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TEEN PREGNANCY
Did you know that nearly 3 in 10 teen girls in the US will get pregnant at least once before age 20 ? That ’ s more than 700,000 teen pregnancies each year . Yikes .
So what does this mean for you ? Well , you hear about teen pregnancy in movies , in the news , at school , on MTV , and from your parents . You know it ’ s not a good idea to have a baby before you ’ re ready , so why are so many teens still getting pregnant every year ? And what can you do about it ?
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Babies are great — they ’ re cute and cuddly and they love you . But they ’ re also needy and selfish — they want all your time and attention and they want it NOW . Be honest — there are a million things you ’ d rather be doing than changing a diaper , right ? So if you decide to have sex , have you considered the consequences of getting pregnant / causing a pregnancy ? Weirdly enough , almost 50 % of teens have never thought about how a pregnancy would affect their lives even though having a baby could be one of the most lifechanging things to happen to them . Consider this :
and fewer than 2 % earn a college degree by age 30 .
• Children of teen mothers do worse in school than those born to older parents — they are 50 % more likely to repeat a grade , are less likely to complete high school than the children of older mothers , and have lower performance on standardized tests .
• About one-fourth of teen moms have a second child within 24 months of the first birth — which can further delay their ability to finish school or keep a job .
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School comes second :
• Parenthood is the leading reason why teen girls drop out of school ; after all , it ’ s really difficult to juggle homework and a baby . Less than half of teen mothers ever graduate from high school
A baby won ’ t make him stay :
• You may think having a baby will make your relationship even stronger , but the fact is 8 out of 10 fathers don ’ t marry the mother of their child . It ’ s also true that these absent fathers pay less than $ 800 annually for child support , often because they are poor themselves and can ’ t afford legitimate support payments .
It ’ s hardest on the kids :
• More than half of all mothers on welfare had their first child as a teenager . In fact , two-thirds of families begun by a young , unmarried mother are poor .
• Children who live apart from their fathers are 5 times more likely to be poor than children with both parents at home .
40 | Idaho Spring / Summer 2014 | abusemagazine . org
Source : http :// www . stayteen . org / teen-pregnancy : when-expecting