Babies Having Grandbabies

I have a list of goals I made when I was in college with all the the things I want to accomplish by the age of 30. Nowhere on the list does it say "become a grandmother." And while I doubt that would be on any young person's list of goals, it's the reality for some women. Twenty-nine-year-old Leticia Magee is one of them. She had her daughter when she was 13, and the girl, now 15, has just given birth to a baby boy, who will hopefully be taught the virtues of condoms by age 7. Read 'em and weep.

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Dec 5, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 9 Responses

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Comments (9)

No. 1 · Demetria

Wow! Someone who is a year older than me, is a grandmother??!! That is just insane. Wow

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 10:16 am

No. 2 · JillyBean819

That's crazy. I'm 25 and the thought of haing a baby right NOW is scary. I'm sooooo not ready for that.
The thought of being a grandma in a two years would really be scary. For now I'll just stay off my back.

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 10:18 am

No. 3 · JillyBean819

*having*

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 10:19 am

No. 4 · summer

back in my litte hometown they "featured" a chick who was a grandmother at age 26 — calling her possibly the youngest grandmother ever. She gave birth at 13 and so did her daughter.

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 11:17 am

No. 5 · blackmistressdiva

This is called a "cycle", ladies and gents, and if it can be started it can be ended. However there are those out there who have a vested interest in seeing that it never ends.

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 12:25 pm

No. 6 · daria

Well, if they are adding 2 years to parent's age at first birth, by the time most of us are thinking of retirement, they'll be having kids as adults!

bmd, the cycle can be ended but the parents (and grandparents) are the ones who must end it. You'll have to excuse me. I just don't think people who have kids that young are equipped with the necessary tools to end the cycle, i.e. education, family support, child rearing skills

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 5:14 pm

No. 7 · blackmistressdiva

Ever wonder why the republican party is pro-choice, anti-birth control, etc? Those things tend to affect blacks and Latinos. The more we have these babies and get bogged down with poverty and the aftermath (drugs, crime)…the more they can control us.

The government tries to stop "babies from having babies" by telling people to just say no. Didn't work for drugs and it's not going to work for sex. You know what does work? Sex education in school and providing protection and birth control at clinics through community outreach.

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 5:54 pm

No. 8 · blackmistressdiva

anti-choice

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 5:55 pm

No. 9 · daria

That issue is key for me. I think Ron Paul is pro-choice though. If you look at what republicans are really supposed to stand for, you'd think they'd be pro-choice. Govt interference in people's lives and removing personal freedoms actually are not true republican values.

I don't really buy that Bush is so anti-choice. His grandfather Prescott was a very active member of Planned Parenthood and switched his position when it hurt him politically with catholic voters. It's all politics for him and his kin in my view.

Posted: Dec 5, 2007 at 6:48 pm

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