Teenage Pregnancy

I am going to write about the consequences of becoming a teen parent. I want parents and well as teens to understand the trials and tribulations that everyone is going through, not only will it affect the teenage parents it will also affect the parents as well. I am not an educator by all means but I would like to see that teens are educated, they have more communication with their parents and what the consequences of being a teen parent.

There are many reason that teens get pregnant today, they could be pressured into having sex-the guy will tell you that he loves you, he will stay with you no matter what happens or the girl/guy have either one parent absent or it could be that they are being raised by someone else. I am sure that being a teenager in this day and age is hard and they are under a lot of pressure, but if they are, there is always someone that they can talk to that can help them understand what they are going through.

Most teens do not understand that when they are having a baby they are not the only ones that are not affected. This affects the whole family mentally, physically,

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emotionally, and financially. Being a teen parent will not be easy on them because they have school, and then find a way to help support the child, sure parents from both sides may help, but if think you are grown-up to have a baby then you need to be grown-up to be responsible.

We as parents need to help prevent teen pregnancy by doing so we need to talk to our kids, spend more time with them instead of letting cell phones, computers, or video games take the place of a parent. I feel that we as parents need to show teens the real world that happens after you become an adult, if we did this now there would not be the birth rate of "babies having babies"

In conclusion, we need to step up as parents and be parents