Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
Liberty University
Abstract
An estimated 400,000 teen girls, ages 15-19 years, give birth each year in the US. In today’s media sexual activity and teen parenting is often glamorize, but the truth of the matter is the reality is harshly different. Having a child during the teen’s formative years carries the high price of emotional, physical, and financial, not only to the mother, but father, child, and community. Parents, educators, and community organizations all have a major role to play in reducing teen pregnancy.
Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
Table of Contents
Abstract………………………………………………. 1
Introduction…………………………………………. 2
Background………………………………………….4
Is Teen Parenthood Being Glamorized…………….5
Possible Theories to Explain This Phenomenon…...6
11 Facts about Teenage Pregnancy………………..10
Recommendations…………………………………11
Conclusion…………………………………………16
References…………………………………………17
Introduction
In 2009, an amazing 409,840 infants were born to teen mothers between the ages of 15−19 year olds that makes for a live birth rate of 39.1 per 1,000 women in this age group. Nearly two-thirds of births to women younger than age 18 and more than half of those among 18−19 year olds are unintended. Within the US birth rate for teen mothers fell by more than one-third from 1991 through 2005, but then increased by 5 percent over two consecutive years. Data for 2008 and 2009, however, indicate that the long-term downward trend has resumed. The U.S. teen pregnancy and birth, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and abortion rates are substantially higher than those of other western industrialized nations. Teen pregnancy accounts for more than $9 billion per year in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income among
Liberty University
Abstract
An estimated 400,000 teen girls, ages 15-19 years, give birth each year in the US. In today’s media sexual activity and teen parenting is often glamorize, but the truth of the matter is the reality is harshly different. Having a child during the teen’s formative years carries the high price of emotional, physical, and financial, not only to the mother, but father, child, and community. Parents, educators, and community organizations all have a major role to play in reducing teen pregnancy.
Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
Table of Contents
Abstract………………………………………………. 1
Introduction…………………………………………. 2
Background………………………………………….4
Is Teen Parenthood Being Glamorized…………….5
Possible Theories to Explain This Phenomenon…...6
11 Facts about Teenage Pregnancy………………..10
Recommendations…………………………………11
Conclusion…………………………………………16
References…………………………………………17
Introduction
In 2009, an amazing 409,840 infants were born to teen mothers between the ages of 15−19 year olds that makes for a live birth rate of 39.1 per 1,000 women in this age group. Nearly two-thirds of births to women younger than age 18 and more than half of those among 18−19 year olds are unintended. Within the US birth rate for teen mothers fell by more than one-third from 1991 through 2005, but then increased by 5 percent over two consecutive years. Data for 2008 and 2009, however, indicate that the long-term downward trend has resumed. The U.S. teen pregnancy and birth, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and abortion rates are substantially higher than those of other western industrialized nations. Teen pregnancy accounts for more than $9 billion per year in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income among