Giving yourself fully to your baby means setting aside your Self. Are you ready to put yourself third, behind the baby and mother? Teenagers are not ready to do this. Being a teen means being focused on oneself. A preoccupation with self is part of being a teenager. That’s a healthy element in forming a stable identity. If you are a teen father, your only choice is to get as much support as you can and accelerate your own maturity. Depending on the person you are and the circumstances, this is possible. But there is a cost of doing this.
The baby does not know that his father is a teenager. He or she cannot wait for the father to grow up. Bookmark this page and continue after completing
Journal 5 My sacrifices
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Journal 4 Earning respect