"She will, and she can find a man who knows her worth...."

Teen pregnancy, the epidemic that has taken the nation. As a teen myself, my entire Facebook timeline could be called "a single mothers lament". Pictures of their baby's, shots at the missing baby daddy, and complaints about how they miss "fun" and "friends". It's very hard for me to sympathize with them, or anyone who knew what they were getting into when something happened. If you want to walk across a tightrope with no harnest like that awesome guy yesterday on the discovery channel, go ahead! I won't stop you. But if you fall 700 ft. , I will not shed a tear for you. You knew that there is gravity, and that what you were doing isn't safe. Will I cry for your children? Your wife? Yes, because they didn't have a choice in the matter and are left to deal with the consequences of your choice.

Back to teen pregnancy. I have a public service announcemnt. It's 100% preventable. There are very few "tragedies" that are 100% preventable. It's not even worth calling a tragedy if there's an obvious way to keep it from happening. It's called, keeping your legs closed. Is sex fun? Probably. Is the person your with going to push you to do it? More then likely. Do you have to do it? No. No one can force you to do anything you don't want to.If they are is that really the kind of person you want to spend your time with and share your life with. So many people have unsafe sex knowing good and well that's how babies happen. You want to risk it? Go ahead, but don't expect someone to feel bad for you or pay for those diapers and bottles for you. Babies are a blessing. I'm a hypocrite, because I don't believe in abortion. This kind of goes back to my philosophy on, I don't feel bad for you if you knew what you were getting in to. If the government provides you with planned parenthood, free condoms, free birth control in bigger cities, and makes sure to teach every single one of you about abstinence and preventing pregnancy, then you have been fairly warned. You knew what you were getting into and the time has come to deal with you consequence. That's how you learn.

Even I know that ideally everyone learned from their mistake, but not everyone does. My own cousin started having children right after her teen years at like 20. She proceeded to have five children about a year apart after that. She is raising all five alone. After five, she stopped. That was all she could handle. She learned her lesson. Is over population a problem? Yes, but I personally believe the world has a way of taking care of these things. Not to be the worlds biggest downer, but there have been multiple amounts of mass killings of people in each generation. The wars, shootings, and such kind of take care of that problem on its own. It breaks my heart, and I wouldn't wish such terrible things on anyone, but..you have to see where i'm coming from. If it's 100% preventable, and we all know how it's preventable then is it really a tragedy or a choice? That's all I'm trying to say.

song of the day: A Woman's Worth by Alicia Keys (knowing your worth and having this kind of confidence can also help you prevent yourself from these sticky situations.)

Quote of the day : Smart girls open their minds, Easy girls open their legs, and foolish girls open their hearts.