STRUGGLES OF BEING A TEEN MOTHER Do you know the struggles of being a teenage parent? The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Unplanned Pregnancy states that there are 750‚000 teen pregnancies annually. Eight of ten of these are unintended and 81 percent are unmarried. Today teenage pregnancy is a major social problem. Many difficult decisions are to be face not knowing to keep the baby‚ give the child up for adoption‚ or either abortion. Waking up to their baby’s cries is part of typical
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Stress and Coping Theories H. W. Krohnea a Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Germany Available online 2002. Abstract This article first presents two theories representing distinct approaches to the field of stress research: Selye ’s theory of `systemic stress ’ based in physiology and psychobiology‚ and the `psychological stress ’ model developed by Lazarus. In the second part‚ the concept of coping is described. Coping theories may be classified according to two independent parameters:
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adolescence. What comes into your mind when you hear the words Teenage Pregnancy? Well‚ as we all know‚ unintended pregnancy among female adolescents is a global phenomenon and it is rampant nowadays. Teenage pregnancy has also been found to cause psychological disturbance for some teenagers. For example‚ Clemens (2002) reported that teenager who had normal delivery later report and present with depressive symptoms. Approximately 750‚000 teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant every
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which others have perceived as a social dilemma that needs further attention. Adolescence as they call the stages of these youth who are socially understood to be in the most difficult phase of their development faces the challenges of coping up with the mechanisms of life’s survival. Going through their day-to-day lives‚ examines each teenagers capacity to carefully examine their intended achievement in life. A single parent as define is someone who lives with one or more children without the second
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“keep in the swim” with their friends. (Lazarus‚ 1976). Teenagers are always protected by parents; they are the ones who decide for what they should be and what must be done and what must be their choices in life. They are always dependent on their mother or father to make decisions. Being a student living far from parents and making decisions out of you would be very hard; especially if it is the first time you will be leaving the way you used to live your life. Without the parents’ daily advices
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Teenage Mothers a Vulnerable Population Joy Carr Nur/440 April 24‚ 2011 Maria Mendez Teenage Mothers a Vulnerable Population Teenage Mothers‚ a Vulnerable Population While there are a number of vulnerable populations in the world‚ very few receive the publicity‚ funding‚ and assistance that they need to survive in today’s society. There is a vast amount of media coverage on the elderly population and homeless children. However‚ most vulnerable populations are not recognized and assisted
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they can. Teenage mothers deserve government support. Most mothers do not have enough money to support them as well as their baby. An adolescent mother is recommended to be able to make minimum wage in the state that they live in. This might be quite difficult to manage if they do little to no work at all. If the mother does go and get a job‚ it would be nearly impossible for them to earn minimum wage and provided for the baby as well as herself. Some people may think that if the mother cannot afford
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woman who has given birth 2 or more times at 20 or more weeks of gestation is termed as multipara. Coping mechanisms are patterns of behavior toward managing and resolving various problems‚ events and stressors. (Mc Kinney et al.‚ 2005) Becoming a parent can be one of the most awe-inspiring and beautiful transitions in a person’s life‚ but it can also be one of the most challenging. Being a mother‚ every woman has their own difficulties adjusting to being a mom‚ particularly after the firstborn
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Teenage mothers have become a major problem in society and their are multiple stereotypes about them. Studies have shown that 3 in 10 girls in the United State will get pregnant at least once before the age of 20‚boys raised without a father figure are twice as likely to end up in prison.Some teenager may think that “a baby will make him stay” but studies have shown that 8 out of 10 fathers will not marry the mother of their child. There has been multiple stereotypes associated with teen mothers
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first three months of pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects. Since the neural tube closes around 30 days after conception‚ genetic problems‚ infection‚ drug consumption or exposure to chemicals may lead to brain and spinal cord being affected. Teenage mothers are more likely to have a child with Spina Bifida. The first born child is
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