Teen Mother Neglect

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Teen Mothers Neglecting Their Children

Monae Crumbly

SES

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Teen Mothers Neglecting Their Children Introduction

Children of teenage mothers suffer a higher rate of neglect and face a difficult future. An awareness campaign aimed at expectant teen moms will reduce the bad effects of neglect.

What Is And The Focus On Neglect ? Neglect is a type of maltreatment that refers to the failure by the caregiver to provide needed, age-appropriate care although financially able to do so or offered financial or other means

A risk would be gaining the proper weight. Which means they aren’t eating right or not eating enough healthy foods. This would mean they are putting the baby at low-weight. Babies that don’t have enough weight on them can have organ problems and lead to other serious things in the baby’s body. Another risk is the fact teens fall into the habits of drugs , alcohol, and smoke during the pregnancy which puts the baby and the mother in harm. Health Communities states that “prenatal care is to monitor the baby’s growth and health are less often teenage mothers get that whereas older women get it on the

Teenage mothers often worry about how they will finish school or they often just drop out which makes them worry about their future. The fear of having a baby and being a good mother scares teen moms into the future they will have. Some teen moms may feel emotional just from the pregnancy alone and just simply don’t want the baby. The emotional crisis leads to self harm and giving the baby away without thinking. Exhaustion is prevented by getting the normal 8 hours of sleep but it is normal to feel exhausted in a pregnancy. Depression may come into play when a teen is pregnant. The teen mother may be trying to handle all the emotion coming from the pregnancy which the pregnancy creates. Also , the depression may come just by all the negative feedback from family and friends but just the normal hormones can cause depression. Once the baby is born the teen may not feel like taking care of the baby. The teen can and will feel the need to want to get out because of the consent needs the baby needs and wants. Also , the lack of just having freedom not there anymore can cause the mother to not interact with the baby. Money is already hard enough to get as a teen weather you do chores or baby sit for money. Most jobs don’t hire teens because a lot of jobs want people who can do everything