Bullhead, Mohave Valley, Laughlin with girls getting pregnant when too young?

[mister k]

This not good.

[chaparrito]

Wait, you expect rational behavior from people who live in Bullhead City?

[cjs123]

Originally Posted by jamies

And if/when I catch the little rats who keep stealing my solar accent lights there's going to be someone going to jail!

Good luck. I never replaced mine; decided to keep the lighting for the back yard only.

This weekend one of the windows was cracked top to bottom by a BB; hate to think I could spend the cash to replace the glass only to have it broken again the next day.

Home has been shot at twice from the neighborhood across an easement. I saw the kids the first time and told them to stop it; they looked at me like they had to think about it and were totally unfazed by being seen. This time I saw nobody so don't know if it's the same ones or if a bunch of kids in that neighborhood have BB guns. Somebody's allowance should be mine for a long time to come.

[daisy4given]

I grew up in Phoenix (Mesa) and after living for a few years in other states I came back and settled in Kingman. I was shocked in the first year here as I met people to discover that it is SO incredibly NORMAL to have your first baby before you graduate high school. Like, not a fluke, not a couple of girls - at least HALF! As a woman who had her first baby at age 26 I had a very hard time making friends - people with kids the same age as mine were a minimum of ten years younger than me! I've heard that the problem is even worse over the mountains in Laughlin and Bullhead. Anyway, my point is, that as an outsider coming to Mohave County I felt the same way as you - this is NOT normal but they seem to think it IS! It's insane!

[mister k]

I think it is said that children are experiencing puberty at a much earlier age. Parental education is key.

Young teenage moms are all over the place not just in Mohave Valley. I have lived in many US states and in different countries around the world as I see it almost everywhere.

The biggest problem with young mothers is that they can't support themselves or the kids (and the Dads? long gone) ...so they go for the handouts from Uncle Sammy (which actually is paid for by us , the working slobs)

[Potential_Landlord]

Is the teenage pregnancy rate really going up in AZ or is this more of a media hype?

[Cyber Surfer]

Originally Posted by daisy4given

I grew up in Phoenix (Mesa) and after living for a few years in other states I came back and settled in Kingman. I was shocked in the first year here as I met people to discover that it is SO incredibly NORMAL to have your first baby before you graduate high school. Like, not a fluke, not a couple of girls - at least HALF! As a woman who had her first baby at age 26 I had a very hard time making friends - people with kids the same age as mine were a minimum of ten years younger than me! I've heard that the problem is even worse over the mountains in Laughlin and Bullhead. Anyway, my point is, that as an outsider coming to Mohave County I felt the same way as you - this is NOT normal but they seem to think it IS! It's insane!

You think that's bad? [/family guy]

Apparently the majority (or is that minority lol) of the ones who DON'T have kids after 24 are usually in the very, very, VERY small middle to upper class, or have common sense. Try being a single bachelor or bachelorette in your twenties trying to get a date, may as well set aside money for a babysitter or the occasional overdue bill. I've seen moms expect the guys to pay for everything and move in after the third week, and the guys are too broke because they're paying child support or don't work at all.

I picture a well dressed 30 year old at a parent-teacher conference for your youngest child, while all the other parents are around ten years younger and wearing studs, tattoos, and swear like sailors.

Good luck out there!