‘You cannot be 16, 17, 18 getting pregnant!’- Skelton-Cline to young girls
“We need to have honest conversations with our young people. You know, children getting children,” Skelton-Cline said during Honestly Speaking on ZBVI 780 AM on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
He said while these types of conversations need to be directed to both girls and boys, because of the “chauvinistic, masochistic, patriarchal society” we live in, young men can often get away with things the young women cannot.
“That’s wrong; it’s unjust, but that’s unfortunately a part of the reality.”
Speaking on several topics affecting Virgin Islands youth, Skelton-Cline lamented that he encountered many pregnant young girls at the Lavida Cottoy Festiville.
Young girls, he advised, should not be pressured into sleeping with every boyfriend they have. “Don’t let that joker convince you that you don’t love him unless he gets in your underwear.”
Delinquent parenting?
Skelton-Cline said it is not enough to speak about these issues as they are not new.
“You cannot be 16, 17, 18 getting pregnant and you ain’t married. No, no, you cannot. Do not get pregnant. If you can’t keep your legs closed and your skirt down, then don’t let nobody jump up and down on you like you some kind of trampoline with no protection.”
Skelton-Cline added that there is “delinquent parenting” at some houses, and said he is bringing these issues up and dishing out advice not to humiliate anyone but because he loves them.
“You have a tremendously bright future, but you can derail, you can delay, and/or you can deny yourself of the future that God has destined for you by choices you make right now.”
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And that one's that happen but done out of wedlock
Too many baby shower's not enough rings
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Too many people rushing into get kids for a waste man or criminals when then ain even 5+ together then within 2 or more years after the baby then break up . Single mother added on too the long list only to make more broken homes and more criminals and young girls dressing like prostitutes or being prayed on by grown men cuz the mother ain no better than them sigh
I telling y'all from now if we ever get a sex offender list it will rock this country to it's core!
The younger females of this generation even more loose than the last and it call comes from poor parenting and copying their own Mother lifestyle and behavior smh while others who got good parents will get influence from their peers
So since the age old tactic of shaming the youth isn’t working are we now prepared to try other, more productive avenues?
Are we willing to have spaces in and out of schools where the youth can be safely and properly educated about sex and what comes along with that outside of just pregnancy?
Since you spoke about what’s reality let’s be real…once teens enter into puberty the likelihood of them having some sort of sexual experience is higher and higher especially once they have the time, space, and lack of supervision to do it. So are we ready to discuss spaces where those teens you mentioned are able to get protection? Or are we going to continue to preach a dead sermon about abstinence and just have faith that it will work?
While also speaking of a reality we as a community are more capable of holding these young boys accountable and shaming them the same way yall do these girls. If these girls now have the responsibility of motherhood because of their actions then their elders should make sure these boys have the responsibility of fatherhood.
Just a few things or we could just go back to doing the same things over and over while expecting a different result.
"You cannot be 16, 17, 18 getting pregnant...". It's far from ideal. But it happens. What is the Pastor saying: that they should get an abortion? I hope he clarifies that he's not suggesting anything like that.
There is “delinquent parenting” at some houses. There certainly is. I see SCREENS being pushed into the faces of babies. It's delinquent and it happens amongst parents of all ages.