I don’t see it this way, sorry. I’ve been wrestling this one since I heard about it, and where I come down is - this isn’t the right example for teenage girls - to hear something like this, and for it to be celebrated the way it is. Just a few months ago, some 7-8 girls at a high school all agreed to get pregnant at the same time. A baby needs a family- a stable family. I’m glad that life was chosen in the case of Palin’s daughter, but its not right. Not at that age.
Call me old fashioned but thats why women should stay home and not the father- I doubt Sarah would have let this happen if she were on it.
That is positively ridiculous...no mother can be with her child 24/7....kids have a mind of their own, and in a moment of passion make mistakes, which is what happened here.
She is planning on marrying the father, and I think that is the way it should be. Who is to say that they cannot have a stable family. Past generations have been in the same situation, getting married because of a pregnancy and the marriages have remained in tact. A friend of mine was married the day after HS graduation, guess what? Three kids and 27 yrs. later they are still married. What they need is support, they are doing the right thing, the mature thing. I really hope it works out for them.