Your heart is racing. So many thoughts are going through your head. Your feelings are mixed, you don’t know what to feel. Should you feel sad? Happy? But instead you’re scared. You just found out you’re pregnant.

Many people think teen moms are high school dropouts. While it is hard to finish school when you’re taking care of a child teen moms finish high school and even go on to complete college.These teen moms are able to do this because they have strong support from their family and friends. Most people don’t understand the struggle of being a teen mom, and make assumptions about how their life is going to turn out.

Another stereotype that people assume is teen moms are bad moms. New moms whether they’re teenagers or not learn as their children grow. Nobody is truly ready to raise a child no matter what their age is.

The worst generalization people make is that teen moms are single moms. The first thing people ask is if the father is committed to helping you raise the child. Many teen parents stay together and have a special bond due to the raising of a child.

People should think twice before they impose these stereotypes. Everyone has a different story, and we should learn as a community to support these moms and give them motivation to be successful.