
Only About 50% of Teen Mothers Receive a High School Diploma
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Teen pregnancy and childbearing are associated with increased social and economic costs. This causes immediate and long-term effects on teen parents and their children.โฃ
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๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด. Only about 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by 22 years of age, whereas approximately 90% of women who do not give birth during adolescence graduate from high school. โฃ
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Although this is probably one of the last things you want to think about as a parent, especially if you have a teen, making sure your kids are safe and smart when it comes to this particular topic is so important! Having these conversations with our teens shouldn’t be an uncomfortable thing, it’s part of being a parent! By opening up and creating a safe space for certain conversations to happen, we are letting our children know that it’s okay to ask questions and that we are here for them!
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It’s our job as parents to make sure that our children understand the effect that their decisions can have on their lives. Do you find it tricky navigating these types of conversations with your teens? Feel free to DM us and we would love to give you some guidance on how to go about it!
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ: ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ , ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
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