By Anonymous - 16/05/2015 00:50 - United States

Today, my 14-year-old daughter told me she's pregnant and plans on dropping out of school to live a life on the road with her boyfriend. FML
I agree, your life sucks 44 233
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Same thing different taste

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Time for some strict parenting! This is your chance to set her on the right path, to define the rest of her life :)

At least there's a spot for her on MTV.

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Time for some strict parenting? Time for that is long gone

If your 14 year old daughter is pregnant it's mostly your fault

ranger2867 16

This is by far one of the worse things a parent could hear

Literally a parents worst stereotypical nightmare.

PANDORUM89 21
MnM0609 22

Okay. First, take her to the doctor and make SURE she's pregnant. Then, if she is, make sure she knows exactly what's going to happen. If she isn't, keep a good eye on her so it doesn't happen! She may just think she's pregnant. Could be a scare, or maybe she didn't even have sex. The things that go through kids' minds these days if they aren't properly educated on what it takes to get pregnant she may not have known he had to finish in her, let alone have intercourse. I've read about kids who get fingered getting scared. Who knows. But I would start with the doctor's because that's the best place to go first. Good luck. Let's hope she's faking for attention or didn't have sex. :(

Tell her than until she's 21, she can't go anywhere, and that her child has to live with the disgrace of having a teenage mom, and that she almost made both herself and her child live in poverty, and now lets talk about her future deadbeat husband. No doubt he'll leave the first chance he gets, and the daughter will defend him until it's too late, it happens too many times, make sure she is never left alone and i'd make sure the boyfriend never sees her and tell his parents, and show them her tests and everything, if they are understanding they'll set them apart, she'll be mad at you but it's better than having the scenario you described actually happen, if I were there I would do everything in my power to help you in this situation and the next.

The best that can be done if she really is pregnant now is probably talk it through with her and her boyfriend (and his parents) and make them really understand why that's a bad idea and if they really want to do that to wait at least until she's had her child and they have some proper savings, and explain why they should wait until they've both graduated high school since they'll need at least that for most jobs and they own that much to their child. In the best scenario, she'll come to understand the situation better by herself with time. It's hard, but being supportive and actually calmly talking it through will probably work a lot better on her than getting angry and trying to forbid and force her. If she feels she's been pushed away, she might just leave with the boyfriend (she already managed to get pregnant behind your back) and then feel like she can't come back or ask for help later.