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In reply to the discussion: "MY 12 year old is pregnant. FOR REAL."... [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)maybe it's time for that to change. Can you arrange for her to spend a few hours looking after a toddler with only peripheral adult supervision? Any cousins to babysit or could she volunteer at a day care or a shelter for a few days?
Or just sit her down for a marathon session of Supernanny. Or do a trial run for a while with a doll she has to watch, change, feed and work to support.
You keep saying she doesn't know this and she doesn't know that, but at 12 she should be able to understand what having a baby would mean in terms of work, "gross stuff", loss of free time, frustration of dealing with a screaming, irrational child, etc. When my aunt was 12 she was raising her five younger siblings basically on her own. As a result of the experience, she was nearly 43 before she chose to have one kid of her own.