[goldstategop]

Parents can only do so much. They can't prevent a child from making a life altering mistake. The Palins to their credit, didn't take the easy way out with their daughter.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[GraniteStateConservative]

Parents can only do so much. They can't prevent a child from making a life altering mistake. The Palins to their credit, didn't take the easy way out with their daughter.

Well, they could have made sure their daughter was on birth control.

[Canedawg]

“As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,” the Palins said.”

And that is today’s example of what makes Gov. Palin a remarkably well-adjusted person, a terrifc parent, and a great role model.

[TINS]

They can’t prevent her from making a life-altering mistake, but they *can* put their daughters on birth control, like most responsible parents.

Sorry to say this folks, but not putting a 16-year-old girl on birth control is monumentally stupid, whether you preach abstinence or not.

[knittnmom]

Exactly. We talk until we are blue in the face (and I know MY parents did, as well), but unless you chaperone your children until they are 30, they’re going to make some decisions that have lifetime consequences.

PS - MY mother was 17 when I was born, and look how well I turned out! ;-)