Teenage Pregnancy

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Your Teenage Daughter is Pregnant: How to Deal With It?
You've just discovered that your teenage daughter is pregnant. You may find yourself filled with worry for both your daughter and her unborn child, or you may even be angry at your daughter and the situation

Support and Socialization Through Play
A growing number of young mums and dads are turning to Playgroups for young parents for peer support and valuable socialization for their children. These parents in their teens and early twenties, are setting aside a few hours each week to attend Playgroup with their babies and before school age children.

The Power Program for Pregnant Teenagers
Teenage pregnancy has been looked at as a controversial topic for decades. The trends and practices have indeed changed over time but one thing is still undebated: the young mothers and the babies born out of those pregnancies need optimal support to thrive and have the best chances in life.

Fifteen, Pregnant and No Idea
Growing up without my Mum was difficult in many ways. I missed out on all those mother-daughter chats, even the one about the birds and the bees. I wasn’t aware of the consequences of having sex and I didn’t know the symptoms of pregnancy. I had no idea I was pregnant for quite a while.

Pregnant Pause
Pregnant Pause is written by Sarah Davies. After having her daughter Lulu she started the quest to achieve the perfect work life balance. With this still a work in progress she splits her time between promoting her clients and making memories with her little family.

Teenage Pregnancy
Welcome to our teenage pregnancy section. We've created this resource to increase the information available to young women who are pregnant.

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Teen Mothers and Their Responsibilities.

Teen mothers face daily challenges as they struggle to take care of their child and find a way to be the best parent they can. Because most teen mothers are still attending school or college, finding the time and financial means to finish their education should be a high priority alongside raising their child. Learning ways to meet the responsibilities as a teen parent will help them get on their feet and establish a future for their child.

Financial Support 

One of the most important responsibilities that a teen mother has is being able to financially support her child. While many teen mothers may not work, they may utilize friends, family or the support of the father to pay the bills and expenses related to the child. Some teen mothers utilize welfare services to pay for raising their child. This may include financial assistance to pay rent or daycare and also food stamps. If the teen mother has a good support system, she may be able to work and go to school to help support the child.

Education 

Education is still an important responsibility of a teen mother. Finishing high school and pursuing a college education will allow her to be able to financially support her child and become more independent. Alternative education resources are available that may assist the teen mother more easily than traditional schooling. Schools that accommodate teen mothers with daycare and transportation can be utilized as well. Post-secondary schools offer many online classes that allow the mothers to stay home and care for their child while furthering their education.

 

Housing 

Housing is an important responsibility that every teen mother must face as a young parent. While many young mothers live with their parents, some have to find safe housing in which to raise their child. This means finding something that is affordable and convenient to meet the needs of the teen mother. Renting apartments or a house with other family members is often a choice many teen mothers make. Some who are homeless make seek refuge in a halfway house or home for teen mothers. 

Health Care 

Health care is a big responsibility of a teen mother. She needs to make sure she has insurance to cover prenatal care and delivery. Having the baby insured when it is born will make it affordable in case there is a medical emergency with the birth. Unless the mother is employed full-time, she may not have access to health care. Utilizing free health care from the state, such as Medicaid, may be an option. If she still lives at home with her parents, she may be able to become a rider on their health insurance plan. This will allow her to receive the medical care she needs throughout her pregnancy and birth.

Effects 

The effects of meeting the responsibilities of a teen mother are so that she can safely raise her baby in a healthy and loving environment. Food, shelter, clothing and health care are just some of the core elements that must be met in order to raise a happy child. Whether a teenage mom cares for her baby independently or with the help of others, the child’s needs should always come first.

 source: www.livestrong.com › Lifestyle

My Reflection.

    In this project I learn that being a teen mom is a tiring thing. We should not have sex in a early age, even though babies are cute but like I said before you know if you have his kid he will not care at all. Then, you will be the only raising this child and how can a kid have a baby? Learning to protect yourself is really important, you should learn about things before something started to happen and then everything will be too late to turn back. More than half of all mothers on welfare had their first child as a teenager. In fact, two-thirds of families begun by a young, unmarried mother are poor. Children who live apart from their fathers are 5 times more likely to be poor than children with both parents at home. The daughters of young teen mothers are 3 times more likely to become teen mothers themselves. The sons of teen mothers are twice as likely to end up in prison. I’m sure no one wants their next generation be the same as you. Its time to make the world a better place.

     We should start producing some films about teen pregnancy. Who wants those entertaining films anyways and waste a bunch of money on them? If there is films about preventing teen pregnancy then people will learn how to properly use condoms and be able to know about it. Putting the films on all those famous TV programs that youth watch will have a better result. Then, there will be a chance of reducing teen pregnancy each year. Its a fact that the United States has the most birth rate each year which is a sad thing to say. I’m sure the president would like to solve this embarrassing problem.

    Preventing teen pregnancy is a really important thing. We don’t want to have a baby at a young age. A baby can’t have a baby. If you do, your education will be totally ruined and you life will be too. We should delay sex if you are at a young age, education is important. You should ask adult about it. There is no need to be embarrassed about it. Parents need to talk to their children about sex before they reach puberty. We need to have some type of sex education courses in our school system. Parents need to give their children positive examples. If you are a pregnant teen, make sure that your boyfriend stays with you. If you are the father of a baby, don't run away from your responsibility. It is the worse thing you can do to a mother and a child. Last but not least, if you are an expectant parent, take some parenting classes. 

    Teenage pregnancy is a huge problem in the United States. Almost half the federal funds collected for welfare goes to single, unwed mothers. I think the problem starts at home. If you don't talk to your children about sex and all of the responsibilities that go with it before children hit puberty, then there's no way that they are going to know about sexually transmitted diseases or that you can get pregnant the first time that you have sex. Parents have to set examples for their children to follow. If your mother and father, for example, were both alcoholics, then you would have to have a lot of will-power to fight falling into the same web.