Background

Teenage pregnancy has been an issue for many centuries however, there are centuries when it was common to become pregnant at a young age. Now-a-days it is a big no no for every girl. In the 1800s and maybe even before that, girls around the age 12 were married. Girls did not chose whom they would marry, instead their parents would decide who the spouse should be. Usually, the spouse was the son of a family friend. Girls at the time were not able to attend school, their rights were very strict. Instead, they would stay home and learn to do house work, while their husbands would be out working. Now that the teenage girl has wed, her husband and her self can start a family together. It was a normal thing to do after teens had wed. In many situations girls became pregnant because their husbands wanted to show ownership. Now, that centuries have gone by, it is not right for a teenage girl to become pregnant. Society have changed this idea of marrying young and becoming a young mother at such a young age, now that girls have more opportunities to better themselves and become a someone. Teen birth rate started to increase around the 1970s, it may have been all the movements and becoming an individual etc. Starting the 1990s there was a huge decrease on teenage births. It may have been that there were new ways to protect and many teens started to become abstinence for the fear of having a child and ending their new lives they were going to start (now that they had more freedom). As time goes by, it seems to have been increasing and decreasing in certain years. This is an issue many parents and schools are worried about. With this economy it is even more difficult to raise a child being so young and in many situations a single mother. Teen birth rate seems to be increasing and also single teen mother has been increasing as well.

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