teenage parent?

Question

what are the causes why so many teenagers are getting pregnant, it posible bcoz they are lack of attention..and need love and fun

Answer 1

Because parents, and the government, still believe "Just say no" works.

It has failed with drugs, and it is failing with AIDS and teen pregnancies.

Adding to the mess are girls that believe they will "keep their" boyfriend forever if they have a baby.

Teach your children how important sex actually is, then stock your medicine cabinet with condoms.

Answer 2

If you are from the United States, most of the teenage pregnancy problem is in relation to having really poor sex education in the US. The government actually refuses to fund any program that does not focus on teaching anstinence...and obviously, a stranger telling a teenager not to have sex is just going to go in one ear and out the other. This means that teens are not taught how to properly use a condom, where to buy condoms, how to receive hormonal birth control, etc...so they think that methods like avoiding sex during the times they think they are ovulating, or having the guy pull out are going to work. But they don't.

Countries with comprehensive sex education have much lower instances of teenage pregnancy and disease.

If you just mean teens getting pregnant at all - they are sexually mature, their hormones are raging, it's socially acceptable to have sex as a teenager, and they are just extremely fertile. So, they are going to have sex, and accidents are going to happen.

I really don't think lack of attention is a big part of the problem. Sure, I bet there's still some teens who get pregnant on purpose because they need attention, but the vast majority get pregnant on accident - and someone doesn't "accidently" decide they need love and fun.

Answer 3

They think they're invincible.

Gem you're absolutely right. Everyone thinks the "Just Say No" approach works, and it positively does not work like that. Kids need to be educated with the truth, not scare tactics and half truths. If a person does not fully understand the things they are told not to do, the only thing they want to do is explore the other side of story. The side they are not being told. Since they are not being taught the other side, they experiment on their own, see whats not being told, continue to act in that behavior because they think authority is full of crap and lies, and eventually get caught up in the negative side effects of what they explored on their own. If they had been told the honest truth from the beginning, they would have believed the negative effects. But since they were only told the negative side of things, when they explored and found a good side of it, they thought all that stuff they learned was bullsht. They must be taught how to be responsible!

Answer 4

What am I missing here? A recent report came out which stated that teen rates are dropping, with the exception of African American females. And while new HIV cases are decreasing the African American female community is increasing. What is up with that? I think that both the HIV and pregnancy rates are increasing due to a lack of education. Education about how pregnancy can be prevented and that it is not acceptable to continue a cycle of teen motherhood. Education on how HIV is contracted and that it is not acceptable to have sex w/multiple partners w/o a latex condom. Actually the education card can be used with everyone. If a teenager had to spend 5 hours w/a new born they'd have a clue how much is required of a parent. Don't Be Lazy. Wear a latex condom!

Answer 5

It's so cool to have *** so teenagers do it. They don't use birth control, they do it for the pleasure of the moment. They have lost the ideology that premarital s** is not good. Even the parents can't control them. Well, I think that it is the fault of the parents. They should also give the teenagers more love. Most of the teens do the act because they don't receive love at home.

Answer 6

So many teens feel unloved. Parents just have less time at home, especially with teens who are also on the go. All it really takes is for some guy to lavish her with a little attention.

Also, kids can be cruel. Right now, the virgin label is one of the cruelest methods of ridicule. People just want to belong, to fit in.
Sex has almost become a hazing/initiation ritual among some teen groups.

Answer 7

lack of education on sex.

in the US the teenage rate is highest out of all developed countries...and by a lot.

the Bush administration backed abstinence only education and if you teach anything else they will cut the school funding for that program. So all these people are not being educated on stds, contraceptives, etc.

Answer 8

Parents arent' as strict as they used to.nor able to back their authority up like they used to. Parents also are too busy.. Teenagers need the most attention and challenge boundaries more than any aged child. It takes patience. "Some Teenagers are just plain hard headed and rebellious by nature,and must experience life to believe what their parents taught them or attempted to teach them"

Answer 9

Probably a lack of birth control. Don't you remember having sex young. Guys would always try this line "let me just put it in for a second without the condom" but what NO ONE realizes is that it only takes a second...

Answer 10

well im a to be teenage parent and im none of those things. Me and my fiancee were using birth control and it did not work. Seeing as we both stongly disagree with abortion we kept the baby despite the difficulties. So its not fair to just assume every teen parent is like that.