Perhaps one of the most visible young moms out there, Bristol Palin gave birth to her son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, on Sunday, officially making Sarah Palin a grandmommy.
Now, I didn’t vote for McCain, but for some reason, this kind of makes me happy. I find it hard to judge Sarah Palin based on her daughter’s choices, and by no means am I saying that getting pregnant while in high school (and then subsequently dropping out) is the best thing to do.
I was pregnant before I wanted to be, so I know (sort of) how she felt. But I didn’t have to deal with parading my teenage pregnancy on the national stage while my mom sought the second seat in the chain of command. That’s got to be rough on so many levels.
Maybe I’ll just make this a short one and ask you what you all think: How do you feel about Bristol Palin becoming a young mommy?
Hum… good question. Well, I was never a big fan of Palin and didn’t really ever get too wrapped up in her family and all of that, but I think anytime a child is born is a beautiful thing. I have no judgements of Bristol being a teen mom. Once one is pregnant and makes the decision to become a mother age is no longer important. Its all about what you do from that time forward. Didn’t know she dropped out of high school just because she was pregnant. That’s just uncool, and not even on her part. On the part of the adults that I am sure told her that she should do so as to not shame the family or whatever.
I won’t even go there… I’ll just say that I hope that she enjoys her son and is encouraged every step of the way to be all that she can be for both herself and her son.