Teen pregnancy impacts society tremendously, from education to healthcare, more than 3 million pregnancies a year are unplanned thus leaving this problem to effect more than merely teenage mothers and their babies. The United States takes a lead in teenage pregnancies and birth rates leaving each person at some point in their life to feel the effects of teen pregnancy. There’s been ineffective attempts to reduce teen sex and pregnancy by programs promoting abstinence and sex education. “What Every Parent Should Know about Teen Pregnancy” explains the parent’s role of being proactive in reducing this problem and increasing parental awareness.
With this in mind, the article addresses the problem of teens in the United States having sex at a …show more content…
Although, the shock can be subsided by talking about it and working through the frustration by listening to the teens side. According to relationship expert Wendy Walsh, PhD, “Parents need to calm down and communicate now more than ever before. The most important thing to happen is to find out if they have enough knowledge to keep themselves safe. Without being judgmental, you want to make sure they 're armed with all the adult information they need.”
Third, states the importance of talking about teen pregnancy subsequently finding out a teen is pregnant. “Since teenagers are not fully matured adults, they might also need help navigating different issues while pregnant than adults do. They need different information, says Aaliyah Noble. They will need guidance on immunization, circumcision, and perhaps even feelings of insecurity with their bodies, breastfeeding, and more.” In the long run, parents who are emotionally and physically available to their pregnant teens allow for the veil of secrecy to be revealed and a stronger bond to be …show more content…
The young mother with a child is now eligible for government assistance in areas such as housing, food stamps, daycare, cash assistance, along with child tax credits. With that being said, it could also be perceived that government programs and workers also benefit from teenage pregnancies. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk, as well as the workers involved in second-chance homes, early childhood intervention (EIC) programs, and various family planning clinics, and other agencies responsible for preventing teen
With this in mind, the article addresses the problem of teens in the United States having sex at a …show more content…
Although, the shock can be subsided by talking about it and working through the frustration by listening to the teens side. According to relationship expert Wendy Walsh, PhD, “Parents need to calm down and communicate now more than ever before. The most important thing to happen is to find out if they have enough knowledge to keep themselves safe. Without being judgmental, you want to make sure they 're armed with all the adult information they need.”
Third, states the importance of talking about teen pregnancy subsequently finding out a teen is pregnant. “Since teenagers are not fully matured adults, they might also need help navigating different issues while pregnant than adults do. They need different information, says Aaliyah Noble. They will need guidance on immunization, circumcision, and perhaps even feelings of insecurity with their bodies, breastfeeding, and more.” In the long run, parents who are emotionally and physically available to their pregnant teens allow for the veil of secrecy to be revealed and a stronger bond to be …show more content…
The young mother with a child is now eligible for government assistance in areas such as housing, food stamps, daycare, cash assistance, along with child tax credits. With that being said, it could also be perceived that government programs and workers also benefit from teenage pregnancies. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk, as well as the workers involved in second-chance homes, early childhood intervention (EIC) programs, and various family planning clinics, and other agencies responsible for preventing teen