The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99746   Message #2045776
Posted By: Dickey
07-May-07 - 11:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
Bobert:

I really don't know how to break the cycle. I am not a sociologist. But I do know that just providing support, while it does aleviate the suffering, does not break the cycle.

There are lots of ways to prevent teen pregnancys but the teen must use them. It is like trying to keep them from using drugs or smoking or drinking or stealing.

It seems like a job for parents rather than the government but what do you do with one parent who messed up?

It is not about morals. It is about common sense. Is immediate sexual gratification worth ruining the rest of your life? Is puffing on that cigarette and being cool worth dying 20 years early in pain and suffering?

I don't see religion and morals entering into it. What religion or morals guided prehistoric people to live in families and groups?