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When Reality Hits - The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
from: C & P Staff WriterTrying to distinguish the effects of teenage pregnancy is a complex task, given the difficulty in separating existing conditions, and those that are a direct result of adolescent pregnancy. Despite this complication, though there is a large amount of research which shows that a pregnant teenager will encounter a great deal of negative effects. First and foremost of these effects of teenage pregnancy is the emotional stress of being pregnant at such a young age, and of having to make a decision as to what to do about the pregnancy.
Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school than their peers who are able to avoid pregnancy. Statistics from 1997 show that only forty one percent of adolescents who have children before they reach eighteen years of age graduate from high school, compared to sixty one percent of adolescents from similar backgrounds, who delay pregnancy until at least twenty or twenty one years of age.
Because many teenage mothers drop out of school, another of the effects of teenage pregnancy is their lack of necessary job skills, to be successful in the work force. Many teenage mothers then become dependent on public assistance. Over seventy five percent of all unmarried teen mothers go on welfare within five years of the birth of their first child. On the flip side, though some studies have shown that for teenagers who live in poverty, getting pregnant and being supported by the father of the child, could be a survival mechanism to avoid an even more hopeless situation.
Adolescent mothers may not have adequate parenting skills and could harm the psycho social development of their child, resulting in another one of the effects of teenage pregnancy. Studies show that teenage mothers do not provide their children with stimulation through touch, smiling, and verbal communication, nor do they seem sensitive to the needs of the child. Furthermore, children of teenage mothers are more likely to suffer from poor nutrition. Many adolescents show a great deal of anger towards their child, and rely heavily upon punishment. Indeed, the incidence of developmental disabilities and behavioral issues is higher in children of teenage mothers.
When these children grow up, they often exhibit poor academic performance, failing to graduate, being held back, and scoring poorly on standardized tests. Daughters of teenage mothers are more likely to fall into the trap of teen pregnancy themselves, and sons of teenage mothers are three times more likely to go to prison.
Effects of teenage pregnancy also include health risks for the mother and the child. Women aged fifteen to nineteen experience four times the risk of maternal mortality, compared to twenty five to twenty nine year old women. The risk is even higher for girls aged ten to fourteen, and the children of these adolescent are more likely to fall sick or die in infancy.
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