Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is an epidemic that needs to be dealt, but who is to blame for this epidemic. Can we blame the parents, television, or movies? Each one has a big effect on the thought process of teenagers. Some people grow up without that unconditional love you get from your parents and they see having a baby will give them that. Some of these television shows and movies do not help because they glamorize teen pregnancy. The teenagers these days know more, experience more and seen more than any other generation before. So they act on their knowledge that what causes the problem.
How can we prevent this from being a recurring problem for the next generation? I feel that having a baby young is a problem that not many teenagers are prepared to face. The responsibility that comes with a child is enormous in size. There will be a lot of things you may have to give up like your youth because after having that baby you will have to grow fast. I have a cousin that got pregnant at seventeen. My grandmother was raising her child while she was treating her child like a toy that she can play with for awhile until she get tired, then put him away and go on with her own business. That lasted until my grandmother stop doing that, letting my cousin feel the weight on her shoulder and it was eye opening for her. She told me she did not expect it to be so hard. That what some teenagers need to realize because the life after the baby is born is a long and hard road that not many can walk down.
Teenage pregnancy can cause some health problems. Women who become pregnant during their teen years have an increased risk for birth complications. Teenage mothers are less likely to gain adequate weight during their pregnancy, leading to low birth weight. Low birth weight is associated with several infant and childhood disorders and a higher rate of infant mortality. Low-birth weight babies are more likely to have organs that are not fully developed, which can result in complications, such as bleeding in the brain, respiratory distress syndrome, and intestinal problems. To rap it up it would not be the best chose to have at a young age.

By: Daniel Roberson