Adolescent Pregnancy

Preventing adolescent pregnancy is paramount to creating better lives for the youth of today and the youth of the next generation as well. Right now adolescent girls are under a tremendous amount of social pressure to look a certain way. The pressures lead to a high amount of insecurity about who they are and more significantly, the image they have of their body. As adolescent girls look at their teen icon magazines and see the images on television they begin to compare their bodies with the so-called yet unrealistic ideal. This can lead to severe eating disorders and drug use. Another coping mechanism is to feel the love an adolescent boy. As a female adolescent becomes more insecure they need find ways to make themselves feel good or accepted. They may think they are being loved when the boy's only intention is for sexual gratification. Often times the result is the female adolescents pregnancy. Adolescent pregnancy is damaging to both the adolescent and their unborn child. Turnabout is an adolescent treatment center that helps adolescent girls deal with adolescent pregnancy. We also teach the doctrine of abstinence as a way of avoiding teenage pregnancy. If you are concerned because you think your adolescent is sexually active you may consider getting them some counseling to help them avoid adolescent pregnancy. If you would like some more information on preventing adolescent pregnancy, click on the link to Turnabout.