Teen Pregnancy

As I look at pictures on my facebook, I find it just amazing how females are getting pregnant. I swear teen pregnancy is like an epidemic. I think the thing that is shocking me so much is the fact that they are happy they are pregnant and sadly to say some of these teens want to get pregnant. Do you know that 3 out of 10 teenagers in the US get pregnant before they are at least 20? What could possibly be going through their minds. I thank GOD everyday that I made it to where I am right now without struggling to be a young mother.

I keep asking myself why can't teens just practive abstinence. Studies show that most teens who have sex wish they had waited. It's so simple to say NO...you can even say it if you've said yes before. I think the biggest pressure teens are recieving with sex is they are mistaken sex for love. One in five teens say they have friends in unhealthy relationships. Those relationships include those with no trust, respect, honesty, and love.

I think a good show that people should really watch is 16 and Pregnant. It depicts the reality of being a young parent. I'm sure they cut a lot out but it still shows a lot of what its really like.

We all need to work together to keep todays youth from making the wrong decisions.

I just wish teenagers would think about things before they make decisions that will affect them and in the long run, affect their child or unborn child.