Had a great experience with my mom this last week because she let me know how she was proud of me. You see my mom and me have gone through a lot this two past years being that my son affected both our lives dramatically all good and bad but I guess at the time the bad seemed to outweigh the good. WE both delt with more stress, no sleep, no energy, and many more obstacles since we were so packed with our individual responsibilities along with my sons! Which is why my mothers and I relationship has not been all that great, I think we were so feed up that we just took it out on each other! Having a child now was not at all the best idea being that I am young in school his father’s away and my mom is a full time working woman still raising my brother, sister, and me! Despite that being a FACT she let me know that she has since a great change in the person I am even with all the criticism I have taken I still managed not to be just a typical “TEEN PARENT”. Even with that I still feel like if I would have waited a lot longer to have a child my mother would be more relaxed and level headed with me, even myself I mean I love my child with all my heart but much of what I wish to have done cannot be done anymore. Like moving away to college to experience a new place or getting my dream apartment with my sister just some things like that I mean being a parent took my youth away, something no adolescent should take for granted because they might not see it but all in one moment of lust and excitement it can all be taken away!!! Although knowing that my mom is proud of the mother I have become I hope adolescents realize patience is key to living out once youth.

Great comic strip by Jerry Craft called “Teenage Pregnancy” I read it because my English teacher had us research different genres about our topics. So I came upon this comic strip and found it fascinating being that it seemed to realistic, starting with the fact that it has to do with adolescents and how immature they are because they seem to think that having a child is all fun and games! “News flash” it is not and I am speaking first hand with a bit of experience now being that my son can be a handful. The comic is well illustrated lots of detail in his drawings and his main character Yusuf who is sixteen is put through a life changing experience all with one full day with baby Kory. You see baby Kory’s mom is so drained from caring for baby Kory night and day that Yusuf’s mother decides to help her out but at the same chance uses the opportunity to teach her son Yusuf a lesson since he had been talking about having a baby around. As Kory’s mom sleeps on their couch Yusuf takes charge and does great for like an hour then realizes that Kory is a full time job, crying, feeding him, changing him, and playing with him! Yusuf was so drained out by the next morning that he admits to his mother that a child is too much of a responsibility for him, and that he was ready to wait a few more years before becoming a father. Despite the fact that it took Yusuf an actual interaction with a child for him to learn his lesson I still feel that may be one of the strongest ways that an adolescent would learn! Which is why I feel schools should do more to prevent teenage pregnancies; high schools should have a parenting course that informs them of disease caused from sexual intercourse, have mechanical babies programmed to cry, pee, and react to people that they can take home while it records their progress, and information about birth control and abstinence. If this was made mandatory I bet it would make a huge difference in the current rates of teenage pregnancy! If you all would like to see this comic strip on your own its on http://mamasboyz.com/comics/pregnancy.html.

Once again I got that look! That look of “WOW” is not she kinda young to be a mother, and is probably something that I will deal with for the rest of my life. But i also feel that people are wrong, rude, and should not judge before even getting to know someone first hand!!! Despite that I know to just shrug it of now, and due to that I encourage all adolescents to take the time to become parents. More so because raising a child is pricey and emotionally draining it is like never having a day off; ripping you of your youth. Many adolescents do not see all this they feel like it is a piece of cake something anyone can do, and yet again I disagree because I have learned first hand that no it takes hard work and discipline to raise a child. Especially me being a full time student I find less and less time to study because my son is now on his feet and is even more of a handle fool to take care of, regardless of how amazing I find my son I still would not want any adolescent to experience that just yet. I also feel that I am helping adolescents to see the truth of being a parent not just the beauty, and by doing so I know some will take all this into consideration and save a child from growing up in a house of struggle. What I mean by that is it has been shown that many adolescents who become teen parents dropout of high school in order to support their child, when in result do not understand that losing a high school diploma only leads to a lifetime of low income jobs. Therefore adolescents should not be blinded by love and sex and focus their energy on their future where later on after achieving a high school diploma, college degree, and even more then they will truly be ready to engage in a serious relationship and produce a child.

HI EVERYBODY! WELL I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING MY NAME IS SAMANTHA A. RAMIREZ I AM A FRESHMEN IN MY SECOND SEMESTER AT U.T.E.P AND I ENJOY EVERY SECOND OF IT! I AM MAJORING IN PRE-NURSING WHICH I PROMISE WILL SOON BECOME NURSING!!! SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF IS THAT I LOVE GOING OUT OF TOWN TO SPEND TIME WITH "MY MARINE" IN SAN DIEGO, AND TO ADD WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY NAMED "JORDAN ISAIAH DIAZ" WHO JUST TURNED ONE! I LOVE HIM WITH EVERYTHING BUT BEING A TEEN PARENT IS DIFFICULT! WHICH IS WHY MY BLOG TARGETS THE PREVENTION METHODS TO DIMINISH THE RISING NUMBER OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY THROUGHOUT AMERICA!
TEENAGE PREGNANCY HAS BEEN AN UPRISING ISSUE IN OUR NATION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND REGARDLESS OF THE STRUGGLES ONE GOES THROUGH TO BECOME A PARENT MANY ADOLESCENTS FEEL THEY ARE READY TO ENTER THIS CHAOTIC WORLD. IN REALITY ADOLESCENTS DO NOT SEE THE REALISTIC RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE VITAL TO RAISING AN INFANT ARE BLINDED SIDED BY LOVE, SEX, AND IMMATURITY. BY TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP ADOLESCENTS UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF WHAT BEING A WELL ROUNDED AND RESPONSIBLE PARENT IS CAN HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TEEN PARENTS, DROPOUTS, AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS!