from a sociological point of view, what challenges do to teen parents face that makes them feel isolated away from societyWhat are the reasons for isolation of teen parents in society?
Having a baby as a teenager and taking care of it means you can't go out after school and hang with your friends. You have more home responsibilities and less in common with your prior friends. Yet, you are still in high school and not meeting other young parents who could be your new peer group. Even if you meet them, their stage in life is much different than your stage in life.
If you were 20-somethings and were the first in your group of friends to get married, you would start to be isolated from your single friends, because your stage in life changes. Once you have a baby, you get more isolated from your single friends, and even from other married friends. But it is easier to meet new people in this stage of life.
It is much harder for teenage parents to meet other people that are close in life stages, first because there are so few teenage parents and secondly because they don't have a lot of time usually to go meet people and do things to make new friends. Many don't have a lot of money for going out.
Add to that the social stigma of people who judge young people who 1) had sex without marraige and 2) got pregnant.
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