ENCOURAGE TEENAGE PREGNANCY
1. Teenagers between the ages of 16 and 20 are actually the ideal candidates for bearing children because:
a. hormones are at their most powderful during this period. Why let all those eggs and sperm go to waste?
b. they are comparatively ‘eng’ and can spare the time. (Especially undergrads.)
c. And face it: adults in their mid and late twenties are too busy fighting to establish a career to deal with a baby as well.
d. In all likelihood, your ancestors – maybe even your grandparents – did this. You think you too atas for your ancestors, is it? Boh tua boh suay! Clearly, this is a pro-Asian values policy.
2. We know some people will say, “But they must concentrate on their studies!” To which we reply:
a. Ye-es, but teenagers donÂ’t study round the clock. We all know that the other half of their time is spent trying to pak tor, so this would be a productive way of indulging their existing interests.
b. Besides, making babies would not take them more than ten minutes during the right time of each month. That is less time than they will take surfing pornography sites. They can even do it while chatting to their friends on their hands free sets, although they might find it difficult to SMS.
c. Also, at the age of 16-20, the prospective teen parents will themselves have parents who are roughly between 32 – 50 years of age, and are at the a more stable period of their careers, so they can spare some time. Further, fairly healthy grandparents may also be around. This means that potentially, the child-rearing burden can be shared between three generations.
d. Come on! Study what? Under SingaporeÂ’s education system, do 10 year series, can oreddy!
e. And undergrads? Come on!
3. In fact, teens in the through-train programme don’t have to do ‘O’ levels, so they might as well spend their time usefully. Some more, they’re supposed to have superior genes, so all the more they should be made to contribute.
4. By the time teen parents finish tertiary education or enter the job market, their child would be ready for pre-school or even primary school, which will free them to concentrate more on their careers.
5. In fact, this scheme is great for making the best use of homosexual citizens. At this age, theyÂ’ll be a bit more confused and curious, and will be open to heterosexual experimentation. So their eggs and sperm will not go to waste!
6. Also, we no longer have to worry about teens being exposed to pornography. Surfing porn websites could actually be considered life-skills research.
7. Similarly, the age for R(A) movies should be lowered to 16, and the NC-16 rating done away with altogether. The censors will have their work halved, and can devote their energies to more important issues than whether society will collapse because people can see nipples.
8. Incentives for teens to have kids:
a. Automatic scholarships and bursaries for higher and further education for teen parents. (Extra for through train students.)
b. If youÂ’re in school or any educational institution when you have a kid, you get childcare subsidies.
c. Girls are allowed two and a half years of paid maternity leave, to be taken any time between the ages of 16 and 21 following the birth of their child. The pay would be similar in scale to that of full-time national servicemen. In fact, these two and a half years can be considered girls’ NS, or ‘MS’, for maternity service! This would also serve to ameliorate the resentment some men feel about their female counterparts getting the jump on them career-wise.
d. Boys will have to serve NS during this period. This way they can avoid feeling guilty about not sharing childcare duties like changing nappies, etc, because they can take comfort in the thought that they are also doing important national duties like running to distant trees, touching them and coming back. To serve as a further incentive, NSF fathers will be given more bookout leave.
9. Incentives for parents of teen parents:
a. Tax breaks if you have 3 grandchildren before the age of 40. This is fair, bearing in mind youÂ’re helping your kids shoulder the financial burden of your grandkids.
b. Statutorily-mandated extra month every year for Grandmaternity and Grandpaternity leave.
10. Naturally, all junior colleges, pre-university centres, ITE campuses, universities, etc, must be changed to provide the following:
a. adequate and heavily-subsidized childcare facilities.
b. Cubicles for students to perform their national duties. Fewer sick bays, more sex bays – for when they ‘bay tah han’.
c. Compulsory biology and financial management classes.
11. Pre-primary, primary and secondary schools should all switch to full-day schools to keep students occupied for most of the day, while their parents can devote more time to work. They should also include sex education in the curriculum to prepare for the next generation of teen parents!
12. Shut POSBank down and re-purpose it. ItÂ’s already duplicating DBS services, so why not make it the Population Optimisation Sperm Bank? Pay interest for contributions, and provide insemination loans!