90 Teens Pregnant in One Memphis School

Who are you kidding? Boys will sleep with anything in skirts if she doesn't say no. Males do not have a decision tree in their genes. If it is available a teenage boy will say yes. Guaranteed.

it's sad morals are this way, just totally lacking. but look at who kids are viewing as role models - mom and dad aren't around or talking about important stuff like this, so they look to disney stars like miley cyrus or justin bieber. these "stars" aren't good examples. pick up a "seventeen" magazine - it's full of sex tips....think parents!....do you want your kid's knowing sex tips?!?!?!?! of course their curiosity will win out and they'll try what they learn. keep it family friendly - HTtp://Bit.Ly/9EihZ0 and talk with your kids.

to: Appalling.... I really have an issue with your comment. I understand that media has an impact on children, but you don't see Miley Cyrus pregnant and you don't see Justin Beiber advertising sex. Seventeen magazine is an awesome magazine for girls, but the title of the magazine is there for a reason it is for girls who are around the age of SEVENTEEN or OLDER, they also have a college column in the magazine as well, This magazine is not for girls under 14, I am a 17 year old who has been reading 17 magazine faithfully for the past few years and have never had an issue with the magazine. the magazine strongly suggests to make wise decisions and to abstain from sex to prevent issues like pregnancy and STDs. Please do your homework before you go all crazy and blame the media. A lot has to do with parents and how children are being raised. It is not strictly the media's fault, nor is it strictly a parent's fault, it is everything combined. As long as your child knows what's going on with his or her body and knows what is acceptable and what is not, there should be no issues. Obviously mistakes can happen and things like rape and incest can occur, but those occasions are rare and need to be handled legally and should not be blamed of the famale.

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So you admit that you're 17 and that that is the magazine's target audience for 17 and older, yet you've been reading it for years. You blew it right there admitting that. Your mind has already been altered by the media and what you've been reading and watching. And what Justine Biber and Miley Cyrus do is SELL SEX by the clothes, attitude, shows they're in and their lifestyles. They're selling it to the younger generation. You're foolish to think that the woman is never to blame int he case of incest or rape. The way you dress and act contributes to the possibility of you being raped. You can't advertise yourself and expect to not get the attention that goes with it. As a 17 year old, bothering to take time on a parenting site like this, says you've probably already been "sold".

Amen to that! Boys should be held responsable for learning too! IT IS NOT just the girl's responsability!

appalling...Your names suits you well. You are appalling and your views dangerous and ignorant. The media has been selling sex as long as the invention of the printed word. Look at Elvis, a very recent "sex-seller", as you like to call them.
But to claim that a rape or incest victim is to blame by the way they dress is so completely outrageous and disgusting, that I can't even respond. Rape and incest is not about the victim or the way they dress, it's about power and a deep rooted disregard for anyone but oneself.
Get a grip!

No we just see Miley smoking a bong...get real lady!

@appalling...you are disgusting. How dare you say that a woman can contribute to rape and incest by the way they dress. I guess you think that all women should walk around in Berka covered head to toe? That a short shirt or low top gives a man permission to do what he wants? If you had a nice, expensive car (although I seriously doubt that you do) and it was stolen then it would be your fault. After all you shouldn't have been out driving such a beautiful car. And how do you justify incest? Did that 5 year old wear pajamas that were too sexy? You make me vomit. A rapist chooses to rape and do violence. it is his fault and his fault only anyone that blames the victim should be locked up in the general population in a maximum security prison. Make sure not to do anything to look to good to the other inmates. Not that that will help much. I am sure you will gain a whole new perspective on the subject.

How about we stop glorifying it by making shows about it? I don't know about you, but I think that most kids are impressionable; and Hollywood making a hit television series about a pregnant fifteen year old isn't helping the no baby policy.

Cqdeed...I hope you don´t have sons, brothers, or a husband. What a sad message to our boys that we don´t think they are capable of making responsible choices. Of course if we don´t expect it of them, and never teach them, they never will. I know plenty of men that were raised to think about their actions too, and they do, more than some women I know.

For those of you that didn't see my post before it was removed - I said, it's a southern/cultural/black thing. Okay to have children in HS because we are now entering the 4th (count em) 4th generation of black americans who have never worked. Don't need an education because you got 1. welfare; 2. SSI disability; 3; section 8 housing; 4. medical assistance - state; 5; medicare/medicaid - federal; 6. food stamps and if all else fails - THE PRISON SYSTEM.

It's exactly the same where I live, but the welfare sluts are *white* - and there are 3 and 4 generations of them. Just as you say they learn to work the system from their mothers, grandmothers, and peers.

The solution is to simply take their babies away from them - ALL of them - if they can't afford to care for them without public assistance, and give the children to families who can afford them. Once the message gets out that that's what will happen, the pregnancies and the parasitism will stop - overnight - as if by magic.

Not all the wlefare " sluts" are black. Here they come in all colours. I know a woman hose mother was mad at her for going to college and getting a life. the womangot married and moved in with her husband and the mom was going to lose her government housing because she refused to just have kids and be on welfare and live with her like her sisters did. This woman's grandmother was on welfare. as soon as the government started providing it her family was on it.
I know a woman who is became a grandmother at 32 and at 48 is now a great gandmother! All of them are on welfare. I know families where of the 9 kids raised on welfare 2 have jobs. It isn't just a southern black cultural thing it is a problem here in Canada too, it is an issue in the UK as well. Where ever there is welfare there is this issue.

There are many people who work the system and its a shame because there are also those who really need it and can't get it. I am a single mother to a 3 year old son. I work a full time job as a case manager at a recovery home. After paying all of my monthly bills, which doesn't inclued cable because I can't afford it, I have only $100.00 left which goes to gas. I'm paying rent, electric, car insurance, day care, gas heat, phone, and college loans. I've tried to get food stamps, but because I make so much money I only get $80.00 a month which doesn't buy a lot of food. I make too much money to get daycare vouchers. I might be able to get some help with housing but the waiting list is like 8 years because of all the lazy people who don't want to work and get to live for free as long as they keep having babies. I am really struggling and there is no help for me because I choose to work.

ur mental,race has nothing to do with ,those girls getting pregnant
just shows how much u know,u r just mental

Of course it has to do with race, because race is related to poverty, and poverty is related to education, and amount of education is related to number of children overall, and particularly at a young age. This isn´t to say it is related to race because black girls are just looking for a welfare check, but rather let´s start funding these schools well, and actually give them REAL opportunities for other options, better options.