, I think parents ought to deal with it. Don't want to deal with pregnancy, get an abortion - teenagers shouldnt be moms anyway.
