Teenage pregnancy is when; a young girl of less than eighteen years old is put with child (Pregnant). Some people regard the situation, as “Children having children”, which is true because, a young girl of less than eighteen years is still a child herself.
This is becoming the order of the day, as the number of teenage pregnancies is on the increase around the world, this calls for urgent concern and intervention because, the teenagers are the future of the world. And teenage pregnancy threatens the future of the young as well as that of the nation, when some are seen dropping out of school, thereby increasing the number of illiterate people in the country.
The causes of teenage pregnancy ranges, from, peer pressure, ignorance etc. Whichever the case, parents and the government should intervene in this matter and bring it to a possible end, especially as it concerns, teenagers, the future of our great nation.
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