Explanation: adults are uncomfortable with teenagers discussing having children and wish to suppress it, or at least do not encourage it. This is because the association available to most adults will be “teenage pregnancy”, not “rational, mature planning of far-future behavior.” And they may be right: people adopt far-view opinions to justify near-view actions.
Explanation: adults are uncomfortable with teenagers discussing having children and wish to suppress it, or at least do not encourage it. This is because the association available to most adults will be “teenage pregnancy”, not “rational, mature planning of far-future behavior.” And they may be right: people adopt far-view opinions to justify near-view actions.