Pregnancy and Adolescents
Pregnancy and AdolescentsThe article "The Pregnant Adolescent- A Group Approach" from the journal Adolescence was written by Barbara N. Adams, R.N., M.S., Carol A. Brownstein, M.S.W., and Madeline H. Schmitt, R.N., M.S. The aim of the paper is to get the readers to understand how the Rochester Adolescent Maternity Project (RAMP), a group for pregnant teens, came to be.
The group was created to help pregnant teens deal with all of their concerns. Being a teen mother-to-be is much different from being an older mother-to-be. There are many issues that pregnant teens must face, such as fitting in with their peers, dealing with their changing bodies at a time when hormone levels are already high, working through questions about parenthood, pregnancy, labor and childbirth.
During pregnancy is a time when most adolescents need to rely on adults for help, which collides with what most teens are trying to do; break away and become independent. Teenage mothers are usually trying to figure out how they will be able to support their child, how their friends will react, how the baby's father will take the news that he's going to be a dad, and how a new baby will fit into her life.
The group (RAMP) wanted to help teenagers deal with some of these issues. It seems most teenage fathers can still go on with their life plans, whereas most teenage mothers must change...
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