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The winter weather has hit the Pacific Northwest hard this week. Unfortunately due to the storm we have had to make a few alterations to our planned programs. Two of the scheduled shows -- grandparents parenting and people bereaved by suicide -- have been postponed to January.
Instead we will present a mix of special rebroadcasts and (hopefully) some other new programming. At this point the best thing to do is to check back often for updates. As the weather changes, so may our plans! If we can all make it to the studio to bring you live shows we certainly will do so.
For now, Tuesday: we'll take a listen back to our As We Are program with teen parents. Listen in (and of course please still post) as these youngsters talk about how pregnancy impacted their youth, and the years that followed. This show, by the way, is a little taste of what's to come next week: a week of special As We Are shows. Check back for more info in the next day or so.
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If you have sex & you don't use ANY kind of protection, it's a pretty good chance you'll get pregnant. What part of that is soo hard to understand?
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Bingo! Your reply is right on the money.
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I am so frustrated listening to the young ladies. The first young lady, the one that finished school etc. has at least made some lemonade out of her lemons by finishing school etc. Kudos to her. However, the other young lady is really angering. How are these young ladies supporting themselves and their babies? I imagine my tax dollars are supporting her poor decisions. I can be angry and lecture these girls because I too was pregnant at 19 and I exercised my option to have an abortion (twins). I did not want to burden anyone, including taxpayers and had no way to support myself and children. I continued on with life, finished college and have three amazing beautiful kids, who will probably not give me grandchildren until I am too old to enjoy them. I am also an adoptee and was the product of an adult pregnancy (my mom was 20). Good luck. You have made life much harder than it had to be.
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Addendum to my comments above. To the young lady who did not finish school and feels that she is a "stereotype": IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A STEREOTYPE THEN DON'T BE ONE! Make changes to beat the stereotypes; go to school; achieve a carreer; beat the statistics! It can be done. I finished a degree in chemistry with three kids all under the age of 5. If I can do it, anyone can.
JUST DO SOMETHING! Break the cycle not and don't pass your poor decision making onto your child. I work in a hosital and I am tired of seeing sick kids, with preventable illnesses and injuries that are born to young parents. You can be the like the other young lady and make somthing of yourself. -
Most (something like 80%) of pregnancies are unplanned. If people aren't subjected to too much negativity and a little support from society (I don't mean financial), then they can grow up and be good parents, especially if the father is supportive.
For many people, parenting is a wonderful life experience and a natural way to progress through life, much like other vocations, so if you look at it like it's your job, then it can be very positive.
I have many friends who have put their careers ahead of their children or opted out of parenthood completely, because of societal pressures. Now, in their 40's and 50's they are regretful.
It is never convenient to have a child or be a parent. But life isn't about convenience. -
Grace:
As a late forties non-parent whose only child died in an abortion, I really could not have said it better. Thanks. -
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