And, NB, very often the support is NOT there from the grandparents (who “have their own lives to live”, as is the mantra these days). Many grandparents are retired, and don’t have a whole lot of money to spend on feeding and clothing grandkids. Also, in the natural course of things, grandparents are older and far more physically frail than their children and grandchildren. They’re likely to die before the grandkids reach maturity, and they don’t have the energy to run after them, or keep tabs on them. As for “community”, I assume you mean the American taxpayer, who, in addition to supporting everything else, is now expected to support feckless teenage moms, who think having babies is the latest cool thing, and who are unable to take responsibility for raising, or supporting, said babies.
