Our Community
HOME /// OUR COMMUNITY
Our goal is to positively impact stats listed below by hosting early childhood activities that promote self – awareness, self - confidence, self - esteem, team building and critical thinking while having… fun.
Statistics
Adolescent birth rates (ABR) continue to decline in California and nationally. Despite this progress, adolescent childbearing remains an important public health issue. Most births, particularly those among younger adolescents aged 15-17, are unintended ,1 which can lead to socioeconomic and health-related challenges for adolescents and their children relative to their peer groups.
​
2, 3 Compared to infants born to women aged 20 and over, infants born to adolescents are more likely to be premature and underweight and are at increased risk of dying within the first year of life.
​
4, 5 Childbearing in adolescence has also been associated with the lack of completion of either primary or post-secondary schooling, decreased likelihood of future employment and increased chances of becoming dependent on public assistance. Research shows that many of the effects are not directly caused by becoming a young parent; rather, they are caused by other factors already present.
6 Social determinants of health, such as high rates of poverty, limited economic and educational opportunities, and a lack of safe and nurturing environments influence the life course trajectories of young people, regardless of early parenthood. 7 While pregnant and parenting youth are resilient, they may face greater challenges than their non- parenting peers, which not only limits their individual choices and opportunities but also increases broader social, economic and health disparities.
​
8 In California, adolescents with a live birth are more likely to be food and housing insecure, experience intimate partner violence during pregnancy, and experience two or more hardships in their childhood compared to the adult birthing population.