Hey girls!
This week we are back with another post on our little series on 'Healthy Relationships'. This week we are going to talk about best friends. Maybe you've known your best friends for years, or maybe just a few years/months either way they are very important in your life. Your best friends don't need to be the people you hang out with everyday, or are in the same club, but the friend/s that you can fully trust, that always has your back, that you are completely comfortable around and so on.
When you have a pregnancy at a young age probably one of your first instincts will be to tell your best friend but we just advize you to be very careful, this is a very serious and mature matter, you shouldn't feel obligated to tell them. Also don't just tell any of your friends because this is really something very private which you may not want every one at your school to know.
There's no real rules to what your best friend must do or be, but we think it's someone that should bring out the best in you, that's there for you and that doesn't make you do or be things you aren't (in negative ways).
Additionally you may find that your best friends change as you go through high school, so don't be afraid of making new friends and letting them be there for you.
That's really all we wanted to say but don't forget this will be a time where along with your family you will really need the support of your best friends.
Thank You <3
P.S: Don't forget to look for our weekly inspirational quote on Sunday!
Showing posts with label Teenage Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teenage Pregnancy. Show all posts
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 12. Telling your Parents #1
Hey!
We have now started a new series of posts, Telling your Parents, we got inspired by this when we had the chance of talking to a mother of a pregnant teenage daughter. We asked her for some advice from a motherly's point of view, like how do tell your parents, she said you shoud tell your parents, they may seem upset but they love you no matter what and they'll want to help you, actually she wrote a couple lines for us
" Its pretty hard to handle but you love her no matter what. I think girls are more drama than a boy but you have to teach her to communicate or she will just shut you out."
Some other pointers she gave us on this matter is that you have to know your parents, there are no rules on how to tell your parents, you have to know your parents, follow your heart and brain if you do this then you'll be fine. Again even if your parents seem upset or angry at first give them time, remember you also had to give time to yourself to get used to this, maybe you haven't had enough time for yourself. The same way you want your parents to be understanding of this situation you have to be understanding of them.
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Don't forget you can always email us or leave in a comment suggestion for weekly discussions or a new post. Also send us questions, we will try and answer them, also if we feel like it may help other girls we will do a post with the question and our answer so other people can comment with their thoughts on the question.
Thank you<3
We have now started a new series of posts, Telling your Parents, we got inspired by this when we had the chance of talking to a mother of a pregnant teenage daughter. We asked her for some advice from a motherly's point of view, like how do tell your parents, she said you shoud tell your parents, they may seem upset but they love you no matter what and they'll want to help you, actually she wrote a couple lines for us
" Its pretty hard to handle but you love her no matter what. I think girls are more drama than a boy but you have to teach her to communicate or she will just shut you out."
Some other pointers she gave us on this matter is that you have to know your parents, there are no rules on how to tell your parents, you have to know your parents, follow your heart and brain if you do this then you'll be fine. Again even if your parents seem upset or angry at first give them time, remember you also had to give time to yourself to get used to this, maybe you haven't had enough time for yourself. The same way you want your parents to be understanding of this situation you have to be understanding of them.
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Don't forget you can always email us or leave in a comment suggestion for weekly discussions or a new post. Also send us questions, we will try and answer them, also if we feel like it may help other girls we will do a post with the question and our answer so other people can comment with their thoughts on the question.
Thank you<3
Monday, July 23, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 11. The Pregnancy Pact
Hey!
In 2010 a movie was released called "The Pregncny Pact", based on a true story the movie is narrated by a blogger which focuses on Teenge Pregnancy, after finding out the pregancyies at her old school increased from 10 to 18 yearly in just a month she decides to investigate. She finds out girls in the school made a pregnany pact so they could raise the babies together.
After watcing the movie we were shocked and decided to do some research and found that there have been numerous cases of this happening.
We can see where these girls were coming from, after all the idea of havng somene that will always love you, someone small and cute, especially when all your frinds also have one, it doesn't seem as a bad idea after all. The thing is a pregnancy and raising a baby is smething a teenage girl in today's society is not prepared for this type of responsibility, a baby is real, the cry is real, the baby needs to be fed, needs to be loved.
Being a mother is a good thing, and if you are pregnant when you are a teenager you should embrace your child, but if you aren't then you should prevent a pregnqncy and save your motherhood for when you are older and fully prepared for this blessing.
Leave your thoughts about pregnancy pacts in the comments below or send us an email to:
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Don't forget you can always email us or leave in a comment suggestion for weekly discussions or a new post. Also send us questions, we will try and answer them, also if we feel like it may help other girls we will do a post with the question and our answer so other people can comment with their thoughts on the question.
Thank you<3
Monday, July 9, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 9 . Healthy Relationships #1 Boyfriends
Hey!
