Teenage Pregnancy Many students suffer from the burden brought by being a parent at a very young age. Teenage Pregnancy is the bearing of child without the full awareness of responsibility. According to Bodeeb (2017), teenage pregnancy is a controversial topic that may affect the life of a student. Any teen pregnancy is a difficult challenge because of lack of skills and experience when it comes to handling pregnancy. Meaning to say, there are a lot of challenges for a teenage mom especially if these parents are only high school students. And as defined by Unicef (2008), it is a young aged girl usually within the ages of 13-19, becoming pregnant early. This also refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood, which varies across the …show more content…
It can also be the way on how a person should react and take a response. In relation to the study, teenagers have different perception towards teenage pregnancy. The response can be either negative or positive depending to the person’s …show more content…
In Philippines, the National Youth Commission supported by the Department of Health and World Health Organization convened the 2014 National Summit on Teenage Pregnancy (Inquirer,2014). It is a talk for the youth that has been struggling on becoming teenage parents. They would like to prevent the growth of teenage pregnancy and help them to their needs and without any hesitation all of the stakeholders is on track to talk about National Teenage Pregnancy crisis. Many Filipinos are accepting the fact that teenage pregnancy is the biggest issue for the youth ever since. According to the data of the Philippine statistical authority reveals that every single hour, more than 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. Also, according to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexualities study, that around 14 parent of Filipino girls ages 15 to 19 are maybe pregnant for their first time or maybe they are already a mother. Among six major economies in south east Asian nations, the Philippines has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy