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Wiersema, Libby Swope. "Effects of Teenage Pregnancy." //LIVESTRONG.COM//. N.p., 6 Mar. 2011. Web. 13 Aug. 2012. . __Facts__
 * 1) This article studied how the first teenage pregnancy affected the family dynamic, focusing on the mother of the childbearing teen and her ability to parent and attitudes toward teen pregnancy.
 * 2) The group studied mostly consisted of low-income, Mexican-American and Black families.
 * 3) The researchers found that after having a pregnant teen, the mother/grandmother communicates less with all of her children, have more lenient attitudes toward teenage childbearing, and expect more from her younger children in terms of educational and career goals.
 * 4) The article also mentioned that the teenage pregnancy caused general stress in the family. This article gives me a little insight to how the teenage pregnancy affects other members of the family, not just the teen mom.
 * 5) Another study when looking at the attitudes of mothers of childbearing teens researchers look at how these mothers treated her children differently after one of her daughters became pregnant and had a child.
 * 6) They found that mothers of childbearing teens tend to treat all of her children less affectionately after the baby is born. However, she tends to have more faith in the futures of her non-childbearing children.
 * 7) The grandmothers may treat their children less affectionately because she is having to spend a lot of time caring for the new baby, which gives her less time to care for her own children.
 * 8) Because the grandmother knows the realistic consequences of teenage motherhood, she looks to her other children as having more opportunity for career success because they do not have a child holding them back.
 * 9) These researchers took a somewhat different approach to find ways that mothers of childbearing teens are affected by the pregnancy.
 * 10) They focused solely on interview responses for their findings. The researchers were interested in how experience made them feel personally.
 * 11) Most of the grandmothers that responded stated that they had mixed emotions about the issue. They all love their grandchildren and find that coming home to see their grandchildren everyday makes them happier.
 * 12) However, they never thought they would be caring for another child at that point in their lives. They researchers also expressed that school day care centers help the grandmothers deal with stress, by giving them a little “me” time, and also aid a healthier mother/teen relationship.
 * 13) This article gave me an inside to what is going on in the minds of these grandmothers. I felt that the article was honest and very telling of the true experiences of these young grandmothers.
 * 14) Teen Motherhood is likely to happen due to complications and lack of support from family members or anybody hearing them out.
 * 15) When coming to the realization of being pregnant, teens no longer in there mind have an option so we have to prevent this from happening.