A History of Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy only poses a problem recently. In the past, having children at a young age was productive and women and men were also getting married at much younger ages. Today, the issue is teen mothers and fathers who have no support system and no where to receive help.

Ever so recently there was an epidemic of open and free love in America in the 1960 and 70s and this lead to unprotected sex and changed the idea that women could engage in the same type of behavior that men did.

In the past there was no such thing as pregnancy prevention and even until today our children are not education on the subject matter. Today with the availability of television and the Internet, teens are more susceptible to seeing this type of behavior more frequently and in turn may think it is okay.

There are many reasons that contribute to teen pregnancy in America, there are more and more children coming from broken homes and they do not know how else to live. They see a child as a something or someone that will replace the love they are looking for. Many teens feel peer pressured into doing things they do not want to do to feel accepted by society.

Overall, teen pregnancy is an epidemic and it needs to be treated with informing our kids and how to keep themselves safe.