ParentingParentingIs parenting a career?

Job QualificationsJob Qualifications

Needs of a ChildNeeds of a ChildPhysical Needs

Intellectual Needs

Social Needs Emotional Needs

ParentingParentingAre there rewards to being a

parent?

Is parenting an obligation or a right?

Choices about ParentingChoices about ParentingSchoolingDisciplineHealth care/immunizationsWorkChoresDaycare

Teen ParentsTeen ParentsMedical CareEducation

◦Only 1/3 of teen mothers get their high school diploma

Living SituationWho will payJobChildcare

Teen PregnancyTeen Pregnancy34% of women will be pregnant

before their 20th birthday◦78% of those are unplanned◦At age 16, 22 percent of girls from

intact families and 44 percent of other girls have had sex at least once.

◦United States has the highest rate Twice has high as Canada Four times has high has Germany and France

The sons of teen mothers are 13 percent more likely to end up in prison while teen daughters are 22 percent more likely to become teen mothers themselves.

CHOICESCHOICESIf you choose to have sex you

choose to be a parent!

NO Contraceptive is 100% affective!

Think of the people in your life having sex would they make good parents?