Day Care Research Paper

Day Cares in School; Promotes a Better Opportunity for
Teen Mothers to Continue Their Education

Day cares all around the country today either cost too much for teen mothers or don’t fit into the mother’s schedule. For this reason, high schools that have high teen birth percentage rates should be permitted to have day cares in their high schools. By implementing day cares in school, teen mothers would have a safe environment for their babies during the school day. This would give the young mother the time to apply themselves and stay focused on their studies and not have to worry about if their babies are being taking care of while they are at school. Many teen girls actually choose to get pregnant, but only a handful of girls have no say so. Parents around the world use the excuse: “If you would have use a condom, you would have never gotten pregnant, or if we would have put you on birth control this would have been prevented." What people need to understand is that the cause of teen pregnancy in most cases is a more serious problem of what some girls have been exposed to at such a young age.
When young girls in school see teen mothers, they always have something negative to say about them. “A lot of the girls come from dysfunctional households, and having a baby is the least of their problems”, Ms. Cannon said, “There may be substances abuse in the home; a lot of their own mothers are young, they are living in housing projects.” Some of those pregnant teens are pregnant from sexual abuse, and they might not believe in giving the baby up for adoption or she might not believe in abortions. Society should not take away a teen mother’s opportunities to continue her education if she wants to pursue it. By allowing teen mothers the opportunity to finish their education, this would give them a better chance to provide for her