Achieving A Successful Teenage Mothers

Earning an education could cost you for your entire life, especially if you do not apply for the various types of financial aid. After earning their degree, several students do not earn enough money with the field they have chosen to pay off their debt, making the degree seem pointless. Families that pay for their children’s tuition often wonder, like Linda Lee, if their child is getting what they pay for. Parents pay for the tuition because they do not want their children to miss out on the “college experience.” However, when their child fails to make the right decisions or simply acts their age, it leaves the family wondering if they have made a

Teen parents often find that caring for a child makes it difficult for them to continue their schooling.Teen parents are also more likely to subject their children to abuse and neglect because they feel overwhelmed by their unfamiliar, ever-demanding roles as parents.Children born to teen parents earn lower standardized test scores and are more likely to drop out of high school.Becoming a teen parent also seems to have long-term implications for

The end result of pregnant teen moms causes graduation rates to decrease. Only about two-thirds of children born to teen mothers earn a high school diploma, compared to

    Dating back to the early 2000’s, over 1,000,000 teens a year have had children during high school (Source A). Teenagers are depending on others to rely on their children and not the effect of their education and their future career. As the years tick by, the teen pregnancy rate has reduced a solid 9%; becoming the lowest rate in over a hundred years (Source A). Since teen pregnancy has dropped and the amount of tax dollars have increased, the fight to find the time and place for their children's own education, is still a matter of struggles (Source

While parental support is essential for prospective first-generation college students as they apply to college, researchers have consistently found that parents of prospective first-generation college students lack the knowledge necessary to help their children through what can be a challenging process (Bell, Rowan-Kenyon & Perna, 2009; Bui & Rush, 2016; Gibbons et al., 2006; Roderick et al, 2011). As a result, prospective first-generation college students and their parents must heavily rely upon their high school counseling offices to assist them with the college application process. However, the role of high school counseling offices in regards to helping students prepare for college remains quite vague. For instance, less advantaged

Nearly 80% of teens are currently working 20 plus hours a week just to try and make a minimal living. Most teenagers that go to college end college in $30,000 in student loan debt. No wonder the idea of going to college after high school is becoming an unpopular idea for teenagers who are faced with thousands of dollars of debt after college and their only 21, and trying to make a living while trying to go to college is nearly impossible. Let alone trying to start a life while a life of debt is looming in college student’s futures. Most young people end up not being able to start their life’s because it is simply too expensive. Many students after college end up putting off living on their own, starting a family and end up

“I’ve seen too many high school graduates who have gone off to college in September but are back home with mom and dad in December. And I’ve seen those who have made it through the first year but transferred back home to a community college for the second.” Lawrence B Schlack is a retired superintendent who strongly protests the idea that college is the only path to success and encourages students to take their time to decide whether or not they are ready to move on into the real world. In this generation, teenagers are made to think that without college, it is impossible to live a successful and prosperous life. Schlack claims that there are many paths to a successful life, and that seniors who can’t declare they are college bound are made to feel like failures. Schlack firmly supports his claims with multiple facts, examples, and statistics.

More interestingly, however, is how being a teenage parent effects the mother education wise. According to teenhelp.com, 50% of teenage mothers ages 15-19 get a high school diploma, and only 38% of teenage mothers ages 15-17 end up with a high school diploma. Then by age 30, only 1.5% of women who had a pregnancy(s) as a teenager end up achieving a college degree (Teen Pregnancy Statistics, 2015). Both those numbers are scary to think about, considering it is proven that people who get better education generally are more successful and well off. Then, thenationalcampaign.org points out facts

Families of first-generation students do not know how to assist their children when it comes to exploring different careers, or searching for scholarships. These students can easily get discouraged as they do not have a role model figure to look after. In a study by Royster, Gross, & Hochbein (2015), it was mentioned (Kuh, Cruce, Shoup, Kinzie & Gonyea, 2008; Lloyd, Leicht, & Sullivan, 2008) that parents that do not have the firsthand knowledge of academic resources or college expectations do not encourage their children to challenge themselves with course that will lead them to be college bound. In addition, students may not feel motivated or supported by their families. It is important to understand that early exposures to college or career conversation do not necessary starts until their high school years.

I never thought having unprotected sex would lead to a teen pregnancy. However, I was wrong. Being young, immature, and thinking I was invincible led me to becoming a teenage mother. The disbelief came first, followed quickly by panic, before the realization and acceptance arrived. I had sex and I had to be mature and deal with the consequences and grow up faster than most teenagers. The days of my carefree teen life are now behind me as I tend to my eight month old son’s every need.

Parent’s goals are to their children become successful learners so that children can do extremely well as an adult. Regardless if parents receive their high school diploma, parents still talk to their children about the importance of education (Thao, 2009).

Introduction A vast majority of the students who attend college today are single mothers, however the literature fails to capture this unique population (Beeler, 2016). College students who are single mothers “face unique challenges, such as juggling childcare, finances, and household duties, that make enrollment in traditional 4-year college difficult” (Dugan & Graham, 2011, p.152). College students who are single mothers face these challenges because they do not have the support from a spouse and have to deal with the ins and outs of being a parent. The majority of single mothers have a need to be financially independent which is a contributor to stress as they often have to deal with being the sole provider. However, it should be noted

Even though numerous pregnant teens plan to return to school, statistics show that people who only plan on taking a break from school are unlikely to return. Also, women with children have a decreased chance of returning more than the average person because they do not have the time or the financial means. Although there are government programs for tuition assistance, the mother may not be able to afford the loss in work hours. Also, a single mother may not have to devote all of her free time to her child. Continually, the lack of a high school education will severely decrease the chance of a woman obtaining a successful career and work at a minimum wage salary. Despite the fact that people can work their way into a a quality position, it's more difficult because the average person has a college education. Due to the fact that teen mothers cannot obtain high salary positions, a large portion of teen mothers receive financial assistance. The combination between the assistance and income will still leave the mother in poverty. Furthermore, children who come from a home in poverty have a low risk of escaping poverty because those children do not have equal opportunities in comparison to a high income household. In addition, the cycle of poverty will be difficult to break throughout the

Carmen torres dealing with being a teen mom “Being a good mother has nothing to do with age, but more the size of your heart. If you can love enough to know that you will do anything to protect and care for your children, little else matters.” This quote is significant because even though she had her kids at a very young age she still loved them with all of her heart no matter what got in the way.In downtown allentown, in the 1980’s,she lived in a small rough neighborhood growing up, people made her do things she never wanted to do.She had to quit school to take care of a newborn child. She wants to give other people advice on being pregnant at the age 17, and also how to cope with the situation at a young age and in a poor environment.

Do you know the difficulties many teens parents face while having a child? Many people believe that teen parents don 't have many problems and babies are easy to take care of, but that is not the case at all. 3 in 10 teenage girls will face many of these challenges because that is the percentage of teenage girls who get pregnant (Slocum). My essay will talk about all of the issues teen parents face from having a child. The problems that I will be talking about that they face include health issues, getting an education, the issues their children face, the relationship between the parents, and having money problems.