Teen Pregnancy The New Culture
Is the recent public displays of contraceptive failure by teen girls giving the misleading appearance that teen motherhood might be a lifestyle upgrade? Is Brystol Palin’s pregnancy, the movie Juno and also Jamey Spears delivery glorifying teenage pregnancy? We worked so hard to lower this statistic, now are the standards changing? Read Cristina Page: A Mom Before the Prom as she reports what message the recent flurry of teenage pregnancies is sending.
The average teen girl would be led to believe that teen pregnancy doesn’t ruin adolescence, but instead brings lavish amounts of attention, an adoring and adorable teen father, and an endless supply of parental support. The reality for most teen moms could not be more different. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, eight in 10 teen fathers do not marry the mother of their first child. Kids without involved fathers are twice as likely to drop out of school, twice as likely to abuse alcohol or drugs, twice as likely to end up in jail, and two to three times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. Children who live apart from their fathers are also five times more likely to be poor than children with both parents at home.
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