I always wonder what a lot of the teen parents' kids have to say about "teen parent" issue in America.
A few of my friends have teen moms like myself, but environment + circumstances in my home town are much easier for childbearing because of the families' strong emotional and financial support (expenses, school, baby sitting, etc).
I Found this read interesting because it gave us the child's perspective. Of course not all stories are the same, but research does warn us from teen pregnancy, because our opportunity costs of having a child far exceeds the other goals that should be achieved first.
(Nour Salmeen)
I think this is a very interesting topic. It is true that most programs or classes focuses mainly on the parent(s) (mainly the mother) but not the child of the teen parent's. I am guessing that there must be more information on the teen parent(s) because they are easier to study than the child, because to see the outcome life of the child would take years of studying. But, they could research adults who were born to teen parent(s) and see their outcome and ask questions. In our class we have discussed the children as far as what they mentioned in the article about the teen daughter more likely to be a teen parent themselves & etc, but we have not discussed (at least not yet) a whole class period on the child. As we have learned & discussed in class that the teen parent(s) have a lot of barriers put on their shoulder's, the children has just as many barriers & struggles, if not more struggles because they were born into this life style. Great article!
ReplyDelete(Brittney Williams)
I do agree that when it comes to the issue of Teen Mothers, the focus is on the mother and not so much the child. Not everyone is the same, and unfortunately sometimes young teen mothers have one or more kids before they're actually ready too. And when older siblings have to care for their younger siblings, they too can become a parent long before their time. Like I said before not everyone's circumstances are the same,and the trials and tribulations that the child goes through is just as important as their mothers. Their voices should be heard.
ReplyDelete(Jennifer Hall)
I enjoyed reading this article. As mentioned before, not much notice is given to the children of teen parents and his/her perspective. It was refreshing... in a sad way. I think more attention must be placed on the children of teen parents. Recently, teen fathers have been more closely looked at. Maybe the children are next. It is so easy to see how the children of teen parents might be effected in many aspects by their parents. A few were mentioned in the article including education, responsibility, feeling neglected and unloved. I think if more information like this was brought forward, perhaps teens would think more responsibly about sex or those with children would take some notice in this area.
ReplyDelete(Brittany Randolph)