What are your views and feelings of Child Brides?

Child Brides are girls as young as 10-16 getting married.

With parental Consent? Without?

A 28 yearold wedding a 14 year old with both sides parents agreeing?

A 11 year old getting pregnant and then running to another state to wed the father who is over the age of 18?

Forcing a 13 yearold into marriage because of religon even though they live in the USA?

I'm not really sure how to answer this one ....

I can actually see a 17 yr old getting married. Just as long as they understand what it means....

I think it is a form of child abuse.

I think once you hit 16+ it gets a lot more iffy but still that is a huge commitment.

I'm not really sure how to answer this one ....

I can actually see a 17 yr old getting married. Just as long as they understand what it means....

Did I put it to confusing? :giggle I wasn't sure how to write it all out so if its confusing let me know I will edit it :D

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Okj I am going to edit the org. People are focusing more on the older ages (17) :giggle

DISGUSTING....

wow....can't they just be a girl for a little while? womanhood comes soon enough.

For me personally, if you need to get mommy's consent to get married (and it isn't part or your family's culture/religion... because I am not going to touch that, I am just talking about American Law's here) then you probably aren't ready.

And if you are FORCED into a marriage (regardless of your culture/religion) then you are also probably not ready.

Basically... there are laws to protect children for a reason. You don't look mature getting married if you needed mommy or daddy to sign a permission slip and you look like abusive parents if you force your child into a marriage.

Just putting this out there.

I watched a show on WE tv last night about this. They had about 5 (give or take) girls on there that were/are child brides.

My mom just mentioned this today! We were in a shop that sold lots of little white dresses which she said were for child brides. I said they were for first communion!

I think it is a form of child abuse.
I completely agree! There was a girl who posted on Yahoo Answers who was being forced to marry an older man for religious reasons but she didn't want to just because she didn't feel ready to have sex or be a wife. I told her to call CPS. Ok, if the kid WANTS to, maybe, thats your choice and America has freedom of religion blah blah blah, but if you are forcing her, oh no no no. CPS should get in there and take those kids away.

My mom worked for a family as their nanny when she was 15. She was in a really bad place at home so she needed an out and moved in as a live in nanny. The man (my father) in his 30's took advantage of her by sneaking into her room at night and raping her with his wife in the next room. She was so confused and just a child. He ended up divorcing his wife and marrying my mom. She thought it was the only way she would be taken care of financially. She feels like he should have known better and now that she is an adult feels like she was cheated out of her childhood. I think it is so sad and should never be ok for someone under the age of 18 to get married. I don't want to offend anyone but we're women. We know how much we act on emotion...

In this part of the world, that is to uncommon. I guess, I don't have a problem with a 16 year old getting married if they are mature enough. it isn't until the past 50 years that women are getting older. Many times, back in the day, if you were 18 and not married you were considered an "old maid." Do I agree with it, nope.

i think it's sad and gross. 11 year olds aren't even fully developed yet and they are still learning about their own bodies. when i was 11 i certainly didn't want someone putting his "thing" in me. i don't care what the religion is, it's pitiful. my sister is 10. she is by no means ready to marry or have sex and i would kill the motherf*er that tried to do so with her. she'd better wait till she's 30. :giggle

Just putting this out there.

I watched a show on WE tv last night about this. They had about 5 (give or take) girls on there that were/are child brides.

yup Secret Lives of Women. i saw it too

I saw the same show!! Of course I was embrassed because major of them were from KY:giggle Represent!!!


Times are different. I am sure a few of our grandmas or great-grandmas were much younger than us when they go married and were married for 50+ years. Now I think about myself and how young I was (18 going on 19)!!!

Every situation is different.

i think it's wrong; let them be kids for a while.

i don't want to offend anyone, but i don't think any religion should be allowed to force a child into marriage before THEY want it.

at the age of 17, it's kind of iffy b/c it's the gray area between being a child and being an adult.

this girl i used to be friends with, her mom signed the paper for her to get married at 17 b/c she was pregnant & her hubby was going into the army; she only signed the paper so that her grandchild would get the benefits & be taken care of.

in a case like that, i think it's ok as long as it's what the mother-to-be wants also.

What are your views and feelings of Child Brides?

Child Brides are girls as young as 10-16 getting married.

With parental Consent? Without?

A 28 yearold wedding a 14 year old with both sides parents agreeing?

A 11 year old getting pregnant and then running to another state to wed the father who is over the age of 18?

Forcing a 13 yearold into marriage because of religon even though they live in the USA?

answers: NO NO NO NO NO.
i think it's sick and it's part of the contemporary ethos of American girls growing up too quickly.

I just watched the show!

I think it is way to young to be married but if for whatever reason, the parents consent, and the children want it, then not much can be done about it. My grandparents eloped at 15 and 18 and they did ok for themselves. Most of those people on the show did it by choice, as strange and irresponsible as it may have been. I would never do it and I would never let me kids do it, but I don't think the laws regarding parental consent are unreasonable in those cases.

As far as the arranged marriages between teens and older men - those are terrible, sad, and completely sick.