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Teen Pregnancy is the result of over exposure and unwanted freedom in today’s teens. Pregnancy in teens can spoil the life not only of the teens, but also their parents. At the age, when the young girl or boy is required to study and think about a career, pregnancy will hamper all the plans and ruin the future. The stigma associated with it is tremendous. What happens when the teen actually delivers her baby? Who will shoulder the responsibility of the baby? When the girl and the boy themselves are kids, how can they be made responsible for a small baby?
As parents of a teenager, we should understand that this situation could arise if we are not alert. We should make ourselves aware of how to deal in case such a situation crops up and how we should educate our children so that such a situation would not arise at all. Many parents feel shy to talk about sex with their children and leave them at their own mercy or on the half-baked knowledge of friends and cheap literature available in the market.
As parents, it is solely our responsibility to educate our children even in the matter of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is usually unplanned and lack commitment or long term relationship from any side. Almost all teenage pregnancies happen with girls less than eighteen years of age. Teenagers move around in-group. At that age, being single in a group is like a taboo. Its a thing to show off if you are moving around with someone. The physical urges are also strong at this age. The youth want to experience this new thing about sex. This leads them to physical relationship without understanding it’s implications.
In few cases, pregnancy may also be the outcome of rape. As parents, we should educate our teenagers with the risk involved having a physical relationship at such a tender age. Apart from the social taboo, there are health related problems in teenage pregnancy. The uterus of a teenager is not fully developed and may not be able to hold the baby for full term. The baby may be born with some abnormality
Some simple steps to be followed are:
1. Discuss openly with your teenager about what expectation from him or her about future. Let them know that education alone should be priority at that age. Everything else can wait.
2. Inform them about what they should not do without shying away from the subject.
3. Tell your child about complications of having sex. They can contact sexually transmitted disease, get pregnant and hamper their career.
4. See to it that you give proper time to your child. Your teenager may feel insecure for some reason and may try to seek support elsewhere. Don’t try to boss them, be their friend. They will confide in you only if you treat them as friend.
5. Keep a watchful eye without being very rigid. Let them know that they are answerable to you, and any wrongful behavior will have it consequences.
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