Dealing with the pregnancy of a teenage daughter 23 Articles

by Zarnell Wallace

How do I tell my parents? In summer 2004, clothed in an immaculate princess gown I headed out to indulge in my high school prom. Shortly after, draped in all black , a black gown, and black cap with an orange kissed tas...read more

by Danalia

Shock? Want me to be honest? No, it wasn't but I do wonder how much of this was my fault? When my daughter's boyfriend got me on my own I almost knew before he opened his mouth. I was proud of him for being the one to tell...read more

by Lucy Anne Stone

I was that teen daughter. I was so very scared to tell my parents, what would my religious family think of me? Emotions are running high when you find out your daughter is pregnant, but keep in mind that SHE is going...read more

by Rebecca Mastey

I was 16 and young and headstrong. I was in love. I thought it couldn't happen to me. That's what I hear from nearly all the teenagers mothers I speak to. And I know their feelings. At 16, in the middle of my Junior yea...read more

by Annette Smith

So your baby is having a baby, for many parents this is the biggest shock of their lives. I even knew someone who when they found out their 16 year old was going to be a mother, the girls father had a heart attack. Deali...read more

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by Nicole Ebo

Some parents may think that it is okay to make sure that their precious angel does not have sex at a tender age. This is what is causing a lot of frustration in the home. As a teenager myself, i think that these girls take...read more

by Gail Cotton

I have just been informed that my daughter who is 19 is now pregnant. I sat full composed on hearing this information, but inside I was screaming this cannot be happening I am a twenty something trapped inside this body of...read more

by Katherine Johnson

If someone had told me that I would be a grandmother, not once but twice, at 37 years old, I would have thought that person was crazy. But today as I look over my grandchildren sleeping, while I care for them so that my ch...read more

by Carol Wohlfeil

Dealing with Teen Pregnancy She's a beautiful young woman, a good student, and hard worker. She's in the last semester of her senior year of high school with hopes of going on to college. I adored her from the first...read more

by Jennifer Aimes

Dealing with the pregnancy of a teenage daughter is a very sensitive topic! I do not have a pregnant daughter, but was one myself! It was the scariest thing that I ever had to tell my father! And I cannot imagine today how...read more

by Azalia Williams

When my daughter first told me she was having a baby.I felt disappointed,this isn't suppose to happen this way,I thought.She is suppose to finish high school,go to college,then pursue a career before she has a child.This ...read more

by Tammara Jones

I'm not a mother but I know dealing with teen pregnancy is difficult.When your already struggling in a household and the money isn't around you definitely don't have any room for a child.All you can really do is love your ...read more

by Faith S. Redwine

I know of someone who is a senior in high school and a few months shy of turning eighteen. With great aspirations and book smarts she obviously has the world in the palm of her hand. Unfortunately, like any number of you...read more

by Danielle Hewson

Well, i think i can shed some light on this issue as i am only 18. I ask all of you parents what you would do if you found out your teen was pregnant, would you hit the roof? would you shout or yell? If the answers yes the...read more

by Teresa Spencer

At fifteen, I gave that beautiful baby up for adoption. I was no longer the child whose mother could fix everything, but the mother who chose to love enough to let go. I learned what true love is. My mother was disa...read more

by Sara Oates

I find myself being 19 with a 6 month old baby girl. Yes teenage pregnancy is a problem to some extent but I do not believe in abortion: unless its a rape or a medical reason. I believe that if you are old enough to make a...read more

by Akilliah Sulaiman

I remembered the day my younger sister literally gave my mum the news she almost couldn't handle herself. She told mum, actually it was her 4th and she was not going for another abortion. 4th? It shocked me to hear that as...read more

by Kelly Beathard

My seventeen year old daughter is a senior in high school this year and a straight A student, cheerleader, basketball player, and even made it on the Texas Scholar list. Last year, February 2006 she told us she was preg...read more

by April Canning

no one can really say how to deal with a teenage pregnancy and i think thats people should be thinking more on how its affecting the teenager. I myself was just 15 when i fell pregnant with my first it blew up in my face t...read more

by Crystal Chaltry

I know that from my own experiences as being a teenage mom that I wish my mom would have talked to me about sex and every thing that goes along with it. Now that I have daughters of my own I encourage them each and every d...read more