Do you think teen pregnancy is a direct reflection of the parents?

Answer 1

I say it's not the parents fault but they are definitely responsible for it, You should have trust in your children and guide them in the right direction, Yeah they have minds of there own, but you need to know whats going on in there lives, My mom kinda scared the crap of out me and I didn't have sex until I was 21, I had my first baby at 28. I think she did a good job with me. She started telling be about sex and boys when I was young about 11 yrs old. She made it seem like it was not ok to have sex until I was an adult, She said if your worried about me and what I'm gonna think , then your too young for sex. Which made alot of sense to me. I'm glad she was up front and honest with me. I feel like I've made some good choices in my life thanks to mom. These kids today have no guidance and sex is all over the place, tv, radio, mags. I think all we can do as parents is try our best to show them that sex is not necessary at such young ages, If they have questions come ask us. If they are going to have sex anyway, I guess all we can do is help them understand what they are doing and get them condoms and birth control. I hope I do a good job with my kids.

Answer 2

No, it's not a direct reflection of the parents. Each human is their own being. Your parents are there to guide you in the hopes that you will do the right thing in their abscence.

Getting pregnant as a teenager does not mean the parents did anything wrong. By that time one is old enough to know right from wrong. Health education might not be that great, but I know there is enough info out there and kids (even ones with bad parents) here about teen pregnancy and unprotected sex and why you shouldn't.

Hope that answer helps. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Is that what you're parents are telling you? Hmm. I wonder. Well, it 'could' be a reflection of the parents. I mean if a mother of the teenager was ALSO a teen mom then the teen could have followed in her mother's example. But teenagers CAN make their own choices EVEN if they're parents were conservative, Christian parents. I think teen pregnancy occurs in even the *best* of families. I don't think it's right, but it happens. It's so much easier to not be a parent at that age. It's too much responsiblity for a girl (or a boy) to become a parent at let's say..16 years of age. The best we can do is to be good examples for our kids and pray that they make good choices in life!

Answer 4

I artwork in exertions and transport and there is no thank you to generalize this. I even have considered mothers and fathers help their thoroughly deadbeat pregnant young ones (the variety that had reckless intercourse with maximum of companions they do no longer comprehend who the father is, smoked and drank at the same time as pregnant, and are failing out of school) and that i've got considered the right this moment-A form electorate that made a mistake and have been given pregnant have their achieved mothers and fathers abandon them. the youngsters that are effective in college often have extra effective mothers and fathers and greater family contributors ties so it may look that those households are extra clever waiting to adhere at the same time in situations of disaster (and that i could evaluate an adolescent being pregnant a disaster, no longer a miracle). An A+ interior the 8th grade potential actually no longer something interior the actual, grownup worldwide, in order that which you comprehend. If my teenage daughter replace into pregnant, the final ingredient i could look at could be her checklist card. She'd be getting a quick lesson in actual life values and uncomplicated experience.

Answer 5

No. Teen pregnancy is a direct reflection of how human beings are created. We're created to be most fertile from our teens to our mid-twenties at which point our fertility declines.

Your chance as a woman of becoming infertile as you age:
15-24 years old.......... 4.1%
25-34 years old.......... 13.1%
35-44 years old.......... 21.4%
(National Center for Health Statistics).

The most common age for a first baby around the world is 17. The most common age for marriage in "non-industrial" nations where a "higher education" is not expected is 16. Probably the trend of MOST of humanity for thousands of years was mid-teen marriage and pregnancy. What we have in North America of tiny "nuclear families" and postponement of marriage until mid-20's is not what our biological reproductive function was programmed for.

And many mothers postpone childbearing until they can no longer bear children. Age-related infertility, miscarriages, and birth-defects are a common result of waiting too long. Is this better than teen-pregnancy? Better a teenage mother than not a mother at all.

I believe in multi-generational families, and social support as is provided in New Zealand and Australia. THAT is the "solution" to teen pregnancy. Celebrate and support young-adult mothers. Don't deride and revile them.

Answer 6

No. Not really, You can only do some much. Now in days its kinda hard to wait till you are married to have children, because that can be at the age of 25, for some. My mom had me and my brother when she was young, but I had mine a lot later. So it really didn't have anything to do with my parent. THe only thing that helped me the most was that she was very open with me about sex. She told me its best that I don't do it, but if I do, that there are things out there like condoms and birth control, and to be responisble. You can only do so much with children these days. With all things they advertise on TV, no wonder kids are like they are now. I say BANNED TV

Answer 7

It's a reflection on how the child was raised, but it's also a reflection on how the world has changed too.
Parents are forgetting how to be parents, or are neglecting their responsibilities to educate their kids. They expect them to get the knowledge from the schools, their friends, or the web.
So this is what happens when they assume.

Answer 8

No. I got pregnant and had my son at 16. My mom was and still is a good mom. She just trusted me too much. She thought kids were the same as they were in the 50s. She just didn't have a clue about the stuff teens do. Now my son is 16 and he knows whatever he does I have done it too. He knows I am on it.

Answer 9

Actually No!

Teens are most impressed by thier peers, when they are with them. And peer pressure is a lot more intense than Parental Guidance at times.

Plus, the males exert thier own pressure on a girl, and if they are "smooth" enough, can get the girl to do about anything, if she is unsure of herself.

Girls who are "preppy" are more apt to do things with guys then girls who are shy and stay at home. The preppy girls have to take risks, so that they reain on "top" and are looked up to, by thier peers. They have to date the "best boys", and please them to stay with them, or thier "image" is busted.

Girls who are shy and stay at home, are more likely to be under Parental control and learn more about the skills of keeping a house. They are the more "nurturing kind" than the girls who are "loose, and free spirit".

Parents can only do so much, then we have to "turn them loose" with the knowledge that we "tried" to keep them morally straight and teach them right from wrong, but, its up to the individual girl, what they do, as each one is responsible for thier own lives...

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 10

hell no...i believe these young children are just hot in the *** and don't want no one to tell them what to do ...

sometimes these parents do the best that they can do..i mean they have to be a provider, supporter, nurturer, and everything else all at once...sometimes peer pressure is so strong many teenagers value what their friends say instead of their parents.

we all know whats its like during those years..some days u did not want to even speak to your parents let alone hear them lecture about sex.....its just sad that some of these young ones just get caught up being one of those statistics....