I think the major draw to the unwed teen mom is her own taxpayer funded apartment. What teenager wouldn’t want to be on her own without a financial worry in the world. If they had to stay home with their mothers it would take away alot of the glamour away from it.
I caught a bit of the MTV show teenage moms. The teen mom was talking to her mother explaing how happy she was that she was finally getting her own place since she has gone to the government and they had approved her own apartment. BINGO!! If there was one thing that we could cut back on it would be subsized housing to unwed mothers.
That’s true, they also get extra money and stuff for each new child. Plus they get a lot of general social commendation for being single moms, such as “how tough you have it”, “what a wonderful child”, “you’re so strong to be able to raise these kids on your own”.
That lasts until the kids reach about 8 or 9 or so. Or until a kid gets really sick with something that lasts awhile. THEN the eyes open and the future is clear and terrifying. The reaction? Becoming the ever-victim.