Do you think a formerly homeless pregnant person is more or less capable of caring for a baby than others?
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
I **** my haters asked:
I asked what you all thought would be scarier, being homeless or young & pregnant. 99% of you said homeless. Now suppose a young girl was in that “scary” homeless predicament, but dug herself out of it in a relatively short period of time, by working hard, being innovative, budgeting, reading up on budgeting & personal finances, and really turned her life around in about a year? And suppose this same self-sufficient hard worker then got pregnant(unmarried)? Do you think she would be most likely very capable of taking care of a baby, since she’d obviously faced & conquered bigger obstacles before? Or, do you think her homeless experiences would deem her to be “worse” than most other moms-to-be, since perhaps her homeless experiences might have psychologically scarred her a little? Or perhaps if she became homeless before, maybe she’s more prone to become homeless again?
Either way, how do you think one’s past homeless experience(s) affects how capable of a parent/provider she might be?
Just to clarify: The “pregnant girl” that I wrote about in this (completely hypothetical) situation would no longer be homeless. She used to be homeless but worked hard to pull herself upward and now has her own apartment.
I asked what you all thought would be scarier, being homeless or young & pregnant. 99% of you said homeless. Now suppose a young girl was in that “scary” homeless predicament, but dug herself out of it in a relatively short period of time, by working hard, being innovative, budgeting, reading up on budgeting & personal finances, and really turned her life around in about a year? And suppose this same self-sufficient hard worker then got pregnant(unmarried)? Do you think she would be most likely very capable of taking care of a baby, since she’d obviously faced & conquered bigger obstacles before? Or, do you think her homeless experiences would deem her to be “worse” than most other moms-to-be, since perhaps her homeless experiences might have psychologically scarred her a little? Or perhaps if she became homeless before, maybe she’s more prone to become homeless again?
Either way, how do you think one’s past homeless experience(s) affects how capable of a parent/provider she might be?
Just to clarify: The “pregnant girl” that I wrote about in this (completely hypothetical) situation would no longer be homeless. She used to be homeless but worked hard to pull herself upward and now has her own apartment.
By the way: I’m not pregnant, nor is anyone that I know that used to be homeless. This is a hypothetical “thinking” type of question. But the feedback is very important to me.
Note: Sometimes even precautions/contraception doesn’t work. In my scenario, the condom broke and then the emergency contraceptive pill didn’t work either. True story too by the way.