Hamburg, February 14: A new research has revealed that teenage pregnancy can have a positive effect on the lives of youngsters.
In the book, Teenage Parenthood: What”s The Problem’, authors present their arguments that it is not essential that teenage pregnancy is the outcome of unawareness about contraceptive methods or low expectations.
Authors said that most of teen mothers they interrogated for the research were more actuated to succeed at school or work as they desired to provide for their households.
Dr. Claire Alexander of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) stated that teenaged mums were often stereotyped as “dysfunctional and immoral”.
“In contrast to the ignorance, fecklessness and hazardous consequences reiterated in policy and media, our research makes it clear that young parenthood can make sense and be valued and can even provide an impetus for teenage mothers and fathers to strive to provide a better life for their children.” Dr. Claire added.
——-Agencies