PLEASE TELL ME HOW It Becomes Societies Problem When Teenage Girls Become Pregnant?

Question

Is teen pregnancy really a problem or am I over reacting and is this NOT societies problem?

Answer 1

Teen pregnancy is a problem in many ways.

First, as noted below, unwed teen mothers frequently become welfare mothers. Which becomes a taxpayer's burden.

Second, as long as society doesn't make the father of the child accountable, we perpetuate an unfortunate cycle that results in the tax burden.

THIRD, children from a perpetual welfare situation often take on a victim attitude and don't get off of welfare on their own. So uncontrolled teen pregnancy becomes multigenerational and eventually ingrained. Because there is the sad but true implication that the unwed mother has to work too hard to take proper care of the kids including assuring their proper education. So as these kids enter the work force, we are dumbing down our work force. You want to know why so many companies take jobs overseas? 'cause we don't have enough qualified workers who know anything more than "You want fries wit' dat?"

FOURTH, kids in such environments lack a good father figure and never learn what it really means to be a man - to stand up for your own responsibilities. Thus assuring a never-ending supply of the stupid teen boys who get the gullible teen girls in trouble. Back to the multi-generational thing again.

Answer 2

It's not Societies problem, but the Teenage girl who's pregnant problem, So that's where Society steps in to help the teenager who's pregnant. They offer the teenager services that will help her through her pregnancy and after as well.

Answer 3

It is only societies problem in that most teenage mothers end up being on welfare and society must support the family. The majority do nothing but stay on welfare. I am proud of the few who actually do something with their lives and provide a good home for their child but most just become a drain on welfare and raise children who do the same.

Answer 4

In my point of view, it's a society problem, Why?
Because SOMETIMES teenage mothers are unable to support their children financially (not to mention emotionally for themselves), thus, this cost money for the government, How? Supporting those children and their mothers, making ad-campaigns to prevent teen pregnancy, passing bills relative to social welfare, etc etc etc.
Remember: Problems start becoming "Society problems" when other people is affected by those problems.

Answer 5

It becomes society's problem because teen parents often don't have sufficient income to raise a child on their own and the taxpayers usually end up footing the bill. Of course it's not *only* teens.....some adults have kids before they can afford them as well.

Answer 6

It becomes societies problem when that Teenager goes on Welfare.. Tax payers have to pay for them...

Answer 7

Well as long as there are programs like WIC, Welfare, and the like then society becomes involved in the expense of them.
And of course down the road education and the like as well.

Answer 8

it's a problem on all sorts of levels -the parents, the education system, the medical, the legal. yes, it comes down to personal responsibility, but if that person is uneducated, and she comes from someone who is, somewhere the society failed these people.

Answer 9

It is not.

It is the problem of the teenage girl and the sperm donor.

Of course the parents of the teenage girl will most likely also reap the rewards of the recently sown wild oats.

Answer 10

They are a part of society ergo ...........