What is life like for their children?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 501.

What is life for teen mothers?

Don't teens realise that if they get pregnant they might ruin their plans?

In general teens who are the most ambitious are more careful. Teens who lack self-esteem, or have fewer definite plans are less cautious. Some girls are either too embarrassed to buy birth control items or believe that they will just 'say no' to sex. Goverment wants to get rid of safe-sex classes in order to teach abstinence.

Most teen girls are delighted when they first realise they are pregnant – they are given gifts and look forward to having a baby. However the reality is often a terrible shock even when the girl's parents help. Most can't cope with looking after a baby and schoolwork and drop out of school. In most cases the teen mother needs a job to pay for the baby, she has to find somewhere to look after the baby while she is working or studying. Due to these problems, most teen mothers do not find good jobs.

Life can be very hard. Many grow up in poverty or are neglected because the mother is too young to care for them properly. In the majority of cases the children do not do well at school because their mother has no time to encourage them or because she did not have a chance to do well in school, she cannot help them with schoolwork.