We are going to start to have weekly discussions on Healthy Relationships, this week we are doing an overview of a healthy relationship with you're boyfriend. There are many aspect which make a good relationship, here are a few things:
1) You should be able to be comfortable, be yourself when you are with your boyfriend. You shouldn't change yourself for a boyfriend, this doesn't mean not becoming a better person and growing up but staying true to yourself.
2) Trust, this is very important it is something which slowly becomes bigger and bigger, it is also great for you to have someone which will support you and which you can trust, someone which you can go to when you are having a bad day.
3)Respect, it's is important for you to respect your boyfriend and vice versa.
4)Having other group of friends, in a healthy relationship you should still keep in contact with other friends, go to separate activities, it's great t be committed but never forget all the other people in you're life, make sure to keep it balanced.
5)Communication, this comes handed with most aspects which we've discussed having a good communication is essential in any relationship, with out communication the other person doesn't know your feelings, your thoughts, beliefs, everything.
6) Friendship, we believe a relationship should be based on a relationship, your boyfriend should be your friend, a best friend, this doesn't mean not having other friends, a relationship with a friendship is like a house without a furniture, glasses without lenses and a perfume without a scent.
Kids Health This website is great, it has many articles on relationships as well as all the other things you as a teenager go through, definitively worth checking out,
This is a particular article on having a healthy relationship.
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
We are going to start to have weekly discussions on Healthy Relationships, this week we are doing an overview of a healthy relationship with you're boyfriend. There are many aspect which make a good relationship, here are a few things:
1) You should be able to be comfortable, be yourself when you are with your boyfriend. You shouldn't change yourself for a boyfriend, this doesn't mean not becoming a better person and growing up but staying true to yourself.
2) Trust, this is very important it is something which slowly becomes bigger and bigger, it is also great for you to have someone which will support you and which you can trust, someone which you can go to when you are having a bad day.
3)Respect, it's is important for you to respect your boyfriend and vice versa.
4)Having other group of friends, in a healthy relationship you should still keep in contact with other friends, go to separate activities, it's great t be committed but never forget all the other people in you're life, make sure to keep it balanced.
5)Communication, this comes handed with most aspects which we've discussed having a good communication is essential in any relationship, with out communication the other person doesn't know your feelings, your thoughts, beliefs, everything.
6) Friendship, we believe a relationship should be based on a relationship, your boyfriend should be your friend, a best friend, this doesn't mean not having other friends, a relationship with a friendship is like a house without a furniture, glasses without lenses and a perfume without a scent.
Kids Health This website is great, it has many articles on relationships as well as all the other things you as a teenager go through, definitively worth checking out,
This is a particular article on having a healthy relationship.
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Monday, July 2, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 8. Pressure by Society
Hey!
Have you ever felt like you are pressured to have sex, every girl has had sex but you, and now you have to have sex? Then YOU are being pressured. The truth is not every girl is having sex and you certainly don't need to have sex.
Many teenagers get pregnant because they are pressured to have sex, this is not very good because you might not be emotionally prepared to have sex, you should decide when to have sex, when you feel is the right time.
This will be our topic for this weekly discussion. What do you think? Have you ever been pressured?
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Have you ever felt like you are pressured to have sex, every girl has had sex but you, and now you have to have sex? Then YOU are being pressured. The truth is not every girl is having sex and you certainly don't need to have sex.
Many teenagers get pregnant because they are pressured to have sex, this is not very good because you might not be emotionally prepared to have sex, you should decide when to have sex, when you feel is the right time.
This will be our topic for this weekly discussion. What do you think? Have you ever been pressured?
Leave your stories and thoughts in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Monday, June 25, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 7. Pregnancy Tests
Hey!!!
This weeks discussion is pregnancy tests. One of the most accurate and accessible ways to find out if you are really pregnant, what is your experience with pregnancy tests, have you ever taken a pregnancy test? Leave your experience in the comments.
If you want to learn more about pregnancy tests visit the tab "Am I Pregnant"
Leave your stories in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
This weeks discussion is pregnancy tests. One of the most accurate and accessible ways to find out if you are really pregnant, what is your experience with pregnancy tests, have you ever taken a pregnancy test? Leave your experience in the comments.
If you want to learn more about pregnancy tests visit the tab "Am I Pregnant"
Leave your stories in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Monday, June 18, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 6. Looking Back at your Past
Hey!!!
In our post about baby centers there was a story written by a girl which was a teen mother six years ago so this week we are asking you guys if you were once a teen mum and how has it been, what were your ups and downs, whole experience. How has it affected you as a person and what is your life like right now.
Leave you thought in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
In our post about baby centers there was a story written by a girl which was a teen mother six years ago so this week we are asking you guys if you were once a teen mum and how has it been, what were your ups and downs, whole experience. How has it affected you as a person and what is your life like right now.
Leave you thought in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Official Video
As you may have heard we have been doing a video mainly raising awareness, we have now put it on youtube so feel free to go there and share!
Thank you <3
Thank you <3
Monday, June 11, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 5. Success Stories
Hey Girls!!!
This weeks discussion topic is success stories. Many times when we think of Teenage Pregnancies we think of the trashy girls on MTV. We think that all teenage mothers are like that. We think that all of them have no clue what they are doing and won't have success in life. This is not true, many girls just did a mistake (or not even that) and are able to the make the right decisions for there baby and their future, you can be one of them.
Leave your success stories and thoughts in the comments below or sent us an email to aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Monday, June 4, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 4. Baby Centers
Hey Girls!!!
This weeks discussion topic will be baby centers. Have you ever enroled yourself in a baby center?
We have been reading stories about teen mums and have been given so much adivice at http://www.babycenter.com/
Some of the stories we have been reading are the following:
13 and Pregnant (Our favourite)
14 and Pregnant
16 and Pregnant
6 Years Later
We believe a baby center is ideal for teen mothers because it provides information you will need in order to proceed with your pregnancy for example what you may feel, what size is the fetus, etc. And once you have the baby, nap times, breast feeding and much more. They will send you emails with updates and useful tips for you. It also has communities where you can join clubs, this is for us one of the best parts of a baby center, there are actually teen mothers that asked for advice and there was a lot of positive response. Members aren't judgmental, they give there experience and useful tips and advice.
We have collected a couple quotes people have said in response to ten mothers for example:
"When I got pregnant I changed I went from failing every class to straight A's."
-triciafmomof7&count
Leave you thought in the comments below or sent us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank You <3
This weeks discussion topic will be baby centers. Have you ever enroled yourself in a baby center?
We have been reading stories about teen mums and have been given so much adivice at http://www.babycenter.com/
Some of the stories we have been reading are the following:
13 and Pregnant (Our favourite)
14 and Pregnant
16 and Pregnant
6 Years Later
We believe a baby center is ideal for teen mothers because it provides information you will need in order to proceed with your pregnancy for example what you may feel, what size is the fetus, etc. And once you have the baby, nap times, breast feeding and much more. They will send you emails with updates and useful tips for you. It also has communities where you can join clubs, this is for us one of the best parts of a baby center, there are actually teen mothers that asked for advice and there was a lot of positive response. Members aren't judgmental, they give there experience and useful tips and advice.
We have collected a couple quotes people have said in response to ten mothers for example:
"When I got pregnant I changed I went from failing every class to straight A's."
-triciafmomof7&count
"Listen sweetie, You are going to have to face the drama."
-shelbel25
-shelbel25
Leave you thought in the comments below or sent us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank You <3
Monday, May 28, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 3. How Shocking are Statistics
Hey!!!
This weeks discussion is how shocking are statistics, check out our Statistics page. Did you really expect 3 girls in every 20 get pregnant, or that 25% of teen mothers have another child with in two years of there first pregnancy?
Leave you thought in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
This weeks discussion is how shocking are statistics, check out our Statistics page. Did you really expect 3 girls in every 20 get pregnant, or that 25% of teen mothers have another child with in two years of there first pregnancy?
Leave you thought in the comments below or send us an email to
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
Monday, May 21, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 2. False Alarm
Hey Girls!!!
This weeks discussion topic will be symptoms you may have experienced that would suggest a pregnancy. Have you ever got really stressed about it and then found out it was a false alarm?
If so, leave us a comment below with your experience and what were the symptoms that made you think you were pregnant, we have the symptoms you may experience in the Am I Pregnant? page.
You can also send us an email to :
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Also we were wondering if you like the layout of the blog and if you have any suggestions.
Thank You <3
This weeks discussion topic will be symptoms you may have experienced that would suggest a pregnancy. Have you ever got really stressed about it and then found out it was a false alarm?
If so, leave us a comment below with your experience and what were the symptoms that made you think you were pregnant, we have the symptoms you may experience in the Am I Pregnant? page.
You can also send us an email to :
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Also we were wondering if you like the layout of the blog and if you have any suggestions.
Thank You <3
Monday, May 14, 2012
Weekly Discussions - Week 1 . Your stories
Hey Girls!!!
We are going to start to have a post every week asking you for your experiences and opinions on different topics of discussion.
New posts will be up every Monday.
This week we are asking you if you have any teenage pregnancy experiences, a sister, a friend or maybe even yourself. We think sharing your stories can help other girls pass through this tough situation.
Leave your thoughts and stories in the comments below or send us an email at:
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
aprojectforteenmums@gmail.com
Thank you <3
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