My Anecdote

I have a friend that got pregnant when she was in her first year of college and I wouldn't say it ruined her life, but it definitely made her life more challenging. She has to put off going to school and bettering her life for her child because its hard for her to find a job that pays well enough to help her to buy things she needs for her son and to pay for daycare. I feel bad for her because her parents are always on her about getting a good job and to try to move out. I understand they want her to be successful, but at the same time that would be very challenging and stressful enough just raising a child when you're still a child yourself. Especially when you still want to go out and hangout with friends and party on the weekends. Be sure if you are sexually active you are being smart about the situation and never be scared to talk to a friend or an adult about getting on birth control. Think to yourself, would it be more embarrassing asking your parents for birth control or telling them you're pregnant and having people judge you. I see it as, its more "normal" to ask for birth control than to be pregnant at a young age.