Teacher judged for being ‘too young’ to be a parent after adopting two teens at 23
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Teacher, 23, is judged for being ‘too young’ to be a mother after adopting two teenagers: ‘It’s the best decision I’ve ever made, I’ll have an empty nest at 28’
- Tasia Taylor and her husband Drew are 20 years old and decided to adopt two teenagers
- Thousands on TikTok say they are ‘too young’ to be parents
A 23-year-old teacher who adopted teenage girls with her husband has been dubbed “too young” to be a mother by thousands.
Tasia Taylor and her partner Drew Taylor, from the US, exchanged nuptials in August 2020 and decided to adopt Tamiray, 15, and Rory, 13, in December last year.
The young mother has shared her experience on TikTok and says that adopting has been one of the best decisions she has ever made.
In a video, Tasia said that becoming an “empty nester at 28 sounds pretty good” as the girls will be able to move out by then.
But others had trouble grasping the idea of two twenty-year-olds raising children in their teens.
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Tasia Taylor (right) and her partner Drew Taylor (left) from the US got married in August 2020 and decided to adopt teenage girls. But after sharing their fantastic experience on social media, they were branded “too young” to be parents as they are both in their 20s.
In a video, Tasia said becoming an “empty nester at 28 sounds pretty good” as girls Tamiray, 15, and Rory, 13, will be able to move out by then.
He video itself has also exceeded seven million visits and divided opinions.
“I don’t know why my brain can’t process this, you guys look so young it’s weird to see you with teenagers,” one person wrote, and the comment alone was liked by over 100,000 people.
“My only concern is a college fund for them because there won’t be enough time to make enough money investing when they’re babies,” said another.
A third added: “You must have more money than many of us can afford for two teenagers in their 20s.”
To which Tasia replied: ‘I’ve had a job since I was 16 and worked through college! We worked hard to get here and have several university degrees.’
But despite the nasty comments, others offered words of support and praised her decision to adopt.
‘This is great!’ one person wrote, another said: ‘Those kids are lucky to have you!’
I’m not used to seeing this, but it’s admirable. I hear too often that older children are left behind in the foster care system,” added a third.
Good for your family! Great idea and I bet those kids will have greatness coming their way!’ said another.
And Tasia did not let the comments of the enemies go unnoticed and fought back.
“Comments like this really make me wonder if we got the same upbringing growing up,” she wrote.
‘Hasn’t everyone been taught that saying mean things online is cyberbullying? Since we talked about it a lot at school, there was a whole campaign about it.
‘This comment really hurt my feelings. What does a person have to comment hateful things?
“You wrote this comment and thought: ‘I should say hurtful things, I don’t know anything about her story, I don’t know her children, I don’t know her, I don’t know how responsible she is, but I must comment.’