First Time Child Thesis

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A first time mother is never prepared for what is to come when she has her first time child. She is completely unaware of how time consuming a child is and the physical and emotional responsibilities it will take to raise a baby. Some women get the opportunity to have support in their lives, while others have to carry the stress through most if not all the process. Being pregnant in general is hard as it is, having to care for and raise a human child of your own that will be with you forever is even harder. Some might consider inappropriate and somewhat immoral for teens to become pregnant at such a young age, however it has occurred since anyone can remember and continues to happen. A teenager always gets crap such as “you are too young”,

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