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Ran across an article today that blew my effing mind. Ayooo, is this the stupid children generation or what? I know, I know. . . you should never call a child stupid, but the nonsense in the news today is utterly ridiculous and disheartening! A group of teens at Gloucester high School in Gloucester Massachussetts made a pact to get pregnant. Over 17 young women, most under the age of 16 have gotten pregnant during this school year. The numbers were so startling that the school officials decided to investigate what was going on. What they found was that these young girls were getting pregnant on purpose. There is so much wrong with this situation that it is not even funny. 1) We have children playing with the lives and futures of these babies that they are about to bring into the world. 2) STD’s are spread through unprotected sex, it is logical to assume that if all these girls are getting pregnant that they are having unprotected sex with the same men within the same area of the school. The article states that one man is 24 years old and homeless and he is the father of one of these young girl’s babies. These young girls are literally searching for love in all the wrong places. It’s sad that they went to such lengths to gain attention. I am truly worried for the young women of the coming generation. In a world where youtube booty shaking and naked photos of young girls pop up everywhere on the internet I am concerned for their well being. I am concerned for the future mothers of our children. Ofcourse it would be preposterous to assume that ALL young girls are acting this way. But any time you see 17 young girls at one high school making pacts to get pregnant that should let you know that this is a growing problem. It would be a waste if I just ranted about these problems and said nothing in the way of solutions for such a problem. SO in closing, lemme dsay this... We need young women to mentor these young girls. We need young men to mentor our young sisters and present them with more respectful and favorable images of themselves. We need to enstill respect in these young ladies. Not only respect for themselves but respect for their peers and most importantly their own bodies. I pray for these 17 young children coming into this world, and I pray for these girls because the road to parenthood is not be easy by any stretch of the imagination. Now that we have watched these young ladies make these mistakes it is up to their parents, communities, churches and US to help support young women in such a situation and to prevent other young ladies from making similar mistakes. If you need me, speak2unique@Gmail.com. Talk to me. I talk back.