Do the lack of parenting skills within our society contribute to teenage pregnancy?

Answer 1

Yes, greatly because of the fact that children get their ideas on how things work in families from their parents and if neglected, they look elsewhere for affection and if treated well, it also shows.

I couldnt agree more, i definatly would say yes. Because teenagers can be described as lazy no good bean bags. At least some of them. And if most of the teenagers in our sociaty are lazy how can we trust them to take care of a human being? This is what i ask.

Lack of sex education is one reason but also, and I guess you can call it lack of parenting skills, US parents don't have the kind of relationship to their teens so they can talk about it. They compared Dutch teens to US ones and the they all had equal amount of sex but the US teens had way more pregnancies and STI's. The difference they found was that Dutch teens can speak to their parents about sex very openly and the parents know they are having sex and help them get Birth Control etc. US parents just said no when they talked about if their teens were allowed to have sex. They just closed the conversation. So the kids were having sex but felt they could not talk to their parents about it. Until they had no choice and it was too late and they had to. Parents need to stop sticking their head in the sand and pretend "oh no not my little girl".