Survey

For this survey i asked students around our school question that i myself was wondering and these were their answers....

~Do u believe that teen pregnancy is an issue?


Ariane Montez- "It always has been."

Crisol Tellez- "Yes i think it is! I know lots of girls that got pregnant."

Daisy Tena- "Yes"



~Why do u think teen get pregnant?


Crisol tellez- "Cuz they are having 2 much sex and they need 2 stop and they dont know how or
where 2 get protection."

Ariane Montez- "Cus of boredom or laziness. Cus sometimes pregnancy happens cus ppl r lazy 2 put on condoms or watevr."

Maritza Casas- "Because girls are dumb and they believe any thing a guy tells them."

Rebecca Dolores-" I don't know maybe cuz they 4get 2 use protection or maybe cuz they r in love that they don't care"



~Why do think teens have sexual intercourse?

Carlos Valdez- "In my opinion i think that they become sexually active because of exposure of sexual content in the Internet or TV"

Estephania Moron-"Cuz they have no good values from home"

Kathy Williams-" Your hormones start erupting during adolescents so you have a physical desire even though you know its not right, but then you get pressure by friends, and the media is attacking teens by music, movies, and TV by showing a lot of sexual activity so that makes your sexual desire stronger. most teens want to do what they see on TV."

what consequences do the babies of the teenage mothers face?

We all know that teenage mothers face various problems during and after pregnancy, but what problems do the babies face? A child being born from a teen mother can have many problems growing up.

Teen pregnancy is bad for the child because children that are born to teen mothers suffer from higher rates of low birth weight and other related health problems. "The proportion of babies with low birth weights born to teens is 21 percent higher than the proportion for mothers age 20-24. Low birth weight raises the probabilities of infant death, blindness, deafness, chronic respiratory problems, mental retardation, mental illness, and cerebral palsy. In addition, low birth weight doubles the chances that a child will later be diagnosed as having dyslexia, hyperactivity, or another disability." Therefor not only is the teen mother going to go through health problems but the child will too.

Another disadvantage that children born to teen mothers have are that they don't often have sufficient health care. Since the mothers aren't prepared to have a baby at such a young age it becomes difficult for them to cover medical expenses. even though the children already have a higher probability to get sick it is estimated that in his or hers first 14 years the average child of a teen mother visits a physician and other medical providers an average of 3.8 times a year, as to a child born to older parents will visit 4.3 times a year. And when they do visit medical providers more of the expenses that they make are paid by others in society. A recent study suggested that the medical expenses paid by society would be much less if teens would wait until they are older to have their child.

Also Children born to teen mothers are not likely to be raised correctly. This is because their mothers and often their fathers are too young to overcome the job of being a parent. The mothers themselves are still growing and developing so it makes it difficult for them to provide the kind of environment that children need for adequate development. There are certain "things" that parents need to do, for example a recent research demonstrated the importance of sensitive parenting and early cognitive stimulation for brain development. So since the mothers are so young they aren't able to provide these certain "things" that the child needs to grow up which then leads to poor parenting.

Also these children often become victims to abuse and/ or neglect. This is because most of the mothers that get pregnant aren't ready physically and mentally and didn't plan on getting pregnant so therefor they don't want the child which leads to leaving them up for adoption or at a fosters home. The mothers usually become frustrated with the responsibilities of parenthood so that's how child abuse begins. For example some teen mothers are used to having fun, going out with their friends and having everything the easy way. However a baby changes your life completely, so when their baby starts crying and they can't get him or her to quiet down they become frustrated because they don't know what to do so they abuse the child.

So not only do teen parents face difficult situations or problems but the babies that are born do as well.

Reflection

I can honestly say that when i chose this topic i chose it because this is something important to me and because i thought i knew something about it but, there are so many facts and interesting things that young teens don't know and that i didn't even know about pregnancy. So far i have learned plenty of stuff that i didn't know about teenage pregnancy however nothing has struck out to me so much as when my cousin told me step by step what happened to her when she had her baby. She explained everything so detailed that she scared the crap out of me! i never realized how ignorant i truly am on this topic and now I'm really glad i chose this topic because I'm really looking forward to learning everything i can on teenage pregnancy.

Teenage pregnancy is something that i believe is becoming more and more common each year which in my point of view is not a very good thing. I don't believe it's a good thing because most of the girls that get pregnant are still babies them self's, the way i see it is as if a baby is having a baby. it may not make sense but what i kind of want to say is that these girls are mentally and physically kids so how can a kid raise a kid? However not all girls are like that. I have seen and been with teenage girls who aren't all that responsible or mature but when they get pregnant they completely change. They become responsible young adults and work very hard to have a home and good future for their baby even if the father leaves them, and those are the girls that other teenage pregnancies should look up to and admire.

I've learned that you can't really speak about pregnancy or judge anyone until you've been there. There are so many things that we don't even know and yet we act like we've been there done that. I'm can't say that everyone's like that but most people are including myself. Like mentioned previously i never realized how ignorant i am on this topic until now. Speaking with teenage pregnancies has changed my views in so many ways. Yeah i knew it probably was a tough thing to go through but i never realized how difficult and painful it truly can be. The difficult part is not only having the baby but also raising it and dedicating so much time of your life to it. There are so many problems that these girls have to face and so many things that they have to give up for their baby that i have such enormous admiration towards the girls that don't give up and keep their chins up.