Are You More Likely To Become A Teenage Mother If Your Mother Was A Teenage Mother?
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ARE YOU MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A TEENAGE MOTHER IF YOUR MOTHER WAS A TEENAGE MOTHER? Aim Wellings, K. and Wadsworth, J. (1999) "Family Influence on Teenage Fertility," states that daughters of teenage mothers are more likely to have a birth in their teenage years themselves. As a teenager myself, I feel that I have sufficient knowledge of the consequences of sex and issues surrounding it, and would hope my peers do also. However, it seems in the UK teenage pregnancy is still on the increase. I fail to understand why, someone having been a teenage mother herself wouldn't impose knowledge on her child to ensure they would not end up in the same position. My aim is to find out reasons why daughters of teenage mothers might become pregnant as teenagers themselves. 116 words Context and Concepts Social Exclusion Unit Teenage Pregnancy Report states that England has the worst record for teenage pregnancies in...

