sound a bit ridiculous but hey... please answer it?

Question

do you think pregnant teens should not attend highschool with unpregnant teens to aviod an increase in the teen pregnancy rate? Years ago pregnant girls went to a school for mothers but now teen girls who are pregnant are going to regular highschool do you think they are influencing other young girls like some friend s at school to get pregnant? Is pregnancy really contagious?

Answer 1

Pregnancy isn't contagious, and I know one thing for certain....about once every 6 weeks or so, my 15 yr old comes home from school telling me about another girl that he has known since grade school who is now pregnant (and not from him!!). And he always says "don't worry Mom, I don't plan on doing that for a while. That's the last thing I need, to be paying child support for the next 18 yrs.".....In some cases, I think the pregnant ones may influence their friends, but there are just as many who think "wow, I'm sure glad that's not me!"

Answer 2

Pregnancy isn't contagious, and the girls still need an education. Having pregnant teens in high school does remove the stigma of being pregnant at that point, but it also lets the other girls know more of what it is like. Whether that helps or hurts the situation is another story. I would guess that some of the girls who were more prone to want to be pregnant will go for it, and those who wanted more to wait will wait.

Answer 3

I think this IS a ridiculous question, Pregnancy isn't contagious, and just because teens that aren't pregnant are going to school and seeing pregnant teens, doesn't mean that they're going to want to go out and get pregnant. If anything I would think that other teens seeing how much of a challenge it is to be pregnant and attending high school would lower the pregnancy rate. I don't think there is any connection with pregnancy being 'contagious' in high school.

Answer 4

I don't think young girls who get pregnant should be shipped to out-of-state aunts' houses because of it; but I think the fact that the stigma has in many ways been removed and the increase in unwed teenage mothers pretty much gives you your answer.

Also, you're right - teenagers are often impressed by something that an adult would find pretty unimpressive. The presence of pregnant students wouldn't make some girls (who have aspirations and who are smart enough to know there's a really good chance they and their baby will live in poverty for a good long time if they have that baby too young) get pregnant; but there are a lot of girls who are a little "iffy" in "strong character" department, and they could possibly think of pregnancy as a little more of an option than they otherwise may have.

Answer 5

No, that will be a punishment for the pregnant mother, they're after all still kids. What will their future like if we prevent them going to school? As for influencing other girls to become pregnant, the fear is unfounded. If their parents warned and advice their daughters well in sex and pregnancy, it would not be a problem. ( But I personally think, that celebrity are more likely to affect a teen girl's decision about pregnancy than the pregnant girl at school)

Answer 6

Yes I think it "glamorizes" it. When I went to school in the 70's and 80's at first the school would immediately send the pregnant girl "away" to that proverbial aunt or special school. And I can say only a small number of girls got pregnant. But when I was say about a Junior they started letting them stay at the regular school. Some of the other girls just thought it was so wonderful and they wanted to be pregnant too. Why they seen all the attention lavished on these "unwed" mothers. I remember one girl being jealous (she can from a poor family) because "Suzy" the unwed pregnant mother always seemed to have money and her own place since she was pregnant (little did she know that would all soon be gone once the baby arrived) but I think that is one of the reasons she intentionally got pregnant. Teenagers don't think ahead, and by parading these pregnant girls around (who to save face don't talk about the negative aspects of teenage pregnancy) we need to take them to special schools designed to meet their needs. Regular school is too demanding for teenage mothers anyway.

Answer 7

Education is the answer. I know that when I went to high-school we had health class. What happened to that? My daughters 1 in high-school & 1 in jr. high.may have a couple of classes in health a year, this is taught during gym class. I know that it is the parents responsablity to teach their kids, but an outsiders opioin does help. I think that's its a hard call as far as allowing pergnant teens in regular high-school. Some it may incourage & others discourage! I really don't think that's it contagious though.

Answer 8

Really to me it don't matter b/c a pregnant girl can go to school with unpregnant girls. I think that a teen girl has a choice to get pregnant or not. They can try to persude girls to get pregnant but if they know they want to wait then they more than likely will wait.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I imagine most teenagers aren't thinking of babies when they have intercourse, just the sex itself. Actually being around a teen mom-to-be might be a good lesson in life for girls who think having a baby is so wonderful.

Deliberately getting pregnant usually has nothing to do with examples set by friends and classmates. Girls get pregnant on purpose for personal reasons or because it's the norm in their ethnic culture (or their boyfriend's culture--look at me, I'm a man, I can knock up girls!).