User talk:Wodudanderson

In our world today most especially in the developing country, teenage pregnancy is as a result of traditional roles and early marriage, because teenage pregnancy is seen as a blessing and a proof that the young woman is fertile. In most cases, poverty contributes to this, when one does not have someone to take care of her at her early age.

In the developed world, the causes of teenage pregnancy is different in the sense that it is mostly outside marriage and carries lots of social stigma. Thus, adolescent sexual behaviour is one of the causes of teenage pregnancy. In our world today, having sex before 20yrs is the in thing, it is even the normal all over the world and this brought about high levels of adolescent pregnancy which creates sexual relationship among teenagers without the provision of comprehensive information about sex.

The in-take of drugs, alcohol etc contributes a lot to teenage pregnancy meanwhile as a teenager you may not be ready for sexual intercourse at that moment but being intoxicated with drugs and alcohol makes you to be involved in unintended sexual activity just because sex at that time is less emotionally painful and embarrassing. To avoid this, eradicate anything alcohol or drugs.

Furthermore, sexual abuse is also one of the causes of teenage pregnancy. Rape as a sexual abuse has more effect in the life of our teenage girls causing unwanted sex and teenage pregnancy.

Conclusively, age discrepancies also causes teenage pregnancy in the sense that a teenage girl with a partner much older than herself is more likely to get pregnant more often than a girl that have a partner of a close age, as she prefers having the children than abortion since she is not educated enough to use contraceptives.

PREVENTION OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Every parent of a child dreads the thoughts that their child may become a teenage parent. While there are always some children who are determined to defy their parents at every opportunity they have, there are some things that parents can do to help reduce the risk of their child becoming a teenage mother or father. While parents of girls tend to be more protective, the parents of the boys must also be concerned as a baby can change their son's life dramatically as well.

Tip #1. Extra-curricular activities are helpful. If your child has, activities to help keep their time occupied when they are not at school or working a job, they are less likely to be sexually active. It is a very well known fact that children who are involved in activities are less inclined to be in serious heavy relationships. They are more interested in competing or learning a skill rather than being obsessed with the opposite sex. Athletes especially who are highly competitive tend to focus on their sports heavily and nothing else. This can cause some problems with grades in school if the child works with the wrong coach. However, coaches are becoming more interested in a child's academic progress with requiring some students maintain a certain grade point average to be allowed to participate.

Tip #2. Do not avoid the subject of sex with your child. Children are largely curious about the unknown. Why would you want your child to learn about sex from their friends? They should instead be learning from books, medical review sites, and with conversations one on one with their parents. Do not act like your child is a freak or strange person because they are asking questions. Instead, answer their questions frankly, and openly.

Tip #3. Allow the children to clearly communicate with you. If they have questions, you should answer them, do not force your children to find their answers somewhere else. As you are communicating with your children, you should make it perfectly clear what your expectations are. However, you do not want your child making their own decisions without at least hearing your opinion on issues.