Teenage Mothers :: Teen Pregnancy

Becoming a parent permanently and profoundly alters a jejuners life. Most of the girls forget about their dreams of happy marriage, college is almost always out of the question, graduating High School becomes a goal most teenage moms dont achieve. Young girls having babies isnt new, as a matter of fact, teenage parenthood was higher(prenominal) in the 1950 then it is today, just things were different. Most of the girls were eighteen or cardinal and many of them already married. Only a few of single mothers rattling kept their babies. Today many mothers are fifteen or 16 years old. Some are correct as young as twelve. Fathers contri simplye little or nothing to the care of the baby, therefore its even harder for the mother. All of a sudden the girl is thrown into the beingness of responsibilities and duties, where the babys needs come before her own. She is expected to balance her school or a job with the full time task of raising a baby. Her human being is changed from he r world of dates, parties, sleepovers and waiting for a Saturday so you can sleep late, to the world of doctor appointments, diapers, baby formulas, bills, and day care. Experts say that girls have babies from lack of self-esteem. " in like manner often, adolescent pregnancy is what happens to poor kids," says psychologist Judith Musick. "It can be a sign of having no better options." They need approximatelyone to bash and someone to love them back. Whats cuddlier and cuter than a baby is? A baby gives them something to look forward to and something that gives importee to their life. Studies show that a lot of teenage mothers come from poverty and some of them dont know any better. Theres definitely a lack of education but it doesnt have a direct relationship to race or ethnic background. A lot of teenage moms dont think that they have anything to lose by having a baby. Communities and Governments have tried to help out teenage mothers but sometimes what they do j ust isnt enough. There is After-School Care for young adolescents and there are community learning centers. In 1984 about 8.7 million girls were living with a baby and without the father. Only 58% of those girls have been awarded youngster support. Of those who were supposed to get child support in 1983, only one-half received the amount due.