Teenage Pregnancy

How to know if it’s too early to get pregnant

By beanofdoom

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There’s a lot of talk about teen and young pregnancy today and quite a bit of advice from well-meaning adults who advise that teens wait to have sex. The difficulty is that the body craves sex from the moment it becomes sexually mature. It has ... more »

How to Raise a Girl Into A Woman--Part Eight

By AngelBean

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Explaining the fact that her womb should be a safe and nurturing environment for a fetus during pregnancy is a wise thing to do to help her understand the capabilities of her own body. Talking about the responsibility of bringing a child into the ... more »

How to Raise A Girl Into A Woman--Part Seven

By AngelBean

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Telling your daughter about safety when she begins to date at some point down the road is important to provide a balanced view of this whole growing up thing. It need not be a scary conversation if you talk in a matter-of-fact tone and keep the ... more »

How to Tell Parents About an Accidental Pregnancy

By eHow Parenting Editor

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There are different ways you can go about telling your parents that you are pregnant. If you are a pregnant teenager, chances are this was accidental. Your parents are probably going to be disappointed, but the way you choose to tell them may ... more »

How to Start a Teen Pregnancy Support Group

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Being a teen is hard enough and becoming a teen mother makes life instantly more serious than for the average teen. Starting a teen pregnancy support group will help the teen's transition to motherhood and enhance the life of the teen and her baby... more »

How to Deal With Teenage Pregnancy

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Although getting pregnant as a teenager can feel isolating and overwhelming, it is quite common. Each year in the United States alone, over 750,000 teenage women between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant. Denial is a powerful coping ... more »

How to Discuss Teen Pregnancy With Kids

By Judy Ford

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It’s everywhere...on the news, in the movies, on magazine covers—and everyone is talking about it—teen pregnancy. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world—over one million teens will become pregnant in the next ... more »

How to avoid teen pregnancy

By STARBOURNE

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America has the largest growing number of teen pregnancies in the world and it’s just keeps getting worst. Teen girls as young as 11 are voluntarily having sex and deliberately getting pregnant. Convinced that their smart enough and fully capable ... more »

How to Avoid using drugs at early age

By smilesatme1

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Some teens who used illegal drugs are problematic and depressed. Some young kids learned how to use drugs at early age from their own parents. Nobody else can help these kids who are addicted to drugs either be illegal or prescribed, the parents ... more »

How to Deal with a Son's Promiscuous Girlfriend

By shallwe

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So, you suspect your son's girlfriend sleeps around, and you're worried about how her choices will affect your son. Assuming he's under-age and still living in your household, there ARE some things you can do. To find out how to approach this ... more »

How to Join a Teen Pregnancy Support Group

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Faced with the life changes that pregnancy brings, you might be looking for someone who understands the struggles you're facing. A teen pregnancy support group can help you identify with the fact that you're not dealing with these changes alone ... more »

How to Talk to a Teen About Abortion

By eHow Parenting Editor

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It is never a comfortable moment when a teen comes to you about getting an abortion and it is even worse when you are put in the position to approach the pregnant girl. But, in both of these situations it is important to know how to talk to a ... more »

How to Help a Pregnant Teen With Open Adoption

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Being a pregnant teenager is a very difficult and confusing thing, no matter what the teen says. A decision needs to be made and it is not a simple one like what to wear to prom. One possible decision is open adoption. Many believe that open ... more »

How to Help a Teen Mother

By RaeWrites

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Contrary to the judgements of busybodies and the sound bites of politicians, teen mothers are not the dregs of humanity. Teenagers get pregnant in every country and society on the globe, though the circumstances of and response to the pregnancy ... more »

How to Go to College as a Teenage Mother

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Just like older moms, teenage mothers want what is best for their children. Going to college is a great step toward a mother's future, as well as the future of her children. Follow these steps to learn more about how to go to college as a teenage ... more »

How to Avoid getting pregnant unplanned

By smilesatme1

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Pregnant but not planned? Avoid getting close with guys who have no hearts for you. The real gentlemen will never touch or have sex with you unless he already proposed for marriage. Some guys just love to see women cry. Stay away from drinking ... more »

How to Deal with a Son's Promiscuous Girlfriend

By Sharon Potter-Case

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As a Mother of (2) grown sons and the Grandmother of 3 teenage Grandsons I hope my methods will work for you as well as they worked for me... more »

How to Go to High School While Pregnant

By eHow Parenting Editor

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With teenage pregnancy being the number one reason for female high school drop outs in the US, a pregnant student should be commended for her efforts to continue her education. Although this can seem very stressful and complicated, it is ... more »

How to Raise A Girl Into A Woman--Part Nine

By AngelBean

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Comparing your child’s development stage to high end merchandise is just another way to drive your point home about the type of woman you want her to be. A child as young as 12 years of age knows that there is a difference between a Prada handbag ... more »

How to Avoid Teen Pregnancy

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Handling pregnancy and parenthood at an early age takes its toll on the emotional, physical and financial well-being of a teenager. Even though studies have shown that the teen pregnancy rate has reduced considerably over the years, it is never ... more »

How to be a Single Teenage Parent

By MelanieF

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You’ve just found out you are having a baby. This is a great thing. Everyone loves babies. But alas, you are still a teenager and have many years of what you thought were going to be carefree youth. Overnight, you are going to have to take on ... more »

How to Cope When a Teenage Daughter is Pregnant

By eHow Parenting Editor

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For any parent, finding out that their teenage daughter is pregnant is very difficult. Parents wonder where they went wrong and they try to figure out how their daughter could have been so irresponsible. They feel many emotions: anger, guilt, ... more »

How to Cope With Teen Pregnancy

By eHow Parenting Editor

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The teenage years are already filled with struggle and stress. Add on a teen pregnancy and it increases that struggle. There are ways to cope with a teen pregnancy... more »

How to Mentor a Teen Dad

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Fathers make a unique and precious impact on their children's lives and it is imperative to help a teen dad grow into the shoes of being a father. Being a mentor to a teen dad will have a lasting effect as they develop and transition into being a ... more »

How to Raise a Girl Into A Woman--Part Four

By AngelBean

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Try to get your child to understand that you expect her to focus on schoolwork. There will be boys that she will like but that is not her focus. Tell her that she will know if a boy likes her and respects her by not trying to get her in a ... more »

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