born2wonder wrote:Getreal believe it or not but I think in some cases this is true.
think about it.
If you were a teenage girl with no qualifications what would you do.
Get pregnant then get a house from social benefits and numerious other "treats" that society will pay for while you play havoc on the DSS by using your offspring as a reason for you absurd laziness.
Although not in all cases our family friends daughter is due to give birth in may and is during her second year at university. She obviously was not trying to get pregnant .
Hey, wait a minute here. Did you not read my post and the link attached? Perhaps I should expand further. Girls in this society are still encouraged to be mommies first, even the ones in uni. In fact, they are encouraged to reach the pinnacle of achievement: get an education, find a man and have babies not necessarily in that order although I understand that's preferred.
Are you assuming because she was in uni that she didn't mean to get pregnant but if you're poor, you do? As far as I can tell, you still get pregnant by having sex whether you're poor or not. (And don't even think of mentioning abstinence because that's not what I'm getting at)
If I were feeling particularly mean, I suppose I could say that the daughter in uni was too lazy to use BC or too busy getting it on instead of studying. C'mon, man.
Here are list of risk factors for teen pregnancy. Your friend's daughter is not a teenager so these probably don't apply. Taken from:
http://pregnancychildbirth.suite101.com ... ed_kingdom
Research has shown that there are several risk factors for teenage pregnancy in young women.
* Poverty. According to the Brook Advisory Centres’ website, poverty is a key risk factor for teenage pregnancy. Girls from families with a low level of education (unskilled manual) are ten times more likely to become teenage moms than girls from professional backgrounds. They are also far less likely to have an abortion if they do become pregnant.
* Leaving Care. Children in and leaving care are especially at risk of becoming pregnant. In fact, a quarter of care leavers have had a child by the age of 16 and almost half are mothers within 18-24 months of leaving care, according to Brook’s website.
* Low educational achievement. Low educational achievement is another major risk factor for teenage parenthood. The average of teenage mothers without a school leaving certificate is several times that of the national average for girls of the same age.
* Age discrepancy. Teenage girls in relationships with adult men are particularly likely to become pregnant when compared to teenage girls in relationships with boys their own age.
Could you please direct me to where it says that a teen mother gets a house? Oh, you mean council flats. Would anyone really want to have a child there if they could be as well off as you claim they are? Something is not quite right...
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