Too young to get Married (26)
underwatermanaldershot, Queensland Australia28 Threads 771 Postsbeen married 4 times myself, I think we should not be allowed to marry before we turn 99. that would keep the divorce lawyers broke lol
I have not seen the story sorry but there was one a few years ago where the teenages had to get their parents consent to wed. It was here in Victoria and a friend of mine rang from NSW and he was disgusted that the parents allowed it to go ahead. You don't really know about it til it is brought up in the news or something like that. 
Sorry I haven't really answered your question but more likely added to the confusion. 
Sorry I haven't really answered your question but more likely added to the confusion. whatever happened to dating
Is this it?
You got that right Mrs Ramsay
In response to: "I support a young couple wanting to live right under God, but to set a double-standard after she has fallen pregnant will not be convincing for a judge," Mrs Ramsay said.
You got that right Mrs Ramsay
But why should they have to get married? Sounds like the PC clowns have already started,
Age does not equal maturity, and they also say the we learn how to live better with others when we are young, Its amazing how the more we learn and age how others can change our views on how we should live our lives, as a parent I can only guide my kids life, I cannot change it other than supporting them when they do the right thing according to how our society determines,
What if society is wrong? Who is in charge of what we as a society should think!
wouldn’t that make society a dictatorship?
Age does not equal maturity, and they also say the we learn how to live better with others when we are young, Its amazing how the more we learn and age how others can change our views on how we should live our lives, as a parent I can only guide my kids life, I cannot change it other than supporting them when they do the right thing according to how our society determines,
What if society is wrong? Who is in charge of what we as a society should think!
wouldn’t that make society a dictatorship?
EliteOne: For a long time now the government has been considering lowering the age of consent to 15? Is it a good idea?
I don't think so, but that's just me. They're going to do it if they want to whether they have permission or not and as we all know,the rules are there to be tested. I think if you lower the age, they are just going to start even earlier. JMO
Larf75: I don't think so, but that's just me. They're going to do it if they want to whether they have permission or not and as we all know,the rules are there to be tested. I think if you lower the age, they are just going to start even earlier. JMO
I’m a bit tired to get into it on deeper level but I would like to pick up on this conversation another day!
EliteOne: I’m a bit tired to get into it on deeper level but I would like to pick up on this conversation another day!
No problemo
Blizzard14u: But why should they have to get married? Sounds like the PC clowns have already started,
Age does not equal maturity, and they also say the we learn how to live better with others when we are young, Its amazing how the more we learn and age how others can change our views on how we should live our lives, as a parent I can only guide my kids life, I cannot change it other than supporting them when they do the right thing according to how our society determines,
What if society is wrong? Who is in charge of what we as a society should think!
wouldn’t that make society a dictatorship?
Age does not equal maturity, and they also say the we learn how to live better with others when we are young, Its amazing how the more we learn and age how others can change our views on how we should live our lives, as a parent I can only guide my kids life, I cannot change it other than supporting them when they do the right thing according to how our society determines,
What if society is wrong? Who is in charge of what we as a society should think!
wouldn’t that make society a dictatorship?
From the story I read Blizzard its the youths own desire to get married.
But who knows what is happening behind the scenes.
When i finally married i did it for her Parents and my Parents. And for my newly made son. Thats not to say i didn't love my wife. We'd been living together for five years. We decided to have a child together. Then guilt about how i saw others seeing us and this new baby arriving into the world. i wanted to do right by my common law wife and my newly created son.
i don't regret my decision. But i do regret crumbling to "societies" belief systems.
Some good points raised on here 
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
serene56: Some good points raised on here
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
living in the CBD I’m witnessing exactly that and on a fast decline yearly. When we were growing up we were just as bad but with allot more pride then the youth today! Glassing somebody never crossed our minds or ganging up on one person! I think we are bringing up a bunch of morons with these new age relaxed parenting ideas.
serene56: Some good points raised on here
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
And call me an old whatever but, is it me or are teenage people and early 20- something year olds a lot younger in the head than they used to be
From my experience over the past few years, they seem to hang on to Mum and Dad a lot more (and a lot longer), with Mum and Dad seeming to support that idea ..
So are the 16-or-so year olds anywhere near ready to take on the challenges of marriage and raising children, generally speaking, if that is the case
Further, across the road there was a small party 3 girls in their early 20’s and 5 blokes in their early 30’s none of the blokes knew how to have a conversation with any of the females. The best they could do is scream and throw empties on the road.
EliteOne: living in the CBD I’m witnessing exactly that and on a fast decline yearly. When we were growing up we were just as bad but with allot more pride then the youth today! Glassing somebody never crossed our minds or ganging up on one person! I think we are bringing up a bunch of morons with these new age relaxed parenting ideas.
Mm well I tend to agree with you to a point, and I don't think it's totally because I'm .. ahem .. mature age I'm not too sure what's going on with child-raising these days, but a major proportion of parents seem to think it's ok for their young children to keep interrupting while they're speaking and generally run riot in shops etc
And apparently they don't give it a second thought cos "that's what kids do"
But this is getting off track .. the point I'm making is that this generation of early 20's seem to be sooooooooo young, with their parents running around picking them up from clubs, picking up after them in general and quite often picking up the bill as well
If they're not adults by then, they're hardly going to be at 16
serene56: Mm well I tend to agree with you to a point, and I don't think it's totally because I'm .. ahem .. mature age
I'm not too sure what's going on with child-raising these days, but a major proportion of parents seem to think it's ok for their young children to keep interrupting while they're speaking and generally run riot in shops etc
And apparently they don't give it a second thought cos "that's what kids do"
But this is getting off track .. the point I'm making is that this generation of early 20's seem to be sooooooooo young, with their parents running around picking them up from clubs, picking up after them in general and quite often picking up the bill as well
If they're not adults by then, they're hardly going to be at 16
I'm not too sure what's going on with child-raising these days, but a major proportion of parents seem to think it's ok for their young children to keep interrupting while they're speaking and generally run riot in shops etc
And apparently they don't give it a second thought cos "that's what kids do"
But this is getting off track .. the point I'm making is that this generation of early 20's seem to be sooooooooo young, with their parents running around picking them up from clubs, picking up after them in general and quite often picking up the bill as well
If they're not adults by then, they're hardly going to be at 16
Yes agree and again it comes down to parenting and a sense of responsibility being passed on as the child is developing. We had to contribute to earn our pocket money, we had obey by certain rules to live under that roof. We were tot that life is not always fair. There seems to be a division these day, there is only a very small percentage of teens that have it all together but majority are just fools destined to be fools as adults. Can these people take on parenting roles? To teach their kids what? Where to buy cheap drugs or the best place to rob a convenience store? I don’t think so. Its all about me these days finding your self be yourself WTF we were meant to live as one in relationships and you find yourself by contributions to your family and society.
serene56: Mm well I tend to agree with you to a point, and I don't think it's totally because I'm .. ahem .. mature age
I'm not too sure what's going on with child-raising these days, but a major proportion of parents seem to think it's ok for their young children to keep interrupting while they're speaking and generally run riot in shops etc
And apparently they don't give it a second thought cos "that's what kids do"
But this is getting off track .. the point I'm making is that this generation of early 20's seem to be sooooooooo young, with their parents running around picking them up from clubs, picking up after them in general and quite often picking up the bill as well
If they're not adults by then, they're hardly going to be at 16
I'm not too sure what's going on with child-raising these days, but a major proportion of parents seem to think it's ok for their young children to keep interrupting while they're speaking and generally run riot in shops etc
And apparently they don't give it a second thought cos "that's what kids do"
But this is getting off track .. the point I'm making is that this generation of early 20's seem to be sooooooooo young, with their parents running around picking them up from clubs, picking up after them in general and quite often picking up the bill as well
If they're not adults by then, they're hardly going to be at 16
Yes kids are very immature these days, I call it the cottonwool syndrome of parenting, they are not allowed to play out, most holidays are spent at home or with grandma as a baby sitter, it’s the big stranger danger campaigns that have scared parents to death , then at 16 or 18 they are expected to make adult decisions after never having made a decision in their life before, when I was a kid it was get out of the house and be home by dinner time or when the street lights come on, my kid has only just learnt how to use public transport by herself at 14, but that’s her mums fault not mine, even now while the kid is living with me her mum is running around after her,
Blizzard14u: Yes kids are very immature these days, I call it the cottonwool syndrome of parenting, they are not allowed to play out, most holidays are spent at home or with grandma as a baby sitter, it’s the big stranger danger campaigns that have scared parents to death , then at 16 or 18 they are expected to make adult decisions after never having made a decision in their life before, when I was a kid it was get out of the house and be home by dinner time or when the street lights come on, my kid has only just learnt how to use public transport by herself at 14, but that’s her mums fault not mine, even now while the kid is living with me her mum is running around after her,
Yeah that's kind of where I was going with that.A woman I work with who's son has just turned 15, gets dropped off at footy training by her partner, then she has to race home from work to pick him up at 6pm (the grounds are a 15 minute bike ride from their home and on the bus route)
He caught the bus home from the beach once and went past his stop
.. he's never had to catch a train or get himself anywhere and apparently, according to her, all his mates are the same - it's just expected of their parents A friend of mine has a 23 yr old daughter who lives at home, works, pays no board and has her mum pick her and her mates up from the pub at anytime of the night because she's pissed (Mum reckons that's ok because at least that way she know she's safe
) Again, it seems to be a common situation with this age group who live at home with their parents.What the
As much as we all love to protect and cottonwool our kids, the hard fact is they have to be able to survive in this day and age in the real world out there, that includes both females & males.
And it is not easy out there, especially when parties are not like the old parties we used to go to, they are now big events and anything can happen but that is part of the younger generation now. Its tough when you cant say no anymore and let your kids go and just hope, everything goes well, and not sleeping until you hear them safely come home again.
Todays teenagers are alot different to us and I think you need to have an open & honest relationship with them, be their parent/friend and not their enermy as by forming a bad relationship by setting too many boundaries, it will most probably rebound.
Thats because kids have more rights, choices & and cellphones & internet for communication at their finger tips. So even grounding kids these days isnt a major, as they just text their friends to come & pick them up.
This is a big subject and alot of us have different views and ways we would like to bring up our kids
But in reality, it depends to, on what your children are like to, will they rebel on your ways when 14/15/ or 16 as I have seen many children from good families do.
It's alot tougher bringing up children now with everything that is on offer out there, so as parents - you need balance and also undertanding as well as rules but also they need to experience their freedom & play as well.
We all try to be good parents and it pays off when ya proud of them as young adults
And it is not easy out there, especially when parties are not like the old parties we used to go to, they are now big events and anything can happen but that is part of the younger generation now. Its tough when you cant say no anymore and let your kids go and just hope, everything goes well, and not sleeping until you hear them safely come home again.
Todays teenagers are alot different to us and I think you need to have an open & honest relationship with them, be their parent/friend and not their enermy as by forming a bad relationship by setting too many boundaries, it will most probably rebound.
Thats because kids have more rights, choices & and cellphones & internet for communication at their finger tips. So even grounding kids these days isnt a major, as they just text their friends to come & pick them up.
This is a big subject and alot of us have different views and ways we would like to bring up our kids
But in reality, it depends to, on what your children are like to, will they rebel on your ways when 14/15/ or 16 as I have seen many children from good families do.
It's alot tougher bringing up children now with everything that is on offer out there, so as parents - you need balance and also undertanding as well as rules but also they need to experience their freedom & play as well.
We all try to be good parents and it pays off when ya proud of them as young adults
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serene56: Hey tarnz
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Will do Serene
tarnsnz: Will do Serene
Oops make that "50 plus" ..
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