Why don't we just worry about ourselves?

I know this is going to be a touchy subject for most, but there is a journal here for a reason, and im going to take advantage of it.

I see a lot of postings about how teens and kids are trying to get pregnant. Yes it's sad and it's uncalled for, and some of these kids' parents need a good slap in the face for a wake up call. But as I have said before there is always going to be different opinions on this subject, just like there are different reasons why these kids and teens are getting pregnant and having sex at such a young age. Wether we like it or not, our children will experiment with different things at different ages and stages of their lives. Teen girls and teen boys often experiment with sex at a young age in their own home, it's called masturbation. It's hard for us parents who actually care about our children's future to have a leash on them 24/7. I know I cannot be in school with my kids making sure they are hanging out with kids I approve of. It's also hard on parents who both have to work, and cannot be at home all the time with their children, and most daycares do not accept 15 or 16 yr olds. And are you going to have a 15 or 16 yr old babysit your 15 or 16 yr old child while your at work after they get home from school?...I don't think so. Even those parents who say, well my child goes to the boys and girls club after school....well guess what, They can get ahold of drugs at a place like that aswell, and they can also have sex in a place like that.

What about single moms? I know my step mom was a single parent for 16 years before meeting my father, and she had to raise 4 kids on her own. She couldn't stay home to make sure that her daughter(my step sister who infact just had a baby) wasn't throwing parties or drinking or having sex, infact she never thought her straight A daughter, Mormon at that, very athletic daughter was out having sex. And believe me this woman had one hell of a leash on her kids, and her daughter still got pregnant. She was on birthcontrol, but made the decision to stop taking it behind her moms back.

Im just sick of hearing people complain about this topic in all honesty. We sit here and complain that these parents need to get a hold of their children and do this and do that...why not just worry about yourself and your children, and stop worrying about others? Stop complaining about it because it's not going to change the world. The world isn't going to change because we are upset or mad, or disagree.

The fact is, there ARE kids out there having sex, there ARE parents out there who could careless about it aswell. It's not ever going to change, no matter how mad we get about it. While we are sitting here typing journals and posts that are the length of football fields, our kids could be in their rooms, looking at that playboy their buddy snuck over, or texting some boy from school and deleting the texts before mom and dad can read it.

Our kids that we think we have a hold of could be doing the same exact thing right under our noses and we would never know because we are to worried about how other teens are having sex, and other parents could careless.

I know that a journal like this of this subject will get diverse responses, some say * no freedom for kids* others say that there needs to be *freedom* for our kids, and no matter who posts what, or who thinks what, I am not going to sit here and judge them by their thoughts or opinions on this subject. I came here to meet friends, and get help and offer help to those who need it, I did not come here to be judged or to judge, because I believe there is only 1 person who can rightfully judge anyone, and that is the man upstairs.

I am a mother of 4, and Im sick and tired of being judges by the way I WANT and FEEL I need to raise my children. There have been many women on here who have bit the heads off of other mothers because their way of raising their kids is different. If you want to judge someone.....look in the mirror. If you think you are any better than those parents out there letting their kids have sex...think again. Your just as guilty, because your busy worrying about what other do, think, and feel, instead of worrying about yourself and your children.