agreed whole heartedly
Yup agreed.

An ex g/f of mine got pregnant (not mine!) at the mere age of 17. Which was far too young. Sodded her life up really. Tho she has a lovely boy now who happens to be my godson. I might post that whole story later. But then her mate also 17 got preggers. Then her other mate decided she wanted to get preggers at 17 because it was the "in thing" and so duly did.

She now also has a child whom shes on the verge of loosing because she cant cope with him and is doing everything wrong.. Like keeping the baby up during the day in the hope that he'll sleep through the night. Yes at 4 weeks old!!!! She also gave him chocolate at 6 weeks old! ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! And thats all i've witness from 2000 miles away (where i now live) im sure theres even more horror stories than that!

Not only that, with it being a process to be able to have kids - such as adoption and those that need IVF. There will be far fewer accidental births. It will help with the population explosion and ensure that the right people have children. Not 17 year old chavettes coz they think its cool and want a council house.

It seems silly where in order to smoke or drink you have to be a certain age. Yet theres no law on when youre allowed to have children. The only barrier on that is a physical one. Which in some cases can be quite young indeed. The responsibilty of a child is far far greater than alcohol or cigarettes. Yes the law is f*cked up.
(Miggyman, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 11:34, Reply)