As a teenager, there are many temptations infiltrating every aspect of your life. Whether it be skipping class, trying alcohol and drugs, or even something as simple as lying to your parents. One of the biggest temptations affecting most teens now days is practicing unprotected sex. There is an astounding amount of peer pressure to have premarital and unprotected sex. In turn resulting in an unplanned pregnancy.
Most of the time when this happens, the teens involved cannot comprehend everything that comes along with the pregnancy. If the parents decides against abortion or adoption, (which, these decisions themselves can cause much emotional and psychological scarring) they are faced with a long and treacherous journey. With this journey are many hardships and discomforts. Without a strong support system, composed of lots of loving and caring family and friends, this journey (to some) may be close to impossible.
Many of mature teen parents can understand this firsthand and the hardships that come along with it. Majority of teen parents might say they would never go back on having there children or there decision to keep them, but also would have waited and handled things a little differently.
As a typical teenager, your life is pretty self-absorbed. Everything is what they make it to be and working towards making your life the most enjoyable and as comfortable as possible. Your main issues are relationships with friends, school, television shows, and what’s for dinner. The biggest decision you have to make through your teen years is probably what to wear to the next school dance or homecoming game. Money problems are probably non-existent, as your parents provide you with all necessities. A normal teen idea of money problems would be having little money to save up to buy a new outfit, or possibly no money to allow them to go on a mini adventure with there friends.
As stated by many, once you become a parent, nothing is ever the same again. The phrase “late night” takes on a whole new meaning. Instead of sneaking in through the back door at a late night showing in the movie theaters, it simply means no sleep, and up all night in a rocking chair. The only time you get up from that position is to change the bio hazardous present the baby has left for you, or maybe to obey the baby’s screams and tears to get another bottle. Your main concern turns into you caring for the little helpless bundle of joy. Forget what you planned on wearing to the football game because all plans you’ve had are now sailing out the window. Who knows if you’ll even be able to comb your tangled bee hive hair the next day. Now your able to smell the entire coffee house and realize that money problems are very real. Instead of saving up for your next head turning outfit your now compared to a vulture trying to scavenge for every single last penny that might be hiding in the couch cushions, praying and hoping that you will have enough diapers, wipes, and formula to last the month.
It is to my belief that being a parent is not a position for a teenager. Even the most knowledgeable adults at their most stable points can have tremendous troubles with parenting. It is such an overwhelming task for anyone to take on. Especially knowing that your now responsible for another precious human beings life.
During the teen years is when a teenager starts to develop and discover who they are and they plan for there future. In a perfect world, teenagers would focus solely on their education. They would be involved in every extracurricular activity and no one would be having unprotected sex. However, we don’t live in a perfect world, and teens will continue to be gravitated to the next gorgeous body they see. Teen pregnancy, as well as sex education needs to have more attention brought to it along with the harsh reality of what may be should they choose to have unprotected sex. Perhaps if more effort were put into the causes of unprotected sex and preventing teen pregnancies, teens would take up responsibility and practice safe sex more diligently.
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