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BABY BORN AT 15
Nearly 3 in 10 US young females will become pregnant before the age of 20. Over 700,000 adolescent pregnancies each year. Yikes.
The implication for you? The media, school, MTV, and your parents all talk about teen pregnancy. Why do so many adolescents get pregnant every year while knowing it's not a good idea? What can you do?
Babies are lovely and cuddly, and they adore you. But they're also needy and selfish—they want your time and attention NOW. You'd rather be doing something else than changing a diaper, right? Think about the implications of becoming pregnant/causing pregnancy before having sex. Despite the fact that having a kid might be one of the most life-changing events for adolescents, over half of them had never considered it.
School comes secondly:
- Parenthood is the top cause of teen dropout; after all, juggling coursework and a baby is challenging. At age 30, less than 2% of adolescent moms graduate from high school.
- Children of teen moms perform poorly on standardized tests and are 50% more likely to repeat a grade than children of older mothers.
- Most teen women have their second child within 24 months after the first, which can prolong pregnancy to finish school or retain a job.
A baby won't make him stay:
- Despite popular belief, 8 out of 10 fathers do not marry their child's mother. It's also true that many absent fathers pay less than $800 per year in child support, frequently because they are impoverished themselves.
It's the kids that pay:
- Moreover half of the welfare moms gave birth as teenagers. In reality, two-thirds of young, unmarried mothers' households are impoverished.
- There is a five-fold increase in poverty among children who live apart from their dads.
- It is three times more probable for teenage females to become teen moms.
- Teen moms' boys are twice as likely to go to prison.
This is why having a kid early is harmful. So how can you avoid pregnancy too early?
