Challenges Blog 1
Jhoana Lopez
9/23/14
Block 2A
Teen pregnancy isn’t the
biggest problem facing teens at Wyandotte because teens face many things that
are worst than teen pregnancy. The consequences of having a baby while young
are that its too much for them having to take care of the baby and staying in
school and some teen girls have to work to be able to give there babies what
they need. And some other consequences are that “there are health risks for the
baby and children born to teenage mothers are more likely to suffer health,
social, and emotional problems than children born to older mothers.” (Stanley J. Swierzewski, III, M.D.) The challenges that
this parents face are that they have to be
responsible for there babies and to stay in school and some of them drop out of
school because they cant take care of their baby and go to school at the same
time and some of them have to work because the teens parents wouldn’t help them
out. “Teenage pregnancy is a serious social problem. According to the
March of Dimes, about three in 10 teenage girls become pregnant before the age
of 20. While many of these pregnancies end in abortion or adoption, teen girls
who do decide to keep their babies face many challenges. Although less is known
about teen fathers, research indicates that they, too, face problems associated
with being parents.”(Meghan Slocum) Some of the male teens do take responsibility for
their actions and do take responsibility for the baby but some don’t some boy
teens just let the girl take all of the responsibility for the baby. “As Father’s
Day approaches, it may be time to rethink the question of a father’s rights and
responsibilities, to take some of our most cherished and unexamined slogans and
see if they are fair. (This is a dangerous prospect: Obviously there is a
reason that we cherish and don’t examine our slogans.) Take for instance the
idea of “a woman’s right to choose.” I believe absolutely that a woman should
decide whether to terminate or go forward with a pregnancy. The man’s opinion
is only secondary, and if there is a conflict, entirely negligible.”( Katie Roiphe). Most of the time when a
girl gets pregnant the boy doesn’t take responsibility for the baby and they
just let the girl handle it by themselves but there are times when the boy does
that responsibility for the baby and does help the girl and doesn’t just let
her handle everything bye herself. I think that in a relationship when a girl
gets pregnant I think that both the girl and the boy should take responsibility
for the baby and not just the girl.
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