Information about our book "How To Survive Your Teen's Pregnancy: Advice for the Parents of a Christian Pregnant Single"

Topics in our book include:

  • -Hearing the shocking news
  • -The importance of first words
  • -Supporting my daughter as she makes decisions
  • -First steps to take
  • -The pregnancy resource center
  • -The doctor appointment
  • -Where will we be in a year?
  • -Restoring sexual integrity
  • -Completing school
  • -Trying to hide
  • -How will my church respond?
  • -Where is God in all of this?
  • -Talking with my husband
  • -Who is the pregnant single mother?
  • -What is my daughter feeling?
  • -Where does the baby's father belong in all this?
  • -Forgiving the baby's father
  • -Forgiving the young man's parents
  • -Sharing with family and friends
  • -Forgiving myself
  • -Forgiving my daughter
  • -Forgiving unkind acquaintances
  • -Beauty from ashes
  • -Should they marry?
  • -Teen marriage success
  • -The importance of a father
  • -Should she parent alone?
  • -Should we adopt the baby?
  • -Should she make an adoption plan?
  • -Our hope for the next five years
  • -Childcare responsibilities
  • -The baby is born
  • -Dedication service
  • -Single moms and church
  • -Parental authority over a minor
  • -Parental rights regarding abortion
  • -Discussion and decision checklist
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Opting to Get Pregnant

A recent opinion column in the Washington Times, titled "Many Teens Opt to Get Pregnant", by Cheryl Wetzstein, lists some of the reasons that teens say they get pregnant according to a 1998 Guttmacher Institute study of 187 California teen mothers - 32% of whom intended to get pregnant.
  • "I like babies, having something that's mine"
  • "It's weird, but something or someone is telling me to have a baby"
  • Some teens will see having a baby as a way to confirm their love relationships.
  • Motherhood can catapult a teen into womanhood and a higher social status: to poor girls, becoming a mother is "the surest source of accomplishment within their reach."

Talk to your pregnant daughter about these points. Do any of these reasons play into her thinking?

Discuss what makes someone an adult. Is it just age? Is it responsibilities? How is independence defined in her words?

What are her current goals in life, short term and long term? What accomplishments would she like to finish? How will she get there? What practical step can she take towards these goals right now?

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posted by Chalfont House at 8:31 AM

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