The baby girl of one of Britain's youngest mums may be taken into care if she wins her fight for life.
Summary:
- Baby of the 12 years old to be taken care of
- Girl got pregnant at 11 years old after having a one night stand with a 15 year old boy
My take
I think that many youngsters do not see the implications before having sex with the opposite sex. Just like the girl featured in this article, she is only 11 years old when she first get pregnant after having a one night stand with a 15 years old. I dont think she thought of the consequences before she went on the bed with another guy. Having a child is a long term commitment and I feel that a girl like her is too young to handle this commitment as she still has to invest her time on her studies.
Of late, there had been an increase in teenage pregnancy and I think it is high time one should review the effectiveness of sex education in schools and also at home. I think imparting sex education to the youngsters is not only the job of the school but more crucially, the job of the parents. Parents should maintain a good relationship with their child since young so that when they are older it will be easier to discuss matured topics such as sex. It was found that lack of supervision from the parents on their child contributed majorly to the cause of a rise in teenage pregnancy. Most of these girls who are pregnant at a young age are found to have a broken family. Either that or their parents are too busy at work. Therefore i think it is very important for the parents to supervise their child at this stage whereby their hormones are still raging high and that they are curious about whats sex all about.
Next, I think that the media got to play a role in an increase in teenage pregnancy. Shows like Desperate Housewives and OC glamorised casual sex and this may wear down one`s stigma of losing virginality. Hence, I think parents should also monitor the television programmes that their children watched, lest a wrong message about sex is conveyed to them.
Lastly, many teenagers have sex because their peers are doing it. Since their peers are doing it, they have this misconceptions that having sex is cool. Hence,I think that the message "Having is not about being cool but accepting the heavy responsibility that followed" should be clearly put across to them.
posted by nutty-me @ 2:14 PM
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