reasons that lead to teenage pregnancy?

Question

kindly choose the reasons why it lead to teenage pregnancy?
lack of education,
peer pressure,
general rebelliousness,
emotional problems,
others(please specify)

Answer 1

There are a few different reasons to teen pregnancy!

I feel pregnant at 15 with my son and it had nothing to do with how my parents raised me or lack of education. I was just unlucky at the time (but i dont regret having my child nor would i turn back time and change it) Yes we used protection and yes i was on the pill. It was at this stage we found out that the pill did not work for me.

I also feel pregnant 3yrs later with my daughter when i was on the injection. Some people might say its just my bad luck but im glad i have my children.

Me and my husband planned our 3rd child and after her birth i got my tubes tied at 20yrs old so i couldnt fall pregnant again.

I have two beautiful girls. My 1st born and my only son died from SIDS when he was just 9mths old, i am so grateful for the time i was given with him regardless how old i was when i was blessed with him.

Answer 2

I think a lot of times it is due to general rebelliousness. Most of the time it is probably accidental, but I saw on Oprah a long time ago about these very young teens (14-15yr) that thought they were ready to be parents. They wouldn't hear anything that anyone told them, their main argument was that they would do a better job then their own parents. I don't believe it is education, there is plenty of that now even in 6th grade health classes. It comes down to stubborness and these kids belief that they are old enough and mature enough to do what they want, even when they are not.

Answer 3

I honestly think that it would be a mix between emotional problems and peer pressure and the reason is because teenage boys will tell a girl " if you love me, you would have sex with me" and when your a 15 16 year old girl you already have you are very emotional. What 16 year old girl isn't over emotional. So when a boy tells a girl that he "loves her" she believes it because she doesn't know any better. . I also think that alot of girls "don't think it will happen to them", that they wont be the one to get pregnant. Teenagers think that they are invincible and nothing bad will happen to them. In the end I think when we grow up the kids that were having sex at 15 16 years old regret it because they realize that it wasn't something they were ready for.

Answer 4

I personally believe that both responses are accurate thus far- lack of self respect, and lack of parental supervision, but feel that the parenting is the main cause of teenage pregnancy. Studies have show that children whose parents keep them busy with family activities (whether it is to be home to help prepare dinner, or having one or two nights a week as "family night") have less chance of becoming pregnant, because they feel more comfortable with who they are, and their parents know where they are, know who their friends are, etc.

Self respect is important, but without proper role models in the parents, and proper guidance, openness, etc. with the parents, the self respect is never built up in the first place, so the blame ends up falling back onto the parents.

So my answer is that I feel it is poor parenting that leads to teenage pregnancies, because without good parents, the self esteem is not as high, they have no healthy skills to handle peer pressure, they have a higher incidence of emotional problems, and have less parental supervision and guidance.

Answer 5

Peer pressure as well as curiosity -other kids are doing it and they brag about it so you only want to do it to fit in and know what all the fuss is about.

Lack of knowledge leads to teen pregnancy. Most girls who do get pregnant want to be loved or think having a baby would be cute and just want to dress them up. And the main reason is they don't realize the importance of safe sex and are caught up in the moment. They don't think about responsibilities or financial until they have the kid.

Growing up if I wanted to rebel, I would do something like dye my hair, cut it, drink, stay out, party. I don't think any smart kid would want to rebel and be stuck with a kid for life.

Answer 6

well, it could be that they are intrigued and i think it may be lack of communication about sex with the parents and children. my mom talked to us about sex ever since i was a little girl! and yes i think peer pressure might play a role in some instances. the best thing we as parents can do is have an open door relationship with our kids< meaning anything you want to talk about, my door is always open to you> and try to educate them the best we can!

Answer 7

the main reason is that everyone wants to feel loved and accepted by someone and many teenage girls believe if they sleep with their boyfriend that they will love them and have a long relationship and its not until after when the guy got what he wanted do they realize they were being used and their pregnant

Answer 8

I think it all comes down to a lack of self respect. They don't respect themselves and so allow others to mistreat their bodies (eg, not using protection).

I really don't think it comes down to a lack of education. I graduated 6 years ago, and they made us all take Health, and we had one of those 'baby think it over' dolls that cried. People would be up all night caring for a doll and it didn't help them keep their legs crossed!

Answer 9

I personally know a couple of girls who, when in High School with me, had NO CLUE how their bodies worked. Their families did NOT speak of it, and at our school you needed written parental consent for Sex Ed class - one of them seriously thought she could give herself an abortion by drinking Drain Cleaner! As though it would somehow magically bypass her stomach and go from her throat directly to the uterus! ~~shudders~~

Interestingly though, as someone who worked in a bookstore for YEARS, it was astonishing how many teen girls would peruse the shelf of pregnancy books with their friends and titter and OOoo and AAaah about "having their own family" and generally spoke about babies like idealized dolls to play mommy with.

Personally, I have come to believe that one factor that is grossly underestimated is the number of teen girls who come from broken, or otherwise stressed homes who want to create their own little perfect family.

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Answer 10

they are all pretty important in the circle of teen pregnancy. i remember when i took health...we had to watch a baby being born, it was so disgusting watching its bloody head pop out...*shiver* i still get nightmares. just show kids that everyday, theyll think twice before taking their pants off