been spending too much time on the wrong side of instagram reels lately and I just gotta say something.
can we please start supporting pregnant teens more?
now I get what you're thinking, "Oh, we shouldn't normalize teen pregnancy" that's not what im saying. teen pregnancy fucking sucks and a child raising a child should never be normalized. what I'm saying is they should be supported, regardless of if they are going through with the pregnancy or not for whatever reason.
did you know that about 3 in 10 afab people will get pregnant at least once before age 20? or that 7 in 10 living in foster care have experienced a pregnancy?
the teens who get pregnant and live in supportive homes are extremely lucky, regardless of whether or not they go through with the pregnancy or decide to keep the baby.
many get kicked out, living in shelters or on the streets, or with family members other than their parents or in foster care.
it is extremely difficult to find homes for pregnant teens in foster care, and the foster care system sends them to teen living programs that are basically glorified shelters.
a child raising a child deserves all the support they can get, not being cast aside in some shitty group home that doesn't really care about them.
sincerely, someone who got pregnant at 15 and was sent to a "program" until they were 18.