I was reading the guidlines for older mamas and kidless allies on the announcements page and it got me thinking, what is a girl mom? I am 18 but i was 17 when eric was born, so am i a girl mom because i was a minor when i gave birth? Or is it because i am still in hs? Or am i not a girl mom at all because i am *technically* an adult? Obviously, if you are 15 and have a baby or if you are 25 it is different, but what about ppl like me, who are not considered really young but not quite an adult yet? A lot of times, i feel almost like an older mama because there are so many who are younger than me, but then i think about the many more that are older and i feel really young. So what do you guys consider yourselves, and how do you define it? :? :?
I guess for me I feel like a younger mommy cause technically to be a COMPLETE adult the age is 21. BUT I have a lot of privelages so I consider myself a older mama! Maybe I am just smake dap in the middle and well hey I am a momma! I also had my baby at 18 and got pregnant at 17.
I would say I am an older girl-mom.
I think a girl-mom is a young mother that is trying to get rid of societys bullshit of how bad we are!!
I had Trey at 18. I considered myself even back then, not really a "girl mom" because I was legal, could make decisions for myself, didn't face as much as someone who was younger and had a bit more societal privilege with being over 18.
Even though I'm still young, 21, I don't make my own posts here very often at all, since I don't want to detract from who the site is really for.
Just a reminder, that for the women who feel a bit too old to ask for a lot of attention/help here, there is www.mamarevolution.com, a site geared towards older political pro choice mamas.
mamarevolution.com
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Good catch ;) Thanks
I was 17 when I got pregnant with my son Cyrus, I had been 18 for 3 weeks when he was born. I was a single mom for 3 years. I am now 27. Being a teen mom was not something that only effected me when I was a teen mom. It has changed me for ever. It has given me real empathy and insight. I know that if being a mom at 18 was hard, then I know that the moms who have done it even younger deserve extra respect. We go through things as young mamas that older mamas will never experience. I feel like I have way more in common with women who had children a younger age. That's why I love this site. I think I said this before, but having been a teen mom is a huge part of who I am, and always will be. I don't think it's something you grow out of.
Hmm... would I be a former girlmom? I got pregnant at 15, had my son at 16. I'm 20 now and pregnant (though I conceived when I was 19). Wow... I still can't believe I'm 20.
I would call myself a girlmom, because I had my daughter at 16, and although I could legally drive, that was a big privilege but I wasnt yet considered an "adult" since I wasnt, and still am not, 18.
hmmm... i don't know. i think i am a young mother. i became pregnant in high school but i was 18. i mean i didn't want to have kids until i was like, 25 but that's ok. i mean i was an adult when i had lyric, i had just turned 19, but still a teenager, hmmm... i don't know.
I guess its all about how you feel.I am now 24.My son is 8.I was 16 when he was born.I would eat botox if it would keep me young!LOL
I am 23........ but I am, and always will be a girlmom. I was 15 when I gave birth to my daughter and being a girlmom is a HUGE part of my identity. Even though I'm an "older" mama now, being a teen mom is part of who I am.