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February 09, 2007
WHEN ATHLETES GET PREGNANT AND DON'T HAVE TO GET MARRIED.....THEN THEY SET THE STAGE
Listen to the talk show callers and all they have to say about the run-away teen pregnancies. The teens are having sex like it's going out of style....the by product being children. Used to be, these kids have adults to look up to. Adults that grew up doing the right thing, no matter what.
These days, the children have few people to look up to....movie stars certainly set no standards worth following. I thought for awhile, we might have had our very own famous athlete that the restless teens could emulate. Go out there and live your dream.....you can be anything you want to be....if you work hard enough, practice enough, etc. Have some shame for the baby that's that's to bless your love and have him/er born into a marriage blessed by God.
Then, he appears on t.v. with his girlfriend and talk matter-factly about the baby their going to have sometime down the road....with no talk of marriage.....like it's okay to shack up and impregnate a woman and it's cool. The interviewer was actually buying into the milestone. I love babies and believe that they're gifts from God, but I also think that with babies come great responsibilities. It takes a father and mother to raise that child. And most important....a famous athlete that wants the kids of the island to look up to him should do the right thing....right his mistake. He got his girlfriend pregnant. He should marry the girl. Don't aspire to achieve your dreams, but not be responsible for your actions....almost being hypocritical. Not marrying the mother of your child sends mixed signals to our children. What you're doing continues to glamourize unwed motherhood, no matter how old you are, it's still not right....no matter how old your girlfriend is.
Don't tell the children one thing and do the other.
You've lowered the standards and it's sad after all the endorsements and your hard work.
Posted by auntiecharo at February 9, 2007 12:58 AM
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