<prompt> Human: I am turning 21 this friday, and two lines showed on the pregnancy test of my girlfriend this past weekend.We are both students and we are both unprepared. This is not the ideal moment to he a baby to say the least, but my gf is christian and would hate herself forever in case of abortion. So we are keeping the baby, even though we will face explisve reactions from her parents whom thought that we didnt even have sex.Anyway, lets skip towards the financial aspect. As I said in the title, I would like to continue my bachelor degree and then get a masters. I am at my 2nd year and we wont have the baby until I am done with my finals anyway we hope so. So my question is: how do you manage to be a parent and to be a student at the same time? Obviously having a baby is expensive and I dont know if my little job at wal mart will be enough. I want to provide a good home, good food and a good environment to my sondaughter, and this good environment must pass by a good climate where you arent always on the edge because of your extremly tight budget? My girlfriend has a decent amount of money in her account 16k, but I refuse to live off that as it is her money and I dont want her to sacrifice such a substancial amount while I only provide what I get from a small wage.Anyway, long story short, how do you cope with all that? How do you give a good home to your child while you are still a student?Thanks in advance RedditPS: If there are millions of language errors, please dont mind too much; I am french and I am writing this in a hurry. Thanks  <response>: In my opinion. Speak with your parents. Both yours and hers. You will need support of family if you want to get your degrees. Come up with a plan to get your degrees as soon as you can without pushing yourself too much, a kids a lot of work, and finish school. This might mean living with parents if possible for a couple years, youre young so I assume parents work, do any of the four not work full time? One of you might want to look at continuing school online for a year or so. Since you said youre hoping to go for a Masters, Im assuming youre going for a degree in art, history, or pathology as masters is pretty much required, make sure youre going to school for an employable degree. 