17 years old and already mom: "Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant!"
Many girls, about to give birth to baby, are sidelined by their family, for cultural or religious reasons. Some parents also see the news as a failure. It's a shame because your child needs his parents more than ever! The mother of the young teen mom is a very important role to play. Mothers and daughters, even if they were angry, tend to reconcile during a pregnancy. The young teen mom needs to cling to her mother as well during pregnancy as for the first months of life of the child.
Most of the time, the young mother still lives with her parents. Then there is the question of the role of grandparents? To push their daughter towards independence or on the contrary intervene in the education of her child?
All psychologists agree that it is better for grandparents to be involved because too much autonomy could lead the young mother to drop out of school, spoil her career, just because she became a mother a little too much early ... But beware it's about getting involved sparingly. The teen mom could be tempted to grab the baby of his daughter to relive a maternity. Off the grandmother is not a surrogate mom.
The parents of the teen mom have to relieve as much as possible the young mother of the material tasks while leaving her taking her responsibilities of mother. For example, if your daughter is still in high school, give the bath to baby while she does her homework. It is also very important to talk with your child, to reassure them. Do not forget that your daughter is undergoing a major psychological upheaval, she needs to talk to you about it.
The opinion of actress Victoria Abril, who plays Caroline, a loving mother whose life is upset by the early pregnancy of Clem, her teenage daughter ...
"If my daughter had told me she was pregnant, I would have reacted like in the movie. A little startled at first but very loving to support her. It's not easy to live for a family. We consider that young people are very well informed about contraception and all that but it is more complicated and it is difficult for parents to talk about it with their children ".
Most of the time, the young mother still lives with her parents. Then there is the question of the role of grandparents? To push their daughter towards independence or on the contrary intervene in the education of her child?
All psychologists agree that it is better for grandparents to be involved because too much autonomy could lead the young mother to drop out of school, spoil her career, just because she became a mother a little too much early ... But beware it's about getting involved sparingly. The teen mom could be tempted to grab the baby of his daughter to relive a maternity. Off the grandmother is not a surrogate mom.
The parents of the teen mom have to relieve as much as possible the young mother of the material tasks while leaving her taking her responsibilities of mother. For example, if your daughter is still in high school, give the bath to baby while she does her homework. It is also very important to talk with your child, to reassure them. Do not forget that your daughter is undergoing a major psychological upheaval, she needs to talk to you about it.
The opinion of actress Victoria Abril, who plays Caroline, a loving mother whose life is upset by the early pregnancy of Clem, her teenage daughter ...
"If my daughter had told me she was pregnant, I would have reacted like in the movie. A little startled at first but very loving to support her. It's not easy to live for a family. We consider that young people are very well informed about contraception and all that but it is more complicated and it is difficult for parents to talk about it with their children ".
