Teenage Pregnancy Every year many unmarried teenage

Teenage Pregnancy

Every year many unmarried teenage girls became pregnant • Most teen mothers can not cope with looking after a baby. • They can not give them enough attention!

Teen Mothers have many problems • They do not well at school and they drop out of school. • They can not find a good job to pay for the baby.

Teen fathers In most cases teen fathers do not help financially or emotionally because they have the same problems as the mother.

Teen Fathers Scott walker, 17 was 16 when her girlfriend Terri became pregnant with their son Alfie, now eight month old. They are based in Dagenham, east London, where Scott live with her mum and Alfie.

How can the number of teen pregnancies be reduced? • Some school use “Think-It-Over Dolls”. • Think-It-Over Dolls is a plastic doll which give teens a chance to “try out” young parenthood. • These are dolls that cry during the night and must be picked up.

Think-It-Over Dolls

“It is very difficult to be teen mother” Narven, Pennsylvania I had just turned 17 and begun my junior year in high school when the pregnancy test came back positive. My pregnancy was not planned. I was taking birth control pills, but obviously they are not 100% effective!

Before my son was born , I thought, “It was not be as hard as people sas. They just sleep, dirty their diapers and something need baths.

I stayed at school and my grades are great, but only because I took the easiest classes, with little homework. After I pick up my son at his sister’s, I have to feed him, clean his laundry, do my own chores, and help around the house.

Then I have to play with Bradley. He doesn’t play by himself yet, so he needs to be entertained. After two hours of entertaining, I can give him his bath. But then he gets hungry again, and what about my supper.

After I finish with him, I get to my homework when it’s already time to sleep. I don’t have spare time, so I can’t go out with my friends. On weekends I work all day. Most of my income goes to raising my son. I don’t go out clothes shopping for myself anymore – it’s clothes shopping for Bradley.

IT IS VARY DIFFICULT TO BE TEEN MOTHER.