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[quote=Anonymous]Above poster is correct. 
I'll give an example: I have a friend who is Mexican. Her sister got pregnant at 20 and just had the baby. She moved in with the father and his parents in a small apartment. The grandma watches the baby while the two 20 year olds attend trade school. 
My friend also got pregnant early. Her mother and MIL gave them a ton of support when they had an infant. Now they are married and the husband owns two successful businesses.
I told her that if I had gotten pregnant at 20, my mother and boyfriends mother both would have encouraged ending the pregnancy. They would NOT have offered us to move in with them and they certainly would not have offered full time babysitting. That would have been looked at as rewarding our failure. She thought that was such a strange cultural difference. A baby is always celebrated in her culture even if the circumstances aren't perfect.
Is it the end of the world for a woman to get pregnant young? With family help, no. When the couple is left to sink or swim, yes.[/quote]

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