Essay On Teenage Parenthood

TEENAGE PARENTHOOD

Teenage parenthood may have detrimental consequences on the psychosocial complexities of our society.

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A society that is just and humane is, at its core based, on the idealism that each individual is a unique being with the right to gratification of their basic human needs (Johansen, 2012). In a perfec t world, a just and humane society will enable all citizens to freely convey how they feel and think about topics such as teenage parenthood. The catch however, is to still protect the rights of all parties involved.

According to A. E. Fink a just and humane society is characterised as a child-caring unit. This however, raises the question what should we as a society do when both parties are still legally children? We are investigating the hazardous effects that teenage parenthood may have, not only on the young parents but also, on our society as a whole.

Teenage parenthood affects various aspects of liberal psychology due to the fact that it influences such a wide variety of contexts. Aspects such as poverty, poor education, low socioeconomic status due to social exclusion, vocational repercussions, and strain on our already struggling healthcare system are but a few dimensions that are affected by teenage

Teenage parenthood in South Africa is a growing psychosocial issue that may have insidious effects on our country if we do not band together as a nation to address this.

Teenage parenthood has been linked to lower educational and vocational outcomes. The National Campaign to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy found that a shocking 38% of teenage girls who give birth to a child while they are still in school, will only complete their high school education by the age of 22 years (Vittana,