My son [17] got his girlfriend [15] pregnant. He’s a very respectable young man. He’s the running back for the high school’s football team, gets great grades, is involved in the community, and is in JROTC.
Apparently, they only used condoms because her parents wouldn’t allow her to be on birth control. Fine. The condom broke. It was a mistake. My son was happy to be a father and ready to face the challenges ahead of him.
Her family wants nothing to do with him or us. She on the other hand is a very sweet southern girl who is just a darling. We love her to death. How do we overcome this? What rights does my young son have to his unborn child’s life?
She’s been pregnant for seven months now. He was going to the OB appointments up until about two months ago when her parents started to cut off communication with us.
Is this normal? How can we convince her parents that they love each other and my son is stepping up willing to be a father?
Finically speaking here is what he has already done:
-Put her on his cell phone plan so that she can call if anything is happening with the baby.
-He pays all of her co-pays at the doctor.
-He brings her basically whatever she wants from restaurants as her parents work very late.
-He would bring her to/from her doctors appointments when they were still allowing him to attend.
My concern is that he’s about to turn down a full ride football scholarship to OSU. [He will be eighteen in August.] His plan is to stay at the local community college. That’s fine but what if this girl abandons him or takes away his right? What if her parents press charges?
He just wants to help and do the right thing. Why can’t they understand this?
Shannon
