DD (17) says she has “baby fever”
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Anonymous
| She says she wants a baby. Advice? |
Anonymous
| Let her babysit a colicky child. |
Anonymous
| Yep. Let her take on a job as weekend nanny for the entire school year and bonus - have her overnight babysit for a week while the parents are away. |
Anonymous
Or show her a video of an actual birth. That should do the trick. |
Anonymous
| She really wants a puppy. She figures that if she says she wants a baby, you’ll easily let her have a puppy. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Who gets a kid a puppy one year before they head to college? The dog won't even be fully trained when she leaves. |
Anonymous
No one does. That’s why the 17 year old is saying she wants a baby. She figures her parent will go against reason and get a puppy to shut down this baby talk. How is this twisted reasoning not clear to you? Ask for something crazy and overboard to get the “less crazy” thing. |
Anonymous
| Lol yikes. Show her a breakdown of costs for a child for 18 years |
Anonymous
This is terrible advice. That won’t make any impact at all. |
Anonymous
Yes! I was pregnant already when I watched a birth video and desperately wanted to get out of my situation. 
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Anonymous
| Is she serious or passing? It was passing for me. I went into education. Been teaching for over a decade, haven’t given birth yet, still love tiny humans. |
Anonymous
| OP here. I am seriously concerned about this. |
Anonymous
Why? Who is she hanging out with - are there a lot of teen pregnancies in your neighborhood/community? Is she dating? Do you know him? |
Anonymous
OP here. No teen pregnancies in our community (at least not publicly or at school). She is not dating that I know of. |