Does being a teen mom really negatively affect my child?

From my personal experience my roommate has been raising her child since she was a teenager and she has a very healthy child. She had the baby when she was 16 years old and the child is now 8 years old! She is a bright young child and is excelling in everything she puts her mind to. She is super creative and compassionate. The mother just taught her child to always be mindful of herself and the people around her. Having it a kid will make you grow up faster but sometimes this isn't a bad thing and it will put you well ahead of your peers! Don't be discouraged and surround yourself with positive uplifting people and you and your baby will excel in life!

I personally was a teen mother, and I do not think that it has negatively affected my children. I think what matters most is that they get the nourishment and care that they need. They need to be shown that they are loved.

There are many teen mums who do a fantastic job. You can do the best you can for your child. as long as you provide love, food, warmth and shelter it doesn't matter if you are a teen or not.

As the teenage parent of a lovely daughter, and the adoptive parent of a beautiful boy, I can say that neither one of my children have been negatively affected by my age. I raise my children the same way my mother raised me, and my mother was one of the most respectable parents I've ever known. My children are taught to love everyone, and treat everyone the same way they'd want to be treated. They are taught to share, and put others before themselves. Just because you are a teenager does not mean your age will negatively affect your child, as long as you raise them right.

No! Your child is affected by how you raise them - No matter how old you are. Just raise your child positively, and I am sure your child will be brilliant :)

Yes I feel it does because you are still a baby yourself you have alot of growing up yourself

As the daughter of a teen mom, I can say that as a child, I felt like it did. I felt like my family was a statistic; we were low-income, and technically a minority. Now as I am older, I see things a little differently. I realize now that while some of my peers had it better, others were in the same boat as me and others had it even tougher. Now I can truly appreciate all of my mother's hard work, and forget all of the mistakes. I am grateful to have had the childhood that I did, and to have grown up with the family I had. There is nothing but love now when I come home to visit. I am a sophomore in college working towards my BSN, then onto MSN, and I am happy that I get to be the one to break the cycle of teen pregnancy in my family. If this experience had one lasting negative affect on me... It would be that I am now terrified of having children. I want to be a mother someday, but I am so afraid that I will never have enough to provide for them. I want to give my children the world, as I'm sure my mom did with me. And I'm terrified of not being able to. I didn't see many responses from the perspective of the child, so I wanted to offer mine. All-in-all, I was a fairly average child. I was considered to be at the top of my classes throughout most of elementary, I took AP and Honors classes in high school, played sports, volunteered, graduated with honors... So having a teen mom definitely did not hinder my performance in that way. If anything, it motivated me more.

No, but I don't suggest it. It's not good for your body. It's not fully developed and ready for delivery.

NO What makes a bad mom is one who makes a child see negative things and that's what makes a bad child

The age is just a number, they way you love it and behave with it tell how good mother you are.