[She-Ra]

I agree more with that post Jacqui D, it seems to contradict the original one I disagreed with because it explains that it's not a money making life since yes it's on the poverty line and it's brought on by lack of responsible parenting, education and social attitude/advertising. They do indeed become another statistic and they need help and a lot more in my opinion because they are little more than children themselves and yes it's not a good situation for them or their children who are also perhaps unwanted. But obviously, prevention is needed far more but the cure i.e. the social support has to be available for when it's too late.

I stated that those with the easy life on benefits, pertaining to single young mothers, are in the minority because like you said, they are living on the poverty line. As you've know it's not easy, and for them in particular raising children and them being so immature is not easy either. Also, since the female is usually left carrying the baby, the lack of mutual help and growth from the fathers makes it worse, single mothers still far vastly outnumber single fathers. The lazy attitude of those people who think they are owed a living is definitely not helped by this because at that point they are trapped in circle, especially if they become lazy parents or parents without enough access to assistance. There are very few places in England for example that are able to offer thorough pre and post natal educational, mental and physical support let alone support throughout the pregnancy or birth with many women left alone and scared. There is more assistance available than before but surely that's a good thing and it's the past wasn't entirely harder than now for example, mothers were not pressured into work until their children were 16-18 previously.

I agree that laziness, apathy and egocentric concern amongst the children to approx 26-28 year olds has increased and that they associate a disproportionate amount of reward for action and that if there is no reward why bother?

Burgundia - one major problem with that, if by poor countries you mean 'third world' and developing countries is that the religious bodies in many such places are very much against contraception/birth control and abortion and there is still a lot of stigma against girls who are unwed and pregnant and even those who miscarry, wed or not.