I haven't experienced anything like this, not in family or with friends. I'm glad I currently have sons in teenage, not daughters, but I'm fearing for my five year old daughter already... feels like I need to start talking with her soon enough!
You seem to be wanting to help them take the responsiblity. It would be hard for me to let 15 year old son or daughter make their decision alone. They don't know yet what's ahead of them in life. I'm sure I would try to find a way to raise the baby together with them and the other family - even though the young parents wouldn't stay together later - and make sure the teens also get education and job and start supporting themselves soon enough.
I would also need to realize it's not my baby. My mother-in-law clearly didn't realize that her son is grown up, when he became dad at age of 26! But since they both are so young, your "interfering" will be needed, imo.
It is possibly to study and have a child, but they would have to realize their own resposibility. I wish your family luck in all this.
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