Approximately 1 million teenage girls get pregnant each year. Approximately 530,000 will go on to deliver their babies. Many teenage girls believe that if they get pregnant and have the baby it will keep the father of the baby with them. In fact usually the opposite is true.
Most teen moms raise their babies without the help of the baby's father.
Some teens also feel that if they have a baby this will help them to feel loved and to love someone else. This may be true to some extent but some teen moms resent the fact that they have all of the responsibility of taking care of their babies when their friends are able to go out and spend time doing fun adolescent activities. It's not easy to do those things when you have the responsibilities of taking care of a baby. No choice is the right choice for everyone. It is an individual decision.