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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why does this 17 year old have 2 kids.[/b] That is an important question.

What is hang out? Go to a drinking party? Go to Chipotle? Help her with her kids?

You tell your kids to choose their friends wisely. That does not mean dump every friend that is making mistakes.

You tell your kid to be kind to everybody. That does not mean hanging out with friends that are toxic and make bad decisions, constantly.

You have not given enough information, but in general, it does not seem like this girl is making healthy decision, so NO I would not. [/quote]

Because she got pregnant at least twice and chose to remain pregnant, give birth, and keep the baby both times?[/quote]

I'll admit that I'm a little confused too about how a girl who got pregnant at 14/15 and again at 16 (with a baby to care for already), is managing to hold down a job and find time and money for jaunts to the beach and around town. The babies don't exactly scream "great home life and personal planning skills," but the ample child care, spending money, car, and free time suggest otherwise. Maybe teen dad keeps the kid all day, who knows?

Some part of this story is missing. Is this girl part of some religion or culture that marries girls very young, and so her family is all on board and helping her care for her kids, buying her a car, housing her, etc.? Or what?

This is not a 30-something professional single mom. This is a (not even very old) teen. I'd want to know more, too, about what is a strange situation, at least among people I know. Would I stop her from being friends? No. But I wouldn't encourage it, and I would actively discourage her from becoming part of this girl's support network until I knew her and her story a lot better.[/quote]

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