One of the reasons that society looks down on teenage mothers is because there is an assumption that a teenage woman/girl is not in a place financially to care for a baby. But I think we can all agree that Jourdan is certainly better off in that respect then most other teenagers.
I'd say finances is the least of the many concerns. Raising a kid is
much much more than being able to afford the task. More importantly, the assumption of unreadiness comes from teenage woman/girl's maturity level.
I don't care if the person has been working for years, has been living independently, has been raising their brothers and sisters since the age of 8, has been supporting themselves, no matter which way you look at it -
18 is young. I cannot think of anyone who at 18, was still not searching for his/her identity and trying to figure out where his/her life was going. People are
just beginning to understand and explore themselves at 18. How can they be expected to take on the responsibility of raising another human being when they're still on their own self-discovering journey?
Sure, people may say that so-and-so teenage mother was a great mother and they know of 30/40 year olds who make terrible mothers, but the fact remains that 18 is generally NOT an ideal age to have children.
A child is the most enormous responsibility and burden you can take on. Beyond sheltering, feeding, clothing a human being, you're responsible for raising them with ethics, values, morals, manners, etc. My brain hurts when beginning to fathom the amount of thought that goes into raising a kid. What kind of nutrition you're going to feed them?; are you going to raise them Democrat or Republican or other?; are you going to allow them to choose their own religious preference?; what kind of education do you want them to be receiving?; how will you ensure their safety; the list can go for
miles.
This post is not directly directed at Ms. Dunn, it is partially a response to many of the posts here. I am shocked that people think that just because she's been with the father for a few years, she has a loaded bank account, and as long as she can bounce back to her modeling career, all is fine and dandy.
People may tell me to get off my moral high-horse, or that I'm too conservative and traditional. I wanted to add my own perspective on the issue after reading the posts. It's is a discussion board after all, not the Jourdan Dunn fan board. Don't go all Twilight on me.
It's not that easy to hide pregnancy in a commercial. More often than not Pregnancy RUINS your skin, my mom still blemishes from 17 years ago. Don't believe that healthy glow crap. This is a beauty contract, as in you need to look beautiful, these types of contracts usually stipulate that you can't alter (read:deteriorate) your appearance too much. Jourdann is gorgeous but when have you ever seen a maybelline commercial with Julia, Adriana, Christy or Erin where they only shoot from the neck up? Also she is the only prolific black model they have signed recently, they may want to start advertising immeaditely, Jourdann isn't going give birth in December and be on a Maybelline set by Boxing day...it could take a year or more, my question is will they wait for her?
but if theres an official statement from maybelline then we'll know for sure , for example miranda kerr only did a campaign for maybelline but did not sign a contract 
