[KathyinCali]

Thank you for posting Angela.

I too had my daughter three week before I turned 16. Though I don't recommend it as a way to go (I lost my teenage years), I did what I had to do, finished my senior year graduating with honors and she walked down with me to get my diploma. I was the first student who had gotten pregnant and continue my education to graduation. I am blessed to have the most unbelievable daughter imaginable. She is today thirty years old, a respected Pediatrician, and the most balanced woman I have ever met. I'm more than proud of her, she is the best thing that ever happened to me. It can be done.

Regarding the parents - I had the most strict parents you could possibly imagine and still managed to get pregnant. If a child wants to do something bad enough, it's going to happen now matter how good the parenting.