Single Mother's Rock....right???

As a former single mother it may sound hypocritical to tell this story, but understand that even though I have made poor choices in my life (and really, who hasn't?) with the help of a strong family support system (the ultimate welfare program) I was able to not become a drain on society, or make choices of which I wasn't aware of potential consequences.
I know a girl who is a welfare mom....formerly a teenage welfare mom. The story is usually the same. Not enough love at home, not taught enough respect not to show off her body, she meets a boy, and intentionally gets pregnant. She wants someone who will love her unconditionally. She has never been off of public assistance in her child's life, and doesn't really have much of a hope of ever being off of it. She is statistically more likely to raise a criminal than I am or to raise another welfare mom, perpetuating the cycle....and chances are, that's where things are going.
A child without discipline makes everyone's life more difficult, up to and including the child themself. Children need structure, they need rules, and they need consistent discipline. Children are going to have enough friends in thier life, what they need in the formative years is a parent, not a friend, and how can you be a parent when you never grew up yourself?
This need for unconditional love didn't stop with her first child, and she got pregnant on purpose again. Things didn't work out and this time while still pregnant, she lost the guy, and chose to abort the baby.
The culture of death in America today doesn't caution girls (even those who are emotionally unstable to begin with) what the consequences and long lasting psychological side effects of abortion can be. The mills just want them in and out, like cattle going into a chute.
Unfortunately the girl didn't have the solid family support that I did in my hour of need, and that sometimes makes all the difference the world. I was also 24, and had lived on my own for seven years, she has never lived alone, and it's sad to say that she probably never will.
She will bounce from what family can stand her back and forth and into too quick relationships where her child will have a plethora of Daddy's, not include the actual sperm donor who can't even pay for his responsibilities.
And this has somehow become chic and mainstream and nothing to turn your head at in society, that's sad, and it shows a numbing of social values, and that's just going to make these things continue at an alarming rate.
We need to teach our children to respect themselves, and learn to be adults before you bring another child into this world....
I don't remember the exact verbage, or where exactly I heard this, but I want to say it was one of Thomas Sowell's books, but there are three things that you can do that will virtually guarantee that you will never live in poverty.
1) Graduate high school
2) Don't have children until you are at least 20
3) Don't have children until you are married