Teenage Pregnancy Causes

Erica Aviles once said, "Being a mother has nothing to do with age, but more the size of your heart. If you can love enough to know that you will do anything to protect and take care of your children, little else matters" (Aviles NP). The previously mentioned quotation reflects the emotions that many teen parents may feel, due to the negative outlooks society has on them. Despite society's negative outlook, age does not define one as a successful parent.

One of the many causes of teen pregnancy includes absent parents. Although the legal term may only refer to physically being with the adolescent if the parent is physically there and have nothing to do with the adolescent except the bare minimum the adolescent may still feel as though the parent

Whether it is wanting to experience with older man or women or drinking or trying new drugs. "True love can be ageless,” (Bindley NP). Although that is the day and age we live in adolescents who have sexual intercourse with older men are more likely to contract some type of STD, then the adolescents dating their age. Some say teens do it just for money, due to the fact that if they are let say they are about 30 years old, they are more than likely established in their career and have a steady income and goals they have met or are striving to meet. That to many is a major factor in finding their true love. Many teens say they do it for love, “ When it comes to sex, an older male is perceived as knowing his way around the bedroom.” (Roussos NP). So wanting to lose their virginity spontaneously or romantically attracts many teens to older men. Dating older men gives many teens more leeways to consume alcoholic beverages. Peer Pressure seems to have a major effect on adolescent decisions. “Underage drinking as 'a social activity is usually undertaken by small groups of close friends” (....). Drinking to impress older adolescents or just for the buzz. The teen's family seems to have an enormous effect on the adolescents outlook on alcohol. When someone is intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol their frontal lobe of their brain which make decisions, has a hard time controlling emotions and making decisions. Such as agreeing to sexual intercourse. Underage drinking is a real issue and can lead to many things, one being sexual assault or rape. College parties are very much like a platform for date rape and other sexual assaults. As stated before when under the influence of alcohol the brain does not function as it normally does. Along with the effect, alcohol has on the frontal lobe it also affects the hippocampus which is the memory. When this happens it is often referred to