16/01/2017
Teen Pregnancy
Teen pregnancy has evolved to become one of
the most pressing problems faced
today. In Nigeria
, around three out of ten girls will
get pregnant before the age of 20. Of these
teenage moms, less than two percent earn their
high school diploma or college degree. Over the
years, teen pregnancy has been twisted into a
societal issue, shifting the focus onto the
impacts on society at large instead of the
impacts on the mother and baby. Teenage girls
already have enough stress in their lives; now
add a baby and their stress level can reach a
ten. As a teen mom their education will be
disrupted, their finances will no longer be put
towards college but rather the baby and society
will never look at them the same.
Mothers must be one hundred percent
committed to their baby, and often times that
means that school gets pushed aside. Thirty
percent of girls drop out of high school in Nigeria . because of pregnancy or parenthood. My
mother is a homebound teacher and one girl she
taught was put on homebound during her junior
year in high school because she became
pregnant. After she had her baby she continued
on homebound but her grades dropped as she
decided to stay at home with the baby. She did
graduate, one year late, but could never
continue on to college and pursue her love for
teaching. Because she decided to keep her
baby, her dreams were disregarded and help
was never given to give her a better future.
While the rate of graduating teen mothers is
growing, many are still giving up their futures
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