Living with Teen Pregnancy

I am 29 years old and we (my husband and I) had to move in with my mom for several months because we had financial problems and lost our home. Same thing…she would give me dirty looks and tell me I was too hard on my son all the time. But she doesn’t want to be near us when he’s bratty in public!! It has nothing to do with your age if that is any comfort. It’s just that they have been the boss of you your whole life and can’t help themselves.

Our son is now 4 and we’ve been getting back on our feet slowly — in our own home again for 6 months. Still, he figured out that grandma is my mom and tells me what to do. She’s trying to get better since I pointed it out to her.

Here’s a question I have. a friend who’s 16 year old is about 8 weeks pregnant and thinks that she’s going to move out, work 2 jobs plus school full time because the boy who knocked her up sleeps on friends couches and doesn’t work. How can she be convinced that this is a bad decision for her unborn child? Does she have to try it and fall flat first? My friend was trying to help figure out what to do, but will not let the bummy guy move in too, so her daughter is really angry. She isn’t excited about being a grandma, but loves her daughter and will help out.