Teenage Pregnancy

Today in the world it is not uncommon to see a young girl between ages thirteen to eighteen walking around pregnant, and most of the time it doesn’t even make people look twice anymore. America promotes teenage pregnancy in a way, one of my favorite shows on television happens to be 16 and Pregnant/ Teen Mom. The shows are about 16 year old girls having babies. Yes, it does show the struggles they go through but I also feel that it shows that it is acceptable and ok for young girls who are still babies themselves to have babies.

I feel that young girls are not educated enough on the severity of being a mom at such a young age. What they are doing to themselves, the father of the baby, their family, and that innocent baby who did nothing wrong. At such a young age a girl’s body is not ready or developed to birth a child and it can be very hard on your body. I think they sometimes feel that having a baby is going to be great once the baby gets here and it’s going to be like playing house. Becoming a parent means growing up weather you are 13,16 or 40, having a child forces you to think about someone as more important than yourself. You no longer have that awesome party life. It’s gone, gave that teenage life up when you had your baby. I hate seeing teenage mothers have their child and then dumb it off on their parents. It’s like their parents had another child because they raise him/her because their mother would rather be out doing teenage things. Also teenagers need money, and so do babies, A LOT of money. Babies are expensive, so therefore the teenage mother has even more responsibility then they thought. They have to attend school, be a mom, and have a job to support their child’s needs. That baby didn’t choose this life you chose it for them, and that little person depends on you for everything now. Babies also can change relationships. Having a child at such a young age creates double the stress on a relationship no matter how solid you think they are. The stress can cause fights and possibly the couple to split up. Whether you realize it or not that baby knows and senses what is going on. They know when mom and dad are not happy, and therefore you are putting stress on your baby. Babies need positive environments to grow up in, and you and a teenage mother need to be able to provide that for them. Like I said earlier this innocent child did not choose this you chose this for them and now you are responsible for everything.
             To sum this up, being a teenage mother is not easy; it’s not like playing house. That baby you brought into the world is a living breathing thing that needs a responsible grown up to raise them. They require attention and love and money 24-7, that means giving up for life for theirs, and a stress free environment. Their life now means more than yours. I feel Macy Bookout is great example or a good teenage mother. I have posted a  link about Maci and her son Bentley and how Maci’s life has changed since she’s had Bentley. ((Read up on them))