Cause & Effect of Teen Pregnancy

Cause and Effects of Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is considered an on-going problem in today’s society. Teens today are not well educated and don’t always take the right steps to prevent pregnancy, even if they are educated within the area. Teen pregnancy affects many people in the process and could end up having long term affects and health risks on the mother and child. Many people are very judgmental when it comes to teen pregnancy but they don’t truly understand that not every child is educated correctly and go straight to blaming the teen rather than truly understanding what the potential cause of the issue could be. Teens these days aren’t always well educated when it comes to pre-marital sex and early pregnancy. Some aren’t aware of contraceptives and some don’t truly understand the way their body works to fully understand that pregnancy is not uncommon. Some teens aren’t comfortable at all with the topic of sex and pregnancy so it scares them from being more open about it and learning everything involved with pre-marital sex and contraceptives. Parents are a major reason that teens suffer from not being properly educated and not being fully comfortable with the topic of sex, contraceptive use, and effects pre-marital sex can have on them long and short term. Many parents fear that if they talk to their kids about having pre-marital sex and pregnancy, that their teens will engage in sexual intercourse and in turn become pregnant, or in the guy’s case, impregnate a girl. What many parents don’t fully understand is that by avoiding the topic all together can lead to just the opposite effect, leading to curiosity and experimentation without the correct knowledge in mind. Many teens who experiment with minimal knowledge know little about correct contraceptive use and the health risks involved. Many teen girls are not on birth control and if they are they aren’t using it properly, and many guys don’t use condoms, don’t use them correctly, or in some