The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on the Children

• The effects of teen preganancy have the most effect on the children
• Children of teen pregnancies are more likely to not receive the proper prenatal care because of financial difficulties of the mother and/or the father, therefore are more likely to become hospitalized for poor nutrition, low birth weight, and other childhood health problems
• The offspring of teenage mothers are more likely to be poor, abused and neglected than those of women who delay childbearing, and they are also less likely to receive the proper nutrition, health care, coginitive and social stimulation
• Children born to teen mothers are also more likely to have greater risk of intellectual and academic achievement and social behavioral problems
• Children born to teen mothers are also more likely to be incarcarated, not finish high school, be unemployed and also are likely to become teen parents themselves