Teen mom14-19, mother of 20-25 and 35-50 in age? I have questions?

Question

I am doing an observation paper on pregnancy in these specific age ranges. These are my questions that I would like to ask. The objective is to compare the different age ranges along with values, and to see how things have changed over the years. So can you please help me out. When you respond please state your age.



1.How are your understandings and practices regarding pregnancy different? Alike?


2.How would you classify the apprent parenting style of each person(authoritarian, authoritative, permissive.


3.What do you consider the proper way to handle a toddlers bedtime?


4.What do you know now that you wish you knew before you got pregnant?



5.What does each see as the primary biosocial issues associated with pregnancy?


6.What does each see as the role of the father?


7.How have things changed in regards to teen pregnancy now as appose to the 1960's?

Answer 1

I am 32.
1. I feel well informed about pregnancy and was secure in my marriage, finances, job, etc. when I had my first child.
2. Authorotative.
3. Same bedtime each night. Calm before bedtime routine.
4. How not to gain as much weight.
5. How it can impact your career.
6. Support for mother during pregnancy....physical, emotional, financial. Partner in raising children.
7. They don't even consider adoption, they just keep the baby and hope for the best....no money, no job, no home, no parenting skills....they just expect someone (the gov't or their parents) to support them or raise their kid for them. It explains A LOT of what is wrong w/ today's society.

Answer 2

I'm 19. I took my cousin into my care at age 17 and had my first child at 18. They are now five years and one year.

1. I understand/understood pregnancy and parenting very well both before and during my pregnancy.

2. I'd have to say I'm authoritative parent. I feel that if kids do have a little independence and choice in things then it'll be much easier to buckle down on the "big stuff" later in life. [Such as drug abuse, poor grades, bad behavior, etc...]

3. In my book the "proper" way to handle a toddlers bedtime is easy. We have a bedtime routine and a schedule that we have followed since day one. I feel because of our daily routine tasks are much easier to handle and our days go much smoother.

4. Honestly, I'm not too sure what I'd wished I would have known before I got pregnant. I guess there are little time saving tips that every new mother learns--like parking next to the cart return is easier then right in front of the store, keeping diaper bag accessories primarily in the car instead of taking everything in/out with you, and always leave the house fifteen minutes earlier then you normally would. Those little things but I feel I was very well informed about parenting and pregnancy before having my son.

5. Honestly, I have no clue what you are talking about biosocial issues for. I have a degree in Early Childhood Education and we studied biosocial issues all throughout the life span yet never talked about biosocial issues in pregnancy. I guess I was out for that class! LOL! I’d love to know what you mean.

6. In my opinion, mothers and fathers need not take on such separate roles. Both should be there to love, support, and guide their child into a successful adulthood.

7. Honestly, I don’t think it has changed too much--or should I say the perception of teen pregnancy has changed too much since the 60s. People still complain about it being a shameful act. People still give dirty looks. People still are cast out from their families for getting pregnant at a young age--fortunately that didn’t happen to me. Perhaps, awareness has gone up but the perception of the majority I don’t believe has changed.

I hope this helps you out!!

Answer 3

i'm 25, 19 month old girl with one on the way.
1.i understand i have to eat healthy but i don't. i know i have to stay active without overexerting myself and I do follow this. i understand it is customary to see a doctor for prenatal visits, but i limit the amount of time and money spent because this will be my 3rd baby.
2.authoritarian-very regimented, organized, disciplined, consistent.
authoritative-controlling, hard, somewhat just
permissive- doesn't have a clue how to discipline or raise a child
3.be consistent, have a routine and stick to it. My routine is take a bath, read a book, say a prayer with her, kiss and cuddle and say time to go sleepy, then shut the door behind me.
4.i should of had better time management.
5.i think people think pregnant women are incapable of doing regular things.
6.the father is essential to a family. he shows a boy how to become and act as a man, also, he's there to show his kids how to take responsibility. For girls, he is an example of what to look for in a potential husband. He's the person that puts the foot down for the whole family and protects too.
7.i guess it's more widely accepted now. I think teen pregnancy is less than back then. maybe.....

Answer 4

i was 19 when i got pregnant but i had been married for over a year already
i am the authority in the end when it comes to parenting my husband just defers to me when he doesnt know how to fix the problem
i think that with a toddlers bedtime you should give them a warning that it is coming up then teeth, pj's, story, tuck in and kiss then they are on thier own and it should be around 7 pm
i wish i had known how hard it is to trust yourself as a parent before i got pregnant so i could have planned with my husband how to handle different situations
i am not clear on what a biosocial issue is so if you would explain i would be happy to answer that part
my husband is very old fashioned and he sees the role of the father as provider and protector and i used to see it very differently until i realized if he is able and willing to provide and protect and i can live with that then it is a pretty good setup
i think that teen pregnancy is still a social stigma but im not sure if its to the same degree since i wasnt born until 1986 but i got alot of older women talking down to me about how i should have waited and how did i think i was going to take care of a baby (my fingers had swollen and i was unable to wear my wedding ring) and when i told them about me having already been married for a year they just snorted and said they hoped my husband had a good job adn it really pissed me off because we may be young but we are good parents and are financially able to take care of a baby without gov't assistance and ppl just assumed we were careless

Answer 5

I'm 20yrs old and I am married and a mother of 2 boys aged 3 and 1.

1. I was well informed about pregnancy. My parents did a great job of educating me on the ins and outs of both pregnancy and motherhood through both example and conversation. My mother is a nurse so I had plenty of parental support. I have always lived a healthy lifestyle (re. smoking and drinking) and nutritional diet. I knew which supplements to take both during and after pregnancy to promote good growth and healthy breast milk.

2. I personally am authoritative. I prefer not to be to strict on my boys. They're only young and need a lot of love. They do, however, follow a daily regime of breakfast, brush teeth, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, bath, brush teeth, story, song and sleep.

3. My 3yr old responds well to bath, dressing in his choice of jimmy jams, brush teeth, his choice of story followed by a song. He loves me to sing him to sleep.

4. Where pregnancy yoga classes were. My B/F at the time (now my husband) is now a personal trainer (while studying to become a PE Teacher) so I get free yoga classes :)

5. It effected my high school studies at the time due to lack of school support. My second pregnancy was much easier (I was 18). I was able to study a full-time Uni course
Primary Teaching) and be a mother at the same time. I never lost friends and I never felt I was missing out.

6. My husband is my partner. We share parenting responsibilities and home duties. He is, however, currently our primary money earner.

7. In the 60's it was frowned upon to be a teenage or unwed mother. It was narrowmindedness. A lot of teen mothers out there need love and support from their families and friends. I can't imagine how hard it would have been to be a teen mother in the 60's. Without the support of my family to further my education and care from my family I would have probably adopted my son out and never tried for a 2nd child.

My children give myself and my husband a reason to not throw our lives away and party on the dole like so many of our friends have. We want our children's lives to bright and wonderful, so instead we study our butts off and work for our future.

Answer 6

i am 46, my kids are now in their 20s

1. ??
2. no categories can be reached
3. ritualized (pjs, story, drink, tuck in, lie down, sing, etc.)
4. i wish i had been more mature. i could have been a lot better mom, and my kids have suffered from my immaturity (i had my first when i was 21)
5. older people tend to focus on financial responsibility and providing for the child. younger moms tend to think more about how it will impact relationship with a boyfriend or hubby and they have no idea of how to take care of the child--no idea how it will impact their life.
6. you can't really catgegorize
7. very different. in the 60s you "had to" get married if you were pregnant. now girls just have babies without getting married. that was socially pretty impossible in the 60s

Answer 7

To be honest i've got continuously theory it suited for toddlers to be raised in a superb relatives and for persons to attend until they're financially in a position to grant for a newborn and are in a superb, mature dating (ideally marriage, yet i comprehend not absolutely everyone will agree there). in case you have that then i think age is basically a quantity. Do i think that's right to be an person and end "starting to be up" in a fashion and stay slightly until now you have young ones? optimistic. i think of that's right, yet once you have a sprint one once you're youthful and additionally you're taking good care of the newborn, then in my e book you're a good determine. i became 20 when I have been given married and 21 when I had my first newborn. i became 23 when I had my final newborn and my husband and that i've got owned a house for 2 years now (until now we lived on positioned up on a militia base). i've got been there with the stares and comments. yet i comprehend i'm in a good marriage, we've the money to grant for our toddlers, and we've a house that's loving. Now i'm 24 years previous with 2 young ones married for in basic terms approximately 5 years. we live in our own residence. i could say we are a achievement.

Answer 8

You cant actually get us to compare oursleves to different age groups as we only know about ourselves.
Maybe reword your question to ask each age group individually and then you compare afterwards.

Answer 9

No how you going to learn anything, do it yourself this is yahoo answears not yahoo homework.

Answer 10

dont know