I overheard a conversation today between two girls who looked to be about 15. I was on the bus and they were behind me. They were chatting about school and how next year they would be able to drive. It was a pretty innocent conversion until one girl said to the other "I am trying to get pregnant so next year I might not be in school". I thought WHAT?!

How can you even think that a 15? Where do you even get that idea? Why are kids these days growing up so fast? When I was 15 that was the farthest thing from my mind. I look back and I think I was naive.

I am not one to point to popular culture for the problems of today's youth. But when Jamie-Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin have babies in their teens and we see them in magazines with designer clothes and designer diaper bags I cant help but wonder what is going on.

What's so wrong with staying innocent as long as you can? What is driving these girls to motherhood so quickly?