Discuss the consequences of teenage pregnancy on the individual and on the parents​

Pregnant adolescent are at higher risk to get mental health problems such as depression, intense stress and pressure to become parents. They are faced with a lack of support from family and community that will lead to depression, making wrong decisions and abusing drugs.

Teenage pregnancies are associated with increased rates of alcohol abuse and substance abuse, lower educational level and reduced earning potential in teen fathers. Eighty percent of teen mothers must rely on welfare because they lack the knowledge and skills to provide for the baby.

The long-term consequences include lowered educational achievement, medical complications, higher subsequent fertility, low labor force participation, reduced earnings, a lifetime of economic stress and limited opportunity, and marital failure.