CONGRATULATIONS.....NOT!!!

Over 2,000 teenage girls get pregnant every day! That's 750,000 teenage girls each year! Statistics show that fewer than half of the teen mothers receive a high school diploma. Fewer than 2% earn a college degree by age 30. Nearly half of teens have never considered how pregnancy would affect their lives.

Every time I log into my Facebook account, it never fails that I see another young black teenage female pregnant. Many people comment by  saying "Congratulations!" as if this scenario calls for a celebration! NEWS FLASH: IT DOES NOT! Ladies, yes, children are truly a blessing and gift from God. But why does it seem as if I'm the only one that sees something wrong with children having children? We need more lawyers in the courtroom. We need more educators in the classroom. We need more doctors in doctors offices, not just these occupations, but many more. Not saying that you cannot be these things because you are a teen mom, however it become a HUGE challenge for you to do so. Let's post more pictures of A's & B's, instead of babies bumps. Let's make the teen pregnancy rate decrease, and the number of young Black women with college degrees increase. Don't be known as "JoJo's baby mama." Use protection. Refuse to become a statistic!

TAKE YOUR SHADES OFF

 

It is often that I find many of us young adults to be blinded by such a materialistic society. Yes it is true as individuals, we're supposed to create our own brands. However, our brands are not based upon or made up of what brands we wear. Before we even open our mouths to introduce ourselves, people have already made preconceived notions about who we are as a person based upon our attire. Some people are so shallow that they will not even speak to a person simply because their clothing isn't "name brand." How did we get this far gone? Your knowledge, character, personality, and attitude is what makes YOU. Not your brand of clothing. People remove the shades from your eyes, and get to know someone based on what's inside.