Paula Garces Quotes

When I was in the 12th grade, I got my girlfriend pregnant. I just got out of school, she was a 10th-grader. I'm a teen parent, and I'm at a point where I'm like, 'Man I've got to do something.'

My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging.

I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.

What I hated then - and hate now - is the way that people say to girls like me who get pregnant young that it ruins your life. Having a child doesn't ruin your life - having a child is a blessing.

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.

When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this.

I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

My parents have been really supportive right from the very beginning.

By no means do we think, 'Oh, it's cool to be a teen mom.' I definitely don't think that it's cool.

When I hear a girl has had two babies by the age of 16, I think two things: Is she called Chardonnay, and what is she doing with her life?

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

My parents have been with me every step of the way.

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

All the really pretty girls get pregnant.

I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did.

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

When I was a boy if a girl got pregnant the shame was placed on her and the boy could get away.

I was 21 and had been going out with my boyfriend for two years when I found out I was pregnant - despite being told by doctors that I was sterile. Jamie's father and I hadn't discussed marriage, and to me, it wasn't something to be entered into just to stop gossip.

My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

My family was always supportive when I decided that I wanted to pursue this thing called acting.

I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house.

Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.

My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they saw something was 'Captain America,' and he called me, and he was so elated.

We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.