Welcome to One Young Parent
Welcome to the One Young Parent website. At One Young Parent, our mission is to Support, Care For, and Encourage those young pregnant and/or parenting women. It is our belief at OYP that although many young women "get in over their heads" and end up pregnant as a result, these young women need our support. As a result of this belief OYP has become what it is today. It is not an anti-pregnancy site, nor is it a preventative site. While we strongly discourage planning of young pregnancies, we are here for the purpose of supporting those already in that situation.
All About OYP
My name is Marie and I currently own and operate the One Young Parent website. However it was not always this way. Way back in the beginning many years ago, OYP started out as "One Young Mom" owned and operated by Angela, it's only purpose was to share Angela's story of being a young mom. It didn't take long for One Young Mom to become One Young Parent and grow to become a community where members supported each other through pregnancy and parenting. Angela has since moved on to new aspects of her life and passed the site onto myself to keep things going.
One Young Parent is once again growing and changing. The finished product will hopefully be a place where young men and women can come to share experiences, gain advice, offer and accept support, and just hang out and have fun with others. Currently the site has many features including our community forums, advice pages, stories, and resources - Soon we will have even more features for our visitors.
What OYP is NOT
One Young Parent is not a place where we encourage teen sex and pregnancy. We are simply here to help those who have already made their choices and are dealing with the results.
OYP is not a prevention-focused website. While we do encourage that any person engaging in sexual relations be safe and responsible, we are not here to focus on preventing young people from having sex. We are here to support those that already have.
We are also not the place to come if a person is feeling the need to fantasize about or play pretend. We are again here to support real pregnant/parenting young persons.
But Why?
Why should we support these men and women? They made their beds, and now they should lay in them... right? Wrong. Yes, most young women did not plan on becoming parents as early as they have, but how many "older moms" have done the exact same thing. We need to support these young people to give them the opportunity to raise their children well, to give them the support and encouragement that ALL parents need at some point.
It is unfortunate that in our society young parents are becoming ever more popular, but the responsible parents, trying their hardest to succeed, to become someone for themselves and for their children are still being stereotyped and rejected. This is why OYP is now here. All parents need support, and OYP is just support specifically for Young Parents.