What are the pros and cons of early/teenage marriage?

Answer 1

i bet this must be for your essay! ahahaha...

PROS:
-well when we are in our late teens, we are actually at our peaks to have a healthier child.
-secondly, you could be there for a longer period of your children's lives
-alright if you are not planning to have kids so quickly!
-culturally in may asian cultures (long ago), girls wed young once they have reached puberty. marrying early showed that the girl is "wanted" and the longer she stayed single the less chances she has getting married

however much you come up with pros, cons then to stand out simply because its a TABOO to most societies and cultures ESPECIALLY if it occured out of wedlock. But most cons stem from financial perspectives

-if you are not abt to inherit some huge fortune, is isnt advisable to start your own family (since children are getting more expensive)
-if you are DEAD SURE the one you are marrying is the one for life. dont always think divorce is an option. failing many time (be it marriage or anything else) can hurt your esteem
-marriage is not just you and your lover but also a marriage of your families so PLAN AHEAD
-marriage could actually hinder a lot of plans that you could have four yourself. If you think that you are ready to forgo some then it's your call..

cheers~hope it helped some way....

Answer 2

I was 19 and my wife was 18 we were married in march of 1971 and are still together.
The pros
1 you have years to grow old together
2 you have your family when you are young and you are not a ancient old fart when they leave home.
3 at 45 my youngest left home woo hoo now hopefully we will have the next 30 or so years to do what we want. kick back and relax so to speak.
4 by having a family at a young age we were able to keep up and really enjoy them


Cons
You do not have a real career plan
your finances are weak at best

Big deal if you base you marriage or family on material wealth I promise you will not have much of a family life any way. because most all your fights will be over money. In doing so you will have a miserable marriage no matter if you are young or old when married

See what I mean read the answers above most are money based . that is the false hood of the american dream cash makes life better.
No education wife must work a dish washer is the best you can do CRAP !!!
The day I left home at 17 I borrowed $60 from my Mom and a friend .with that I bought a used lawnmower and a weed eater.I walked down the street with 11 dollars in my pocket my clothes on my back with no place to call home or place to crash. I started knocking doors looking for work by the end of the first day I had $91 dollars in my pocket enough in 1969 for a cheap motel room for 3 days and eats. by the end of the first week I had $420 in my pocket and a paid motel for another full week.By the time I got married I was averaging 4000 A month .
Today I still mow grass have a crew of 60 laborers and have a personal income of over 500,000 a year. AND my wife has never had to hold down a second job . A young couple can make it.
IT depends how much effort they put into thier marriage.

Answer 3

Many years ago, it was expected that people would marry soon after graduation from high school, if they even waited that long. I suppose the thinking was along these lines:
--You grow to love each more and more with passing time.
--You build a life together by starting young, and working on your dreams a little each year, and having your children young. (Sort of building the nest egg, you might say.)
--Marriage was meant to make young people "grow up" and settle down, become responsible adults, and put away the fun and silliness of high school.
--Marriage vows meant something very serious. When you married, it was truly a commitment. Although there was divorce, there wasn't nearly as much as there is now.

Now, with all that being said, there are a lot of reasons that those ideas didn't work.

--Kids are still kids, no matter what was expected.
--Kids were having kids, and not knowing what to do with them
--Not having proper education meant not having good jobs and not enough money to have a good "nest egg."
--Just because you were expected to be committed for the rest of your life, didn't mean that you didn't desire something different, and didn't mean the stressors weren't there.
--Maturity comes with age, not with responsibility.

I think these things are even more true with our society now. With the stresses that are common in our society, with the economy the way it is, and the family unit being unstable, and with other stresses that the past generations didn't know about, teenage marriages don't stand nearly the chance of success that they did a generation ago.

They were a bad idea back then, when everyone supported and expected them, but they are even worse now, when young people have so many more options for them.

Answer 4

I can't think of any pros but cons are:
- marriage is difficult enough for adults and it would be far more difficult for teenagers
- the teenage years are difficult without adding the complexity of marriage
- teenagers feel they are mature and that they will never change, but ALL adults will tell you they were not mature when they were teenagers and they did change ... a lot, but one only realizes this after growing older
- the one advantage of being a teenager is that one has more freedom than a child but less responsibilities than an adult, getting married would eliminate this advantage

Answer 5

The Major Con- Making a decision before you know enough about life to really know what you want.

If you notice, every couple of years they come out with a video gaming system that is 10 times better than the last one. Or they may redesign a particular car. And every time you anticipate buying the new model, you think to yourself that this is the best that there will ever be and if you don't get it now you will miss out on it forever. And then a couple of years later, they come out with something better than that.

Answer 6

pros:none come to mind or worth mentioning

cons:
divorce and the wedding are going to be expensive
possible emotional trauma
somewhat frowned upon
chances are slim that you will be happy for a long time
if you are going to have a child then there are problems because you both need to work to support the child and you also need education for a good job, possible weakness on mother because you are not fully developed in the reproductive system
more cons
most teen relationships are abusive
as i said high chance of divorce

Answer 7

Because American families would not support the youngsters, they are left to fend for themselves. There is no social system in place to help a marriage among people under 20.

The good thing about it is that if they are faithful, they will not catch STDs or aids.

Answer 8

the pros- if you had children young then you would be a young grandparent.
The cons- you are giving away your adolesecence, your life, everything that you need to develop into a healthy human being. you will miss having fun and learning who you really are.
never give up your young years you will never develope properly and your emotional stability will be in question be a kid as long as you can.

Answer 9

Neither party involved has had a chance to experience the real world and find their place in it first. One needs to sow a few oats to be happy and discover themself. Then, and only then, will they begin to have some understanding about what a true commitment can be and should be.

Answer 10

I don't see any pros.

The cons are that unless you are real smart and real determined, your education and career advancement is over. Washing dishes or working in fast food, will be your highest life expectation.