I found this article very interesting because a 16 year old father wants to raise his child, with the help of his parents. The girlfriend also 16 has given the child up for adoption. This lead me to think about the rights of fathers. She has already given birth so why not allow the father and his parents to raise the child. I wonder what giving the child away to strangers mean for this young lady. She already went through the ordeal so that is an experience that is always etched in her mind, never being forgotten. Do she think the father and his family will make her be a mom and she’s just is not ready? Then, what happens when the child gets older and can seek her out weather with the father or strangers? How is she to deal with that? I believe that if it were me I would allow the father to raise the child. I think it would be more comforting to know where the child was and whom is raising her/him. I really want to know your thoughts. What do you think you would do? There is a poll in the link for your vote.
I feel like this is a rare story you never hear to be honest! I think the 16 year old father should be allowed to raise his child. The story we always hear is a female and male have sex, they have a baby, and the male wants nothing to do with her or the baby. In those instances, the woman is forced to raise the baby alone. I think that as long as a baby is brought up in a loving, safe environment, then the man should be allowed the option to have custody over his child.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kirsten! There's a social stigma attached to single mothers, which usually involves a "deadbeat" father abandoning her. By not allowing this boy to raise his child, they are just perpetuating the gender roles that men do not have responsibilities to nurture their children. If they give him a chance, hopefully that'll help break down the theory that men can't be adequate caretakers. Plus, he has his parents' help, so the child will not be in entirely inexperienced hands.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree with Kirstin. Ive always noticed how everyone is so quick to give the child to the mother, and you never hear about the child being raised by their father. This is very interesting and I feel that the dad should be able to keep his child.
ReplyDeleteThe issue here should be only to ensure the child is brought up in a safe loving home, and if the father of the child is able to do that (which, with the help of his mother and step-father, it sounds like he will be able to). It's 2014 and determining paternity shouldn't be such a big issue with all the technology we have! I hope the father is able to win his fight.
ReplyDeleteI agree with jessica in that the child need to have a safe and loving home and if the father and his parents can offer that to the child, i think he should be able to raise the child. Im thinking that if these parents are only 16, the mother wouldn't want the father to have the child because they would still be in the same town and most likely school and she wouldn't want to constantly see and most limey hear about the baby she gave up for adoption. I think there are a lot of circumstances that could play into this and that is what should determine if the father gets the child.
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