Baby Talk

I’m 21 and my girlfriend is 22,
and we’re having a baby. She wants to give the baby up for adoption, or get
married and raise the baby together. If I had never gotten her pregnant I think
I would have married her eventually, but right now I’m not ready. I have always
wanted to be a father, and the thought of giving my son up for adoption and never
seeing him again when there is such love between my girlfriend and me seems insane.
I could get a job pretty easily, so how can I even think about throwing away my
son when I know I can provide for him? I know that we were idiots for not being
more careful. She is six weeks along and I don’t know what to do.

Suddenly a Father

Here’s what you should do: Think again about adoption. Doing an...