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Watching these segments just breaks my heart. This precious girl will have a long road ahead of her. It seems like she has good support from her mother, which is great. I will say I am proud of you, Felesha for not aborting this baby. That may have been the easiest way, but I am so glad you did not consider that option. It is very brave of you to share your story and I hope it helps other young people to make better choices.

Felesha I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! I made a point to get my 13yr old son and 12 yr old daughter to watch your story and I noticed a light come on in their heads.I was a teen mom at 17 and it was hard so I will keep you,your beautiful son and family in my prayers. I would also like to say THANK YOU to your mom for being there for you and giving you the guidance and support you need.

Proud of her? I feel absolutely sad for her. She was 12 years old and having sex. I feel sorry for the fact that obviously neither of her parents were involved in what she was doing or where she was at. I feel sorry for the fact that instead of making girlfriends, having sleep overs and learning about becoming a teenager, she was having sex! SEX, not what any 12 yr old should be doing. Where was her father? Where was his father? This is the vicious cycle that as parents, we need to break immediately!! I can assure you that at 12 yrs old my parents knew where I was and what I was doing. Parents, whether married, single, widowed or divorced need to remember where their priorities are at and be in the "know" about all of their children's affairs and friends. Parents have lost contact with children and this is what happens. This is not supported by my family morally, but unfortunately, my hard earned tax dollars are supporting it. Stop the ignorance people and stop supporting this crap today and start educating your children.

DITTO.. DITTO...RN1976..Shame on Fox 8 for giving this airtime.. I should consider better TV viewing choices.These CHILDREN & PARENTS need counseling. Eduacation is the key.I am still scratching my head how this child had sex...and the parents had no clue.It is sad to say the least.Bravery is not quite how I would describe this...The anger in tuckertville is screaming HELP !!!! I must ask.. How long will it be before welfare & free health care is wanted ? Again, I do not need Fox 8 to educate my grandchildren.. That is the parents job..Wake up people !!!!!

Tuckertville31,I am sorry if my post offended you, but it is hard for me to believe that this mother had her own job and own health insurance that covered her during this pregnancy and the birth of this child. Even if her mother had private ins. that covered her, it did not cover this baby. I feel 100% sure that Medicaid was factored into this birth. I am glad that YOU are taking good care of your grandson, when are his parents going to be responsible for his care and expenses? I also feel assured that if this relationship between these two children works out or even if it doesn't, that one day, this mother, like many other teenagers who have babies, WILL get gov. assistance! It also disturbs me that in your post, all that you could answer back about was gov. help?

I cannot believe the ignorance of people!!! I have a 14 year old daughter and we just found out today that she is pregnant. You say that education is the key, well we educated our daughter about the downside of teenage sex many times, but it happened. You talk about how you can't believe that parents have no clue about their child having sex and you can't believe that parents don't know where or what their children are doing. I'm sorry, but if they want to have sex, they will find a way! Blame my daughter, blame her father, blame me if you wish. It still don't change the fact that she is pregnant and she will be having her baby! Right or wrong, her father and I will be supporting her and we, not the system or the state, will be raising our grandchild while she finishes her education. I got my "wake up call" at 8:36 am this morning. I just hope and pray that those who want to judge will never get the same kind of call! I agree that this did not need to be on the air, but please don't judge all of us by this one family. My family will love and care for our daughter and our grandchild regardless! Best of blessings!

It isn't about 'religious, moral, or practical' reasons this is 'bad'. It is that single teenage motherhood is not the preferred environment to raise a child. I put off having kids until I knew that I could give them the greatest opportunity to succeed possible. Society now doesn't care about any of that. Society now is all about what about me, me, me. People need to learn that when you have sex, there are at least 3 people involved in the physical pleasure that comes along with it. . . the man, the woman, and the possible child that could be created from the sex.

Sex education is important, but the education should not be that children are expected to have sex. . . and it really should be taught by the parents - maybe have a sex ed class in school that the parents take so that they can learn how to teach their children safe sex (abstinence) practices until they have an environment where raising a child would be optimal.

My only issue with this story is that people see this as a sad sad time. It isn't. That baby is healthy, the mother is healthy. While it isn't optimal, that mother will always have her baby boy. It is difficult now, but some day she'll realize Joshua is the greatest thing that could possibly happen in her life.

I wasnt LOOKING for anything....I was young,dumb and THOUGHT I was in Love.So obviously your observation doesn't apply to ALL teens.

I have been watching the emails go back and forth...as a mother, I was strict and demanded to know where my children were at all times. Obviously, I didn't. As I learned the hard way, unless you have walked in someones else's shoes, you do not know the heartache, sleepless nights and the worries. In my case, my grandson was a Godsend. He settled my daughter and, as I quickly found, my grandson was the greastest blessing my daughter or myself could have. When he looks at me with those huge blue eyes and says "I love you, Nina", I know he was worth all the heartbreak and sleepless nights we all experienced. I do not agree with what my daughter did but I wholeheartedly support her and encourage her. I feel people are too fast to condemn these children instead of saying, "Ok, we have an issue...now we have to deal with it and with God's grace, we'll raise these children to be the best that they can be." I so agree that teenage pregnancy is an issue and let's see Felesha as she struggles through sleepless nights with her crying infant. That is what girls out there need to see because that is reality. They are not always cute bundles of joy (though my grandson was but I am partial). We have to encourage these girls and boys to step up and take responsiblity and the youth around them need to see them do it. I guarantee you it will make an impression!

Well said Tammy....Thank You