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Comment · Sun, September 23, 2012

A friend of mine living on minimum wage recently waited in line for an iPhone 5, yet is so destitute that her 18-month old has been fed mostly Ramen and Cheetos for the past year. When have you seen young parenting go horribly, horribly wrong?

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Durchii · 1653 points

Most of us know at least a few people who were either pregnant halfway through high school, or simply got knocked up immediately after graduating.

Personally, I'm 22 and it's actually quite difficult to go through my Facebook friends list and not run into someone who has a child or is expecting.

However, to be clear, the title describes an isolated incident with a particularly unintelligent (read: I've known more sophisticated power drills) young mother who simply refuses to heed the advice of those around her. Luckily, at least with the people I know, this behavior isn't some sort of twisted epidemic.

Anyone else care to offer a story?

Edit: Wow, guys! Some responses have been... as interesting as they are appalling.

Just clearing up a few key points here, since I've received a bit of backlash regarding the idea that somehow Child Protective Services has never been alerted (they have, multiple times) or that I am "targeting" young parents.

Without going into too much detail, CPS has been alerted quite a few times, primarily by the parents of this girl, who insist that they take custody of her child. However, as many of you who have waded the system know, CPS is not some…

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heriman · 198 points

good guy! i'll buy you a pound of coke!

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb

A pound?!?

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