Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
The high level of teenage births continues to create numerous problems for social services, parents and the public at large. At the beginning of a new century, reducing teenage childbearing remains a challenge to social scientists, service providers and public officials. An organization named, The National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy, have provided statistics listed on the internet. The research is broken down by individual states as well. The overall findings inidicate that birth rates have dcreased in the United States as a whole , for six consecutive years, (1992-1997). In 1997, the teenage birth rate was 52.9% births per 1000 females ages 15-19. The year 1997, is the most recent year for which data is available. This rate represents a siginificant 15% decrease since 1991. Althugh, the 1997 teenage birth rate is still higher than the 1986 rate of 50.2%, the lowest in more than half a century. In an effort to aim for a lower percentage in teenage pregnancy, the research from the following psycholgists and authors providing valuable information; can give
Those statitics are frightening, but the more imporant statistic is just under 50% of those teens gave birth and 90% keep their children. Due to lack of pre-natal care and the lack of knowledge concerning inappropiate child care techniques , teenage mothers are 1.4 likely to experience death of their infants. Some of those inappropiate techniques were due to alcohol, tobacco or other drug use, following birth and prior to the birth of the child. (C.Lambert, 1998). Some of the disruptions teenage mother face are school completion , economic self-sufficiency and restricted resources limiting the quality of life she an offer the child. Adolescent mother are still trying to resolve conflicts due to they're being a child. The morther's ability to cope is heavily dependent on social support received. Overall, the teenage mother has demonstrated limited knowledge about children and theor developmental process . Due to basic emotional immaturity and inexperience with child-rearing , teenage mothers are less nurturing than adult mothers and can place their child at risk for abuse. Understanding that teenage
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