Critically discuss how we can promote postive outcomes for children with teen parents
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Critically discuss how we can promote positive outcomes for children with teen parents. The number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales has gone up according to government statistics in 2004. Teenage mothers face a number of challenges, both psychological and socioeconomic, involving financially being able to look after a baby, continuing her education in order to get employment to support her baby, coping with the stresses and responsibilities of being a mother and bonding with child while having to deal with issues that come with being a teenager. These challenges can affect teenagers parenting abilities and have negative effect on a child's development. The government has announced many strategies to resolve the problem of teenage pregnancy. However, it is a raising problem and it would be more practical to find ways to improve the negative outcomes on the children of teen mothers by providing help and support during pregnancy and...


