The Pros And Cons Of Teenage Pregnancy

A social issue that has been going on in the United States for some time now is teen pregnancy and why it occurs. Although pregnancy is such a beautiful experience and an experience a woman cannot wait to have it should be done at the correct time in a women’s life which does not involve the teenage years. The teenage years are like the golden years in adolescent life where school activities take place, memories with friends and family are made but now a day’s teenage girls decide to throw all that away and become a mom. It has been proven many teenagers come out pregnant because of society or they are raised around poverty. In this term project I will be using two articles which will help prove my point in why many teenager girls become pregnant.

I believe teenage pregnancy is also high especially in teenagers because of the way some families live and the lack of interactions teenagers have due to so much technology. I agree with the author when she states, “United States has a higher proportion of its residents living in conditions of poverty and social disadvantage” (Boonstra, p 6). This quote goes back to one of my other examples for teenagers getting pregnant because their parents are to busy trying to make money which leaves their kids to a lot of free time and freedom. In addition, teenagers who grow up being socially disadvantage suffer from being treated badly or judged on during their entire life or in some part of their life which can lead to teenage pregnancy because when they are actually accepted and loved by someone they want to hold on to that love which they have never experienced which to them they see it as an opportunity to hold on to them. Teenage years are a time where they still have very naïve minds and don’t think things rationally and might think, “Well the only way of holding on to this love that no one has made me feel, if get pregnant and have a baby with this person I can have them forever”, which boosts up rates in teenage pregnancy. I agree with these factors being reasons why teenage pregnancy is high in the United States because teenagers do get pregnant for the dumbest reasons sometimes because they are in a stage in life where they are right and think they can make decisions on their own, but in reality they are barely learning and need a lot of guidance from their parents. In my opinion at the end of the day teenage pregnancy occurs because of the lack of parental control, but again there are any teenagers who don’t have parents, teenagers who grew up in the system and needed their parents for guidance but at the end of the day I think parents who are actually raising their kids should