Years ago (am now 50 years old) I had my first child at 16, was pregnant at 15 to a 18 year old boy that was my best friend for 1 1/2. I do understand how a thing like that could happen. For those who don't understand and want to be enlightened. My story was that I was raised my father being an alcoholic and he and my mother were fighting all the time. My mother didn't have anyone to confide in except in us kids. Dealing with adult issues when I was so young changed who I could have become. When you have alcoholism in your family, your world is not normal. You don't feel loved, you don't feel safe and you don't feel like you matter.
I had no self esteem, I was depressed all of my childhood years. My existance was never validated or appreciated. I fended up finding comfort in "an adultlike" relationship and was very scared to lose the only one person that noticed that I was alive . Mother didn't have the energy to deal with my pregnancy she told me to leave and my father was blurred by his own illness.
I took my responsibilities since I knew that I was the only one that had the problem... It was a rough road for me. My mother always remained to this day in the background. I know now how important parenting is. Having a pet (which I wasnt' allowed)to have ). couldn't have giving me what a child needs from their parents.......It's so important to make your child feel that he's welcomed into the word, that he counts, that he's important. Because if you are not.......you are left feeling alone. Dealing with loneliness is very difficult for adults but for a child to feel alone and abandon, they don't have the tools to deal with it.
So, this a one reason why teenage pregnancy happens,
Gis