Summary: What are the advantages and disadvantages of teen pregnancy?
Advice Request
What are the advantages and disadvantages of teen pregnancy?
16/female
Counselor Response
In my view, there aren't really any advantages to teen pregnancy. Most of the time, teen parents are not financially independent, they overlook just how hard it is to take care of a baby, and if they haven't already, they usually drop out of school. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether or not the couple loves each other, or if it was an unplanned pregnancy...teen pregnancy is not a good thing.
I highly recommend the following site as a resource:
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/
Also, a nine-month calendar of questions regarding pregnancy are here:
http://onhealth.webmd.com/baby/y2k/archive/index.asp
This will get rid of some of the myths, and help show what pregnancy is really about. I hope this helps.