Is that so? That could only be the case if the parents were failures to begin with.
You got that right. I made a few bad choices, including male companions, and not always being sexually responsible. I paid for it. Guy was pushing me to have an abortion, I didn't want it, my parents weren't speaking to me. . . .
I made the wrong choice. Wound up infertile and emotionally devastated. I couldn't forgive myself. My pastor worked with me, and I thought I had forgiven myself, but every August I wonder. My child would be 22 this August. Abortion is not an easy way out. I know from experience.
I blame my parents in that I learned about sex from bathroom walls, and they treated me like I had the plague when I told them I was pregnant. The rest was my fault. The guy wasn't terribly helpful, but the ultimate decision was mine.