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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1889452" data-attributes="member: 18914">I feel for the kids too but it has nothing to do with the mom being 21.&nbsp; When I was 21 the first of my 5 children was born, I was relatively newly married (still first year) and still in flying training.&nbsp; Our second child was born 20 months later.&nbsp; There is stress and there are hard tasks but no one in their right mind &quot;forgets&quot; to feed, clothe, and clean their kids.&nbsp; My wife who was a little younger than I certainly never did.Many of my peers had children at the same time and they were expected to take care of those kids - most did just fine (in fact all that I know of).&nbsp; It seems to me that many people &quot;excuse&quot; themselves or others from responsibility by simply saying - I/he/she am/was young or depressed.&nbsp; Yet many young people also help their parents run companies, or become our young military leaders, or take care of their elderly or sick parents etc.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t just about age and maybe isn&#039;t even primarily about age - I tend to think the blanket &quot;age&quot; excuse is a canard used because we assume that the cultural stereotype of irresponsible, drunk or drugged young people is the reality.&nbsp; There are many irresponsible people but there are also many, many who do the right thing from square one and keep trying their best throughout their life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1889452, member: 18914"] I feel for the kids too but it has nothing to do with the mom being 21. When I was 21 the first of my 5 children was born, I was relatively newly married (still first year) and still in flying training. Our second child was born 20 months later. There is stress and there are hard tasks but no one in their right mind "forgets" to feed, clothe, and clean their kids. My wife who was a little younger than I certainly never did. Many of my peers had children at the same time and they were expected to take care of those kids - most did just fine (in fact all that I know of). It seems to me that many people "excuse" themselves or others from responsibility by simply saying - I/he/she am/was young or depressed. Yet many young people also help their parents run companies, or become our young military leaders, or take care of their elderly or sick parents etc. It isn't just about age and maybe isn't even primarily about age - I tend to think the blanket "age" excuse is a canard used because we assume that the cultural stereotype of irresponsible, drunk or drugged young people is the reality. There are many irresponsible people but there are also many, many who do the right thing from square one and keep trying their best throughout their life. [/QUOTE]

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