yeah....i see 12 and 13 year olds pushin strollers around all the time.
my wife's sister is 13 and has SEVERAL friends who are pregnant.
and yes, IMO it is:
a) lack concern for their children
b) as you say, not wanting to "offend" them
c) as you say, trying to be yor childs "friend", rather than their parent
i know you cannot lock your children in a dark closet for their entire teenage life...LMAO, i did puh-lenty of dumb **** when i was that age.
but can you imagine having a child get PREGNANT at 11 or 12 years old?
there would be some little boy who wouldn't be making any more babies (instead of paying attention in class ) if he impregnated my little girl.
and i really don't think my 11 year old daughter would be having the freedom to actually GET pregnant. you know? they aren't adults. they don't get to decide what and where they go at that age. that's whats missing in a lot of these kids lives..their parents had them when THEY were 12 or 13 and now, the kids are old enough to take care of themselves (in a sense), so the parents are like, "my work here is done". it's a sad mentality, but prevalent in a lot of young people today. look at how many 18 year olds are having babies (no offense to you grandpa
)....now look at the numbers of 18 year olds that VOTE. that's whats sad.