Should Teenage Girls Be Given A Baby Simulator For Real Life Experience?

yeah...i remember this also.

it really did the trick...because if it fell you failed.

so you had to be careful with it.

i remember everyone decorating the eggs...i used a marker and gave them mouths and hair lol.

i actually dropped mine.

but the point of the lesson was that you had to be careful with it, and we all tried.

so in the end...it was a rewarding expirience.

 

i'm not completely against it but i'm just unsure of it, it doesn't seem to be something that plants bad thoughts or anything so i GUESS it could be suitable.

oh yea, i saw that show! that's a good show, i liked it because the teens got a smack of reality.

 

I think they should be given to girls between the ages of 14-16 because there are girls that are my age and pregnant.
But yea, they really help with knowing how to handle motherhood and taking care of a baby.

 

But this could push them the other way, towards abortion. Do we really want more of that?

 

I think the egg assignment that a few other members explained is a much better idea than a plastic baby that cries every three hours >>;

I don't think I could stand that thing.

Also, I agree with the members that said it's like they expect us to have underage sex. I think these things are ridiculous; well, at least we should have a choice about these assignments. And, 13 is way too young of an age to do anything like this, 16 or 17 would be better.

But honestly, I think the whole thing is a stupid idea.

@ Pika_Power - How would this push them towards abortion?

 

Yes.


But the snotty girls will likely return it or throw it in the trash :P

 

Uhhhh, that's the point. An egg doesn't simulate how terribly obnoxious and needy an actual child can be, anyone can ignore an egg with a face drawn on it, it's harder to ignore something that simulates that babies cry constantly and you get absolutely no sleep when you have one.

Also, I think the program should be done around 14-15, because frankly nowadays 17-18 is way too late, even one of the nicest most innocent girls I knew just barely made it to 17 without having sex, most girls hardly make it that long and are already having sex and potentially getting pregnant by 15. So, to be effective something like this needs to be implemented before any of that happens, as a deterrence.

 

Thats a good point but at the same time some teens seem to think of children as something to show off.There was some girls in a school in america who made a pact to all get pregnnant and they got pregnant by doing it with strangers and ho bo's.
I once saw this in a hospital where a teen was complaining about the fact that she wanted to have a baby even though the nurse tried to talk her out of it.The Nurse asked "Why do you want a baby!!!!" and she replied, and i thought that she was some b*tch for this "I dunno,all my friends have 'em" i mean WTF was she thinking!!!

 

Well by my logic, they want to keep having sex, but due to the plastic kids, don't want children. Sure, sure. More protection is used, but when they do get pregnant, the clinic is the only place they will go.

 

Uhh, why are we singling this out as it only happens in "schools in America"? Teen pregnancy is actually a much more prominent issue in the UK at the moment then it is in the United States.

 

Teenage pregnancy is an issue that is all around in European countries as well as America. I agree with TheMuffinMan on that.

I do think also that at 15-16 is a good age for both males and females to learn and experience it. I don't really feel at that age it promotes having sex and can even in some ways discourage having unprotected sex because a baby doll crying every few hours is enough to make most people want to not deal with babies until they are ready.

I do feel though that young teens should have experience with baby care to some degree, both males and females. I learned from my family since I was the oldest and often had to babysit, which in the end I took a CPR/First Aid class as well and helped watch troubled kids in a rough neighborhood who had not so stable lives. I do think if teens understood more of the responsibility of child care they would not be so likely to be foolish and well, if they did have kids, at least they might know more on caring for them. The dolls though are something that could wait till 15-16 though in say 9th grade. Though there are girls that get pregnant sooner, I think for those ages they need more guidance towards trying to get them to practice safe sex if that's what they are going to do rather than focusing on newborn care.

 

I heard it on the news and forget which state so i just said it in general.I agree with you there about UK.the teen i talked about above wanting a baby just because her friends had one, i was in a hospital in london to visit my aunt.

 

i live in australia... not america love. its not much of a big deal here as it is in those to countries but its still out there

 

I was quoting Daxma, so I don't quite see why you think I was addressing you.

 

i personally think it's a win-win situation. i mean, even if the teens learn to like taking care of the baby, it might be a good thing. i'm not sure if it promotes sexual behavior. i'm not entirely against teen pregnancy, i just not a fan of it cuz it's harder to care for the baby when the parents are that young (don't take that as an over-generalization please) but if they can deal with it at that age i really don't see the problem. so i guess this think should be given. but i still don't think it feels right for middle schoolers, i'm not sure why but it doesn't seem appropriate.

 

Having an exercise like this would prove quite useful in the long run, nothing says a lesson learned like simulating it post-action. They could also use Giga-Pets (I think that's their name) for basic programming if the crying isn't enough (cleaning up, health care and food too!). The doll should also be given to both boys and girls to be fair, after all it takes two for a baby.

As for Pika_Power's statement, I believe the motivation to use more protection and safety (or even abstaining) is that the protection is cheaper than the abortion process, among other factors that vary according to individual's preferences (comfort, safety, etc.).

 

Giga-pets or something like that would probably be a good idea if they made something specific to the purpose of this. I do agree both genders should do the caring thing because I don't feel it promotes sex as much as people think. Instead it promotes natural parental care instincts to be awakened and to hone adolescents for learning benevolence and tolerance etc. Children actually play 'mom and dad' when they are little and part of growing up really is to play, for both humans and animals. I think people are way too worried that being given a doll promotes the desire to have sex and make a baby. Instead I think it promotes understanding and maybe there wouldn't be so many abusive parents or parents that just fail all around and neglect kids etc if a bit more attention were guided in this direction.

 

that's true people should be given gig-pets [ or whatever ] for more of an experience, though it may be hard to handle [ i had to put up with a baby that cried and you had to stick a key in it's back to shut it up NICE PARENTING ], i also agree with the doll bit, i made my own dolls when i was little [ i couldn't actually imagine a person there that wasn't ] and I'm not jumping into bed with anyone yet. When your little you love the dolls but then they get thrown away like any old toy so were not likely to have a baby for childhood reasons

 

I think both males and females from ages 15 and up should be given baby simulators.
The teenage pregnancy rate is just ridiculous. Teens are just popping out babies without think about the consequences. Maybe if we gave them a piece of reality on what it's like actually HAVING a kid, they'd start waiting for after marriage to think about children.