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The high rate at which teenage girls are getting pregnant and giving birth to babies in the U.S.A is an issue that should not be ignored by the society. According to the publication extracted from Medline Plus on Friday, July 11, 2008, “The birth rate among girls aged 15 to 17 increased from 21 births per 1,000 girls in 2005 to 22 per 1,000 in 2006. In 2005, there were 133,138 teen births, and, in 2006, there were 138,920, Sondik noted.” Societal issues resulting from teenage mothers include but not limited to: lack of care for the baby, interruption of the teenager’s education, and deviant behaviors. The society can help in minimizing or eliminating this crisis by taking adequate steps. Role models such as parents, adults, religious leaders, and organizations of the society need to take an active role in communicating effectively with teenagers.

A teenage mother does not have the full understanding of what it takes to be fully responsible for a baby and will ultimately result in lack of care for the baby. For example, most adult with babies that I interviewed about caring for their babies late in the night responded with a not very encouraging answer. Although they love their babies and will do anything to care for them, waking up with the babies’ crying severally in the mid of the night is not one of the things they necessarily enjoy. For this reason, a teenage mother that needs her sleep to be refreshed to go to school (if still in school) in the morning would most likely have her mother, father, aunt or an adult in her household be responsible for taking care of her baby. A stay home teenage mother would most likely ignore the baby’s cry in the mid of the night and pass her responsibility to another adult in the house. Communicating the responsibility of caring for babies can help in alleviating teenage pregnancy.

Moreover, it is the interest and benefit of humanity to wish teenage girls’ graduate from high school and pursue a...