It's a fine line to walk, as a parent and as a society. For I feel that far too many people either take one extreme position or the other: either they cruelly "disown" their children when they get themselves into trouble, or they celebrate the unmarried, unplanned birth as some sort of "cool status symbol" and there is no stigma attached whatsoever.
We are trying to convey to our daughter that we are disappointed in what she DID, but NOT disappointed in HER AS A PERSON. We love her unconditionally, even as we hate some of the decisions she's made.
