"Be Brave": Locals Join Heads and Give Student Advice About Exposing Her Pregnancy to Her Family
- A young woman recently revealed that she has fallen pregnant while still studying
- According to the woman, her family is very strict and she has no idea how to break the news to them
- Many South Africans have shared some helpful advice with the lady, Briefly News explores the most interesting of those
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A young KwaZulu-Natal university student has found herself in a very difficult situation after falling pregnant while still studying. According to the woman who called in to a local radio station, she does not know how to break the news to her very religious and very strict parents.
"A 22-year-old KZN student has shared her pregnancy ordeal with a local radio station. In her communication with the station, she shared that she is afraid to tell her conservative family that she has fallen pregnant while at university.
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"She also shared that she grew up in a very religious family that believes that a woman should only be with a child after she has married. What would be your advice to her?
Locals had this to say:
Oratile Mabena said:
"My advice...? She should be brave and tell them. Although they will be angry at her, I think it will be worth it u know. The truth will always come out rather the know the truth than to let the reveal itself"
Vicky Oratilwe Makofane said:
"I strongly suggest she should tell her family and apologize to them... And go back to school because the child is going to need good care from parents... The child should not stop her from succeeding... Parents respect children who take responsibility and face the consequences... Just chill my sister nobody is perfect"
In other Briefly News, in a proud mother has been celebrated on social media following her recent academic feat. She bagged a PhD in an uncommon fashion.
A Twitter post, she made celebrating her PhD in environmental engineering, Mary Foltz said she went on to run the programme despite calls by people for her to call it quits as they thought she would fail.
Mary, undeterred by the discouragement, said she had her first son at the start of the programme and was 37 weeks pregnant again during her defence.
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Source: Briefly